Nancy Pelosi Try to Bring 93 Family Members on a Trip

Documents from the United States Air Force (USAF) reveal that Nancy Pelosi abused her position to fly family members for costless in regime aircraft.

Public involvement group Judicial Watch obtained the documents in July 2011, which details flight manifests, expense summaries, copies of receipts and Congressional correspondence, and reveal a number of trips made by Speaker Pelosi in 2010.

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The documents include:

• A May 6-10, 2010, Congressional Delegation to Afghanistan and Deutschland "to discuss issues of mutual interest in Qatar and Afghanistan, too as deport oversight on women'south issues (troops) in Afghanistan and to visit with US troops and encounter with regime officials in Germany." The total cost of military travel was $204,135.00. The records indicate so-Speaker Pelosi made a personal request that the "maximum per diem allowance exist fabricated available at the enhanced rate of an additional $50."
• Numerous trips were made past Speaker Pelosi between San Francisco and Andrews Air Forcefulness Base. Several of these trips included members of Speaker Pelosi's family, including her husband, daughter, granddaughters and son-in law. For example, 1 "Staff Summary Sheet" detailing a Jan 4, 2010, flying from San Francisco to Andrews Air Forcefulness Base notes that Pelosi's daughter Christina "owes for $99.00 (flying) and $7.82 (meal)." The documents advise that the Speaker'due south function was billed for the fees but do not indicate whether the bills were paid.
• A January vii-eleven, 2010, Congressional Delegation to Detroit, Michigan, for the expressed purpose of reviewing "the touch on of congressional appropriations and policy in promoting innovation, technological development and job creation in United states auto industry." The Detroit trip required $24,336.sixty in commercial air travel and an additional $x,046.87 in expenses. The Pentagon too paid for armed services escorts for the trip.
• 1 document notes that the mode of transportation for the trip would be "Comair and Milair," (commercial air travel and military air travel). However, the just cost related to the armed services portion of the transportation detailed in the records is a $15,000 advance secured for ground transportation, meals and lodging. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) drove himself to Detroit and sought $228 in mileage reimbursement. A total of 24 House Members (xvi Democrats, 8 Republicans), led by then-Speaker Pelosi and and then-Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), were on the list of trip participants.

Judicialwatch.org reports: Overall, according to documents uncovered by Judicial Sentinel in January 2011, Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 43 trips, covering 90,155 miles, from January one through October i, 2010.

Judicial Lookout man, through FOIA, continues to pursue other records related to Pelosi'southward utilise of Air Force aircraft.Previous documents obtained by Judicial Picket evidence the former Speaker's military travel price the USAF $ii,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flying expenses, including food and booze.

For case, purchases for one Pelosi-led congressional delegation traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-twenty, 2008 included: Johnny Walker Ruby scotch, Grey Goose vodka, Eastward&J brandy, Bailey's Irish Crème, Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Calorie-free rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Mumbai Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.

Judicial Lookout also previously uncovered internal Section of Defense force (DOD) documents e-mail correspondence detailing attempts past DOD staff to adjust Pelosi'due south numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker's last minute cancellations and changes.

For case, in response to a serial of requests for armed services aircraft, one DOD official wrote, "Whatsoever run a risk of politely querying [Pelosi'south team] if they actually intend to do all of these or are they merely picking every weekend?…[T]here'south no need to cake every weekend 'simply in case'…"

The email besides notes that Pelosi'south part had, "a history of canceling many of their past requests."

Judicial Sentinel likewise uncovered emails from the DOD that testify the Pentagon worked paw-in-paw with congressional offices prior to releasing documents regarding congressional military travel under the FOIA.

These "heads upwardly" emails involved FOIA requests filed past Judicial Watch, The Wall Street Periodical, Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call, amongst other organizations, related to the use of military aircraft by a number of congressional members, including Pelosi.

Following numerous press reports documenting Pelosi's misuse of military air craft, current House Speaker John Boehner announced that he would wing commercial between his home district and Washington, DC.

Nevertheless, Judicial Watch has initiated a separate investigation into travel since Republicans took control of the Business firm.

"These documents further particular sometime Speaker Pelosi'south shameless abuse of military air craft during her tenure as House Speaker. Providing sweetheart travel deals for her adult children are an abuse of her high public office," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

"But this scandal is much larger than Speaker Pelosi, as the massive Detroit Auto Show junket shows. Members of the Business firm are able to obtain permission from the Office of the Speaker for the use of military luxury and armed forces-supported travel for congressional delegation trips. These trips, known as CODELs, have exploded in number and cost. Speaker Boehner needs to reform this abuse of our military machine's assets. For all the contempo talk about corporate luxury jets hither in Washington, the American people might be surprised to learn the Air Force has an entire fly of luxury jets (in addition to President Obama'due south Air Force One planes) for the use of congressmen and superlative administration officials."

Documents Uncovered
USAF Documents, part 1
USAF Documents, part two
USAF Documents, part three

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