Thursday, October 5, 2017

Add Another Elite Flyer

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry took a chartered jet to Ohio last week, according to an airport management company, the day before fellow Cabinet member Tom Price resigned over his use of private charter flights for government business.

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On Monday, the watchdog agency overseeing the U.S. Interior Department said it had opened an investigation into the use of charter flights by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who took a recent private flight from Las Vegas to Kalispell, Montana, that cost $12,000.

  Reuters
Several members of Trump’s have come under scrutiny over the past month for their use of private or government planes, including Price, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Their travel has triggered inspector general probes and an investigation in the House Oversight Committee.

  TPM
If I had to name a cabinet member dumb enough to take a chartered jet to an event while that very issue was a hot topic in the press, I guess Rick Perry's name would have to be at the top.

I know they all probably assume it is their right and privilege, but surely they aren't ALL as dumb as Perry. I might check Ben Carson's recent trips, though.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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