The scandal-riddled Scott Pruitt resigned as the Environmental Protection Agency administrator on Thursday after a whirlwind of controversies, 18 federal ethics investigations into his office and still no answer as to whether he ever got ahold of that luxury lotion from the Ritz-Carlton.

[T]he unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us, Pruitt wrote in his resignation letter.

Its true that Pruitt has stoked the ire of scientists, taxpayers and several of those who worked under him. Heres a look at the controversies that brought him down.

• He asked one of his aides to find his wife a job paying $200,000 or more a year, according to a Tuesday report on the aides testimony to congressional investigators.

• He reportedly ordered an aide to set up a call with the chairman of Chick-fil-A last year to discuss the possibility of his wife becoming a franchisee of the fast-food chain.

• He used secret calendars and schedules to hide controversial meetings with industry players, an EPA official told CNN on Tuesday.