Post by SSHoya on Sept 29, 2018 9:42:22 GMT -5
In any other administration this would be a firing offense. Trump's corrupt leadership is so deep and wide, we just shrug our shoulders. Thanks, GOP!
Four aides on Long’s staff took a total of 25 trips to North Carolina, none of which involved official business, investigators found. They stayed in hotels near Long’s home while waiting to drive him back to Washington or to the Charlotte airport — all at taxpayer expense, the report said. Additionally, “all the drivers were provided either overtime or compensatory time,” investigators wrote.
During one trip in March, as an aide drove Long to North Carolina after an official event in Hot Springs, Va., Long told the driver to stop at a neighbor’s home to pick up one of his sons, the report said. Another time, an aide picked up Long’s children from school — a detour, Long told investigators, the aide offered to make, according to the report.
Investigators also highlighted an instance in November when Long directed an aide to pick him up at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and drive him 150 miles to McRae, Ga., where he attended a funeral for his wife’s grandfather, the report said.
The Hawaii trip, during which Long mixed work and family time, coincided with his kids’ spring break from school, investigators said. While there, an aide drove Long and his family to visit a Dole pineapple plantation and a volcano after his official business was complete, the report said.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brock-longs-improper-use-of-fema-staff-suvs-included-hawaii-pineapple-plant-tour-investigation-says/2018/09/26/8f90f2d0-c1ac-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html?utm_term=.1c03edec2166
Four aides on Long’s staff took a total of 25 trips to North Carolina, none of which involved official business, investigators found. They stayed in hotels near Long’s home while waiting to drive him back to Washington or to the Charlotte airport — all at taxpayer expense, the report said. Additionally, “all the drivers were provided either overtime or compensatory time,” investigators wrote.
During one trip in March, as an aide drove Long to North Carolina after an official event in Hot Springs, Va., Long told the driver to stop at a neighbor’s home to pick up one of his sons, the report said. Another time, an aide picked up Long’s children from school — a detour, Long told investigators, the aide offered to make, according to the report.
Investigators also highlighted an instance in November when Long directed an aide to pick him up at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and drive him 150 miles to McRae, Ga., where he attended a funeral for his wife’s grandfather, the report said.
The Hawaii trip, during which Long mixed work and family time, coincided with his kids’ spring break from school, investigators said. While there, an aide drove Long and his family to visit a Dole pineapple plantation and a volcano after his official business was complete, the report said.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brock-longs-improper-use-of-fema-staff-suvs-included-hawaii-pineapple-plant-tour-investigation-says/2018/09/26/8f90f2d0-c1ac-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html?utm_term=.1c03edec2166