Steve Mnuchin Blacked Out Schedule on Days of Controversial Trips

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Almost entire days of the Treasury secretary’s schedule are redacted using a ‘law enforcement’ exception to the Freedom of Information Act.

Before stepping off a military jet last summer in Kentucky, where he viewed a solar eclipse at Fort Knox, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin was doing something else in secret.

Mnuchin and his wife’s trip on Aug. 21, 2017, attracted massive public attention after she posted an Instagram photo of her stepping off the jet, tagging the top-tier designers she wore, and arguing with a commenter who questioned the appearance of living the glamorous life on the taxpayer’s dime. Later that day, they viewed the eclipse either on top or in front of the nation’s gold reserves.

But before all of that, Mnuchin’s schedule is completely blacked out.

The Treasury Department redacted six items on his calendar before 11:30 a.m. that day, when he attended a luncheon with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Two more items between the luncheon and the eclipse were also redacted. There was another redaction before a tour of the gold reserve, then two more before a 5 p.m. phone call with staff—the subject of which has also been redacted. Four more events were redacted after the call, leaving Mnuchin’s whereabouts and work unknown until he attended a speech by President Trump at 9 p.m.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-mnuchin-blacked-out-schedule-on-days-of-controversial-trips?ref=home

[CrispyQ]

1. Once they've privatized our government, we've lost it.

This administration is working fast on that.

[Demovictory9]

2. shopping, fancy meals, tourist stuff on tax payer's dime..never mind that he's rich

still gotta have someone else pay for his vacation disguised as work trip

[dhill926]

3. gotta love how they've brought transparency....

to the gov't...

[malaise]

4. This is a

KAKISTOCRACY!

[spanone]

5. EXACTLY!!!!!!

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