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
BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)I can imagine what they are doing that we DO NOT know about. It has become a "swamp" in 9 months.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)I hope someone is looking into that.
BumRushDaShow
(128,831 posts)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.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)it's just a building occupied by spurious public servants.