http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/03/06/pete-buttigieg-eager-to-end-misleading-narratives-about-jet-travel-just-not-right-now/
Late last month the Transportation Department inspector general announced that Pete Buttigieg’s use of government jets for travel was being audited, and Buttigieg said he welcomed the truth being brought to light:
Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) ~ Glad this will be reviewed independently so misleading narratives can be put to rest.
Bottom line: I mostly fly on commercial flights, in economy class. And when I do use our agency’s aircraft, it’s usually a situation where doing so saves taxpayer money.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/02/27/buttigieg-faa-planes-travel/
Buttigieg’s eager to put “misleading narratives” to rest, but not that eager:
Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) ~ NEW: Buttigieg stonewalls key information on 23 govt jet trips amid inspector general probe
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/buttigieg-stonewalls-key-information-23-govt-jet-trips-amid-inspector-general-probe
It appears that one of the Biden administration’s biggest climate change warriors is in no rush to be transparent about private jet usage:
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has turned down repeated requests for information related to the taxpayer costs of 23 flights Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his advisers took on government private jets since taking office.
The DOT and the agency’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office both declined to detail how much each flight cost taxpayers over the course of multiple months and in recent weeks. The stonewalling comes amid an ongoing inspector general audit of Buttigieg’s use of the planes, which are part of a small fleet managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
So much transparency!
Is it possible that Buttgigged doesn't want people to know he may have used those FAA planes for travel to zzshart's cuddle buddy parties?
Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) ~ @ThomasCatenacci filed a FOIA request with DOT shortly after his Dec. 12 report on Buttigieg taking 18 flights on FAA planes.
For more than 2 months the DOT FOIA office delayed providing detailed info he requested, including costs of all FAA planes since early 2021.
When information was released under FOIA the cost to taxpayers was not included (shocker).
Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) ~ After more than 2 months of stonewalling and claiming in one instance that a key employee was out of the office, the DOT FOIA office sent over info (the costs of the flights left blank) to @ThomasCatenacci less than 3 hrs after WaPo reported on inspector general investigation.
And how long will the government’s “audit” of Buttigieg’s private jet use take? Probably quite a while.
e-beth (@ebeth360) ~ This stonewalling should be “maddening” to Buttigieg, but he’s too busy getting upset about the coverage of his shoes and lashing out because of Americans are fed up with his incompetence.
Go figure.
Maybe Buttgigged didn't want to fly commercial because he didn't want to take the chance that this guy would steal his luggage, eh?
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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