Page 154 - Thud News Today

Out so well. so unfortunately now, the best parts of him are not being seen right now, whatever those may be, other than branding himself and doing rallies. as a manager, this is not the way you can run the white house. right now were looking at the secretary of veterans affairs potentially on the chopping block. were already lost the secretary of state. weve already lost the secretary of hhs. the secretary of hud is also in trouble. weve lost the communications director. four of them have gone....

Cnns rene marsh has details. >> reporter: at hud headquarters, the dining set ordered for secretary ben carsons dining room may have been canceled, but the controversy is far from over. the $31,000 dining set included a mahogany table, ten mahogany dining chairs, a sideboard, and breakfront. a hud spokesman blamed the purchase on a career staffer, but newly released e-mails indicate secretary ben carson and his wife selected the furniture themselves. an august e-mail from a hud staffer with the ...

Large amount of power at hud, and thats not how we should run our government. >> reporter: carson is already facing questions about his sons involvement at hud. ben carson jr., who is not a federal employee, helped organize a listening tour for his father in baltimore despite agency lawyers warning it could violate ethics rules because of carson juniors personal business dealings in the city. huds inspector general is looking into the matter. the agencys furniture spending came to light after hu...

It is the time president spent in florida from the inauguration to 2017. hud is struggling to explain e-mails that contradict claims secretary ben carson and his wife had no involvement in the purchase of the $31,000 furniture set. the hud spokesperson blamed it on a career staffer. e-mails obtained through the freedom of information request showed carson and his wife selected the furniture. >> the assistant shows printouts show mrs. carson picked out the furniture. the spokesman said when pre...

On -- >> we saw ryan zinke say this is innuendo, this is untrue. in the case of ben carson, the hud official claims after she raised a red flag about carsons spending, she was demoted. if that proves to be true, does that not have to be damning for ben cars and his wife? >> it should be. in fact, why does he need -- you can talk about refurbishing your offices in government because some are old, but spending $31,000 on a dining room table is certainly most families dont do that, if -- unless the...

Weve got damning developments today in the case of ben carsons $31,000 dining set. you may remember when news first broke late last month about the furniture purchase, secretary carson claimed ignorance. a hud spokesman saying at the time that he didnt know the table had been purchased but secretary carson didnt have a problem with it, and he was going to keep it. however, we also found out a former top hud official was demoted after claiming carsons wife demanded she "find money to purchase fur...

Flonase sensimist. weve got damning developments today in the case of ben carsons $31,000 dining set. you may remember when news first broke late last month about the furniture purchase, secretary carson claimed ignorance. a hud spokesman saying at the time that he didnt know the table had been purchased but secretary carson didnt have a problem with it, and he was going to keep it. however, we also found out a former top hud official was demoted after claiming carsons wife demanded she "find ...

The president tweeted again today about his cabinet. heres the breaking news. it was all praise. no, youre fired. not yet anyway. the praise was for cabinet members on capitol hill today to talk infrastructure, but other cabinet members are on edge, and who can blame them after the secretary of state was tweeted out of his job. the president is talking publicly about more changes, and administration sources suggest at least one cabinet shuffle could happen any time. the president, we are told, i...

Expected to pay the tab. carson had little to no involvement before he eventually canceled the order but e-mails show carson and his wife actually personally picked this furniture out. cnns renee marsh has been following the story. what are you seeing? >> so its there in black and white. these e-mails, clearly state that carson, secretary carson and his wife, they selected this $31,000 dining set weve been reporting on. there was an august e-mail, internal e-mail from hud in which a career staff...

Responded to far. >> when presented with the options by professional staff, ms. carson participated in the selection of specific styles and its just kind of -- they dont plainly answer yes or no, were we up front, were they not? the e-mails show one thing. they kind of led us to bref something else. i will say we reached out to the white house for comment, they are not officially commenting on all of this. but kevin reporting that trump is growing increasingly frustrated with these negative head...