On a pleasant Saturday this summer, Eric Holder, his daughters, their boyfriends and two security officers boarded a government-owned Gulfstream and jetted off to New York for the Belmont Stakes Thoroughbred horse race.
Even for personal trips like this, the attorney general doesn’t fly commercial. For security reasons, Holder — like other top government officials — flies a government plane, though is required to reimburse taxpayers for airfare.
According to records obtained by The Daily Caller through a Freedom of Information Act request, Holder is getting pretty good deal here — especially when he flies a government-owned Gulfstream V jet.
That one day trip to Elmont, N.Y. on June 7, according to records provided to TheDC by the Department of Justice, ended up costing the government $14,440.
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Ended up costing the government? Isn't he supposed to reimburse the government for personal trips?
ReplyDeleteI can easily see why "high ranking government officials" would need to be kept away from the general public.
ReplyDeleteBecause they are so well loved and respected, right?
Like tin-pot dictators, they need a small army and a private Air Force to make sure they survive the day.
He is the WORST attorney General EVER he is a pro black panther sympathize.
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