Sep 26, 2017

Price's private jet trips included two visits to places he owns property

Tom Price, joined by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, speaks to media aboard Air Force One. Photo: Carolyn Kaster / AP

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price used a taxpayer-funded private jet, to get to St. Simon's Island, where he and his wife own land, a day and a half before he addressed local doctors at a medical conference, Politico reports. Price also took a trip on a private jet funded by taxpayers to Nashville, Tennessee, where he had lunch with his son before touring a dispensary and speaking to a health summit organized by friends.

Why it matters: Price's use of private jets is being investigated by the inspector general's office, and Politico is dropping new details almost every day that seem to make matters worse.

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