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U.S. Interior chief's $12,000 charter flight 'could have been avoided': watchdog
Reuters ^ | April 16, 2018 | by Staff

Posted on 04/16/2018 1:05:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took an unnecessary charter flight in June that cost taxpayers over $12,000, the Interior Department’s internal watchdog said on Monday - travel linked to his visit to a professional hockey team in Nevada.

The report from the department’s Office of Inspector General came amid mounting pressure on Trump Cabinet officials over their ethics and spending habits while in office.

“We determined that Zinke’s use of chartered flights in fiscal year (FY) 2017 generally followed relevant law, policy, rules, and regulations,” the report said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; journalism; media; witchhunt
Witch hunt.
1 posted on 04/16/2018 1:05:18 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are trying to lessen the blow when the rest of the IG report comes out.


2 posted on 04/16/2018 1:07:04 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggeest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. “lost” $6 Billion. Where were all these watchdogs then?


3 posted on 04/16/2018 1:07:49 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Notice once again the clown headline is misleading to the actual story.

“We determined that Zinke’s use of chartered flights in fiscal year (FY) 2017 generally followed relevant law, policy, rules, and regulations,” the report said.

4 posted on 04/16/2018 1:15:29 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

this is how swamp critters bite back.

keep going, it is a good start.


5 posted on 04/16/2018 1:36:19 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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But nothing about Obama’s multimillion dollar vacations. How many charter fights did those include.


6 posted on 04/16/2018 1:44:15 PM PDT by Crucial
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But nothing about Obama’s multimillion dollar vacations. How many charter fights did those include.


7 posted on 04/16/2018 1:50:11 PM PDT by Crucial
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nobama sending pallets of unmarked currencies to terrorist iran “could have been avoided”. I call BS. LIBs must be crushed like invasive cockroaches. That is the future. Lots of crushing to come.


8 posted on 04/16/2018 3:38:46 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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