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The Trump administration's private plane problem
Analysis: The Trump administration’s private plane problem
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The Trump administration’s private plane problem
By Aaron Blake September 20 at 11:53 AM
President Trump has repeatedly promised to drain the swamp in Washington. He might want to check in on that effort at the capital area's airports.
For the third time in a few weeks, a member of his administration is facing questions about his use of non-commercial flights. First, it was Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin using a government plane to fly to Fort Knox, where he viewed the eclipse with his wife, Louise Linton (Mnuchin denies that was the purpose of the trip, but an inspector general is reviewing it). Then reports surfaced about Mnuchin's request to use a government plane for the couple's European honeymoon (they didn't wind up using one). Now it's Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price's use of charters for five flights between Washington and the Northeast last week.
Politico's Dan Diamond and Rachana Pradhan did some great sleuthing on Price's trips, which have previously been pretty secretive. They found that last week he used charters to travel to Maine, then from Maine to New Hampshire, then back to Washington, and then round trip to Philadelphia. The trips took place over a span of three days and likely cost at least $60,000, they estimated based on conversations with the charter companies.
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Aaron Blake is senior political reporter for The Fix. Follow @aaronblake
By Aaron Blake September 20 at 11:53 AM
President Trump has repeatedly promised to drain the swamp in Washington. He might want to check in on that effort at the capital area's airports.
For the third time in a few weeks, a member of his administration is facing questions about his use of non-commercial flights. First, it was Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin using a government plane to fly to Fort Knox, where he viewed the eclipse with his wife, Louise Linton (Mnuchin denies that was the purpose of the trip, but an inspector general is reviewing it). Then reports surfaced about Mnuchin's request to use a government plane for the couple's European honeymoon (they didn't wind up using one). Now it's Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price's use of charters for five flights between Washington and the Northeast last week.
Politico's Dan Diamond and Rachana Pradhan did some great sleuthing on Price's trips, which have previously been pretty secretive. They found that last week he used charters to travel to Maine, then from Maine to New Hampshire, then back to Washington, and then round trip to Philadelphia. The trips took place over a span of three days and likely cost at least $60,000, they estimated based on conversations with the charter companies.
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Aaron Blake is senior political reporter for The Fix. Follow @aaronblake
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