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riversedge

(70,186 posts)
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 06:37 PM Oct 2017

White House won't say if staffers have chartered planes

Source: CNN



Updated 6:21 PM ET, Tue October 17, 2017

Washington (CNN)The White House has declined to answer a House committee's questions about whether members of President Donald Trump's staff have chartered private or military aircraft, practices that have landed other members of the Trump administration in hot water.

Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short wrote in a letter obtained by CNN that the "White House seeks to ensure employee travel is conducted through the most economic and expeditious means of transportation available."


Short was responding to the House oversight committee, which had requested a list of "each usage" or government or charter aircraft under the Trump administration. The committee also requested information on travel policies and compliance with federal law. The September 26 request was directed to the White House and 23 government agencies.

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At least one White House official has taken private flights. Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway rode with Price on at least one trip, where the two discussed the opioid epidemic. She has said the trips were "100% business."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/white-house-private-aircraft/index.html



Put the records out and get the trust out
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White House won't say if staffers have chartered planes (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2017 OP
The White House is the most unethical place in this country right now. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #1
Probably short sales of stocks that EOs will affect. Flaleftist Oct 2017 #2
"She has said the trips were "100% business." BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #3
It's no longer the white house mdbl Oct 2017 #4

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
1. The White House is the most unethical place in this country right now.
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 07:10 PM
Oct 2017

I can imagine what they are doing that we DO NOT know about. It has become a "swamp" in 9 months.

BumRushDaShow

(128,831 posts)
3. "She has said the trips were "100% business."
Tue Oct 17, 2017, 07:58 PM
Oct 2017

That's bullshit! As a government employee, everything you do is supposed to be "business" but that doesn't give you the right to charter a private plane to carry it out.

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