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Judicial Watch: Documents Detail Nancy Pelosi’s $185,000 CODEL to Italy and Ukraine in 2015
Judicial Watch ^ | January 18, 2018 | Tom Fitton

Posted on 01/18/2019 2:37:51 PM PST by jazusamo

Total Air Force Expenses $184,587.81

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Air Force detailing $134,587.81 plus $50,000 for an advance of funds for an “escort officer” for a total of $184.587.81 for then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) Congressional delegation (CODEL) to Italy and Ukraine in 2015.

Judicial Watch filed a December 2015 FOIA lawsuit after the Air Force failed to respond to an August 2015 request ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Defense (No 1:15-cv-02236)) for:

All records regarding mission taskings of flights escorting members of Congress

All records concerning transportation costs for transporting members of Congress

All passenger manifests (DD-2131) for transporting members of Congress

All weekly travel reports for members of Congress

The documents show that from July 30 to August 6, Pelosi took a trip to Milan, Rome and Naples, Italy, and Kiev, Ukraine, for herself, her husband , several members of congress and their spouses. The Italy trip included Milan, Rome and Naples with visits to the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Duomo and viewing Da Vinci’s “Last Supper.”

The documents also show the Air Force’s negative response to a Pelosi staff request for a specific crew for Pelosi’s flight. An official notes that it: “would be a disastrous precedent to set even if it were possible.” The Air Force further points out: “Our ARC crews have plenty to balance already with military duties and their civilian employers.”

The documents also detail a CODEL trip for Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), who traveled commercial flights to Asia , including Tokyo and Okinawa, Japan; Seoul, Korea; plus Beijing and Hong Kong, China. This trip, with flights and per diems, cost at least $26,009.03 .

“Speaker Pelosi has a demonstrated record of abusing the perks of office that give her access to military luxury travel paid for by taxpayers,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Judicial Watch previously uncovered that Pelosi’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.

Judicial Watch’s work exposing Pelosi’s travel abuses resulted in her successor John Boehner declining to use Air Force luxury jets to travel to his Ohio congressional district.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Ohio
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21 posted on 01/18/2019 2:54:04 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: JudyinCanada

$50,000 for an advance of funds for an “escort officer”


Can some one explain?


22 posted on 01/18/2019 2:54:43 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: jazusamo

I’m starting to think Trump needed to ground Pelosi as she is under investigation for treason and was deemed a flight risk !


23 posted on 01/18/2019 2:55:54 PM PST by WashingtonFire (The charisma of Reagan + the vision of Jefferson + the patriotism of Washington = Trump)
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To: jazusamo

Its Stealing

shes gonna pay for her sins somedays


24 posted on 01/18/2019 2:56:54 PM PST by Gasshog
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To: digger48
That looks like Hillarys weekly shopping list

Actually, pretty cheap booze

25 posted on 01/18/2019 2:59:28 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Freee-dame

I agree...Judicial Watch not only filed a FOIA request but had to file a lawsuit to get that info after they refused to turn over the info.

That is still happening regularly in many cases


26 posted on 01/18/2019 2:59:58 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“escort officer” is the polite name for a gigolo.


27 posted on 01/18/2019 3:00:02 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: Baynative

Dayum that woman drinks a lot.

Explains a lot.


28 posted on 01/18/2019 3:01:24 PM PST by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: jazusamo

What is their purpose? to gather friends against Trump, to let them know we are waiting him out and we will be back in business, don’t deal with him,. These treasonous evil scumbags. Fat head ted did it and so did Kerry. Im glad trump grounded them


29 posted on 01/18/2019 3:02:21 PM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: jazusamo

She needs to be billed to pay that 2+ million back.

She can afford to pay it. Isnt that the rationale of every democrar socialist like Nanzi for their tax hikes on people and businesses?

I just want her to consistently live HER OWN STARED VALUES.


30 posted on 01/18/2019 3:02:22 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: GOPJ; Jane Long; MinuteGal; jsanders2001; V K Lee; HarleyLady27; stephenjohnbanker; ...
ACTION NOW:

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

US CONGRESS SWITCHBOARD: (202) 224-3121

U.S. Department of Justice Comment Line: 202-353-1555 Switchboard: 202-514-2000

TALKING POINTS: Taxpayers demand these expenditures be stopped.
Americans struggle to make ends meet but are forced to pay for these useless, expensive trips for self-serving Congress members.

This must stop at once.

31 posted on 01/18/2019 3:04:01 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: All

“Politicians believe laws and rules (even the U.S. Constitution) apply to the rest of us but not to them. Pelosi, D-Calif., recently joined Obama on a Judicial Watch list of Top 10 corrupt politicians because of her “sense of entitlement,” the group said.

“Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said today. “And these documents suggest the Speaker’s congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else.”

Judicial Watch obtained documents from the Pentagon in 2008 that suggest Pelosi has been treating the Air Force like her own personal airline, the evaluation said.


32 posted on 01/18/2019 3:08:09 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: All

The old bag should be ushered out of Congress ASAP.


33 posted on 01/18/2019 3:10:28 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Freee-dame

“”time spent on official business and cost.””

How could any of us forget the “business” that obozo threw in on golf trips so the taxpayers had to pay the bill? He was the master at that. And it’s amazing that nothing is ever done about it no matter WHO it is...amazing and criminal!


34 posted on 01/18/2019 3:15:16 PM PST by Thank You Rush ("")
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To: jazusamo

Nancy’s life is threatening to turn into a series of daily disclosures of her life of political corruption — caused by her refusal to end the Shutdown and thereby take herself out of the spotlight.


35 posted on 01/18/2019 3:15:38 PM PST by humbleexpert
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To: jazusamo

What I would really like to find out, now that Obama is out of office, what the real cost of his trip to India was. Was it $200 million per day?


36 posted on 01/18/2019 3:18:08 PM PST by erkelly
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To: Liz

Bump!


37 posted on 01/18/2019 3:18:30 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Communism is wonderful for the inner circle.


38 posted on 01/18/2019 3:19:29 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
$2,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.
Thanks jazusamo.

39 posted on 01/18/2019 3:21:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: jazusamo

It took four years to pry this info out of the Air force?


40 posted on 01/18/2019 3:36:19 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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