Planes, horse reins, and helicopters: Ryan Zinke under scrutiny again for travel practices
Source: Think Progress
“Shame on you for not respecting the office of a Member of Congress.”
That’s how the lead spokesperson for the Department of the Interior responded to a Politico reporter investigating her boss, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Ben Lefebvre, an energy reporter for Politico, wanted to learn more about Zinke’s use of government helicopters to travel to destinations within a reasonable driving distance from Washington.
Lefebvre reported Thursday that Zinke spent more than $14,000 on government helicopters this past summer “to take himself and staff to and from official events near Washington, D.C.”
Based on documents released to Politico in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, Zinke ordered a U.S. Park Police helicopter to take him and his chief of staff to an emergency management exercise in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on June 21. Zinke also ordered a Park Police helicopter to fly him and another Interior official to and from Yorktown, Virginia, on July 7 in order to be back in Washington in time for a late-afternoon horseback ride with Vice President Mike Pence, according to the report.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/ryan-zinke-rides-helicopters-5defa8d76329/
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