House Democrats spent at least $3 million of taxpayers’ money in under three months pursuing the impeachment of President Donald Trump, counting the cost of lawyers and staff time spent readying for hearings, according to Heritage Foundation research.
The $3.06 million price tag for taxpayers of the formal impeachment inquiry so far includes the salaries of 106 congressional employees who largely didn’t attend to normal duties from September through December.
It also includes the estimated hourly fees of six lawyers-of-record for witnesses who appeared during hearings, whether behind closed doors or public.
The total likely is a low estimate because it does not factor in overtime hours for U.S. Capitol Police when House hearings ran well into the late evening. The total also doesn’t include the cost of executive branch expenses, travel costs for witnesses, or supplies and materials.
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3 comments:
Just another expenditure that will be swept under the rug while they attempt to decrease / eliminate SSI for seniors.
It was around $70 million when the GOP tried to impeach Clinton. Your SSI wasn’t affected then and won’t be affected now. Nice try, cupcake.
THe price you pay for preserving our democracy but less than the soldiers at the battle of the bulge
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