Ryan Zinkes wife flying high on our dime

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Irregularities in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travel schedule are raising questions about the presence of his wife on official trips, as well as her overall role in the department.

Zinke’s heavily redacted manifests for recent trips to Montana, California, Norway and Alaska do not always list the secretary’s wife, Lola Zinke. But social media posts and coverage of the trips indicate that she was present at some events and meetings in those locations, calling into question whether or not she was traveling with her husband on the taxpayer dime.

Also, two sources close to the Interior Department described an internal effort to hide the presence of Lola Zinke on the official trips where she accompanied her husband. According to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal, the department’s staff photographer was instructed to crop Lola Zinke out of photos from any official events and meetings she attended on those trips, including a closed meeting with California Gov. Jerry Brown.

On Monday, department spokeswoman Heather Swift told Mic that Lola Zinke “was on no flights with the secretary” during his March trip to California. But on Wednesday, Swift said the department would “look into” the discrepancies in the secretary’s travel schedule. She has not yet responded.

https://mic.com/articles/185015/interior-secretary-ryan-zinkes-travel-discrepancies-raise-questions-about-wifes-role-in-department#.KEPtiRkiE

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1. So much fun in the swamp. What's amazing is how these people are happy to

corrupt themselves for such chump change.