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It was just last friday that donald trump ousted his health care chief over private jet travel. this friday his treasury chief under fire for spending close to a million dollars on private military jet travel. we know this because of a new internal watchdog report as travel spending by three other top trump officials is under review. mnuchins flights of $27,000 on a trip to kentucky first exposed by his wife in that instagram post and another 15k trip from washington to new york to go to trump t...

>> right. no. i mentioned in the set-up of the discussion a lot of this was military jets and why again when you see a former treasury official say i never did, not once in the entire ten you to do that. for the obvious reason with all due respect to the important role that the treasury secretary plays over the capital markets, he can be in the air for an hour or two and pick up phone calls when he lands. he is not the president. >> correct. >> thats what we know from the history. kathleen clark...

And golf courses has cost the taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, for outstripping what was budgeted for the secret service and other budgets. so this is a widespread problem and the one thing that mnuchin said i think we should pay close to attention is hes blaming the white house an it may well be that part of the blame belongs there. on the white house. >> right. >> but thats not the only place the problem is. >> well, and trump reportedly removed tom price over this same private jet trave...

Trip requests. now, if youre thinking this is not normal, thats because it isnt. heres obamas former treasury secretary. >> i never used military aircraft for domestic travel. >> joining us now is kathleen clark, a professor of law at washington university in st. louis and an expert on government ethics. how bad? >> this is very bad. and its bad not just for treasury secretary mnuchin but its bad for the trump white house because the problems with trump cabinet secretary travel is widespread and...

First of all, all of our travel went through the same process as previous secretaries of the treasury. every single one of my trips approved by the white house and the only time ive ever used or would use a private plane for government purposes if either there was a national security issue or we couldnt get somewhere. thats what this is about. >> is he lying? >> no. but he is deflecting the problem is. the problem isnt necessarily what the process was. using the same process as was used in the o...

By his wife in that instagram post and another 15k trip from washington to new york to go to trump tower and $43,000 flight to miami when a nonpartisan career official at treasury saw that bill before flighting the flight and told mnuchin over 60 times of a normal flight. quote, for your awareness, the cost on commercial air is $688 round trip. now, this new watchdog report raises, quote, a disconnect of the standard of proof in the actual amount of proof provided by treasury and accepted by the...

So he took aleve. if hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. it was just last friday that donald trump ousted his health care chief over private jet travel. this friday his treasury chief under fire for spending close to a million dollars on private military jet travel. we know this because of a new internal watchdog report as travel spending by three other top trum...

>> if i could, i just want to clarify. mnuchin traveled by government jet. and i believe that price many of his flights were actually by private jet. so similar problem. but just technically a different mechanism was used. >> right. no. i mentioned in the set-up of the discussion a lot of this was military jets and why again when you see a former treasury official say i never did, not once in the entire ten you to do that. for the obvious reason with all due respect to the important role that th...

Government ethics. how bad? >> this is very bad. and its bad not just for treasury secretary mnuchin but its bad for the trump white house because the problems with trump cabinet secretary travel is widespread and it really points to a lack of controls on the part of this administration. >> also, a lack of regret. my colleague chuck todd spoke to mnuchin about this. take a listen. >> do you regret doing that? >> i dont. and let me tell you why. all of our travel went through the same process as ...

Cost on commercial air is $688 round trip. now, this new watchdog report raises, quote, a disconnect of the standard of proof in the actual amount of proof provided by treasury and accepted by the white house in justifying these trip requests. now, if youre thinking this is not normal, thats because it isnt. heres obamas former treasury secretary. >> i never used military aircraft for domestic travel. >> joining us now is kathleen clark, a professor of law at washington university in st. louis a...