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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. mnuchin's 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 tower and $43,000 flight to miami when a nonpartisan career official at treasury saw that bill befor...

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 white house in justifying these trip requests. now, if you're thinking this is not normal, that's b...

Military jet. now we now know from this inspector general report that one secretary mnuchin made that demand for the $43,000 military flight to miami, the treasury's travel office specially wrote to his assistance to tell him, you know, a commercial ticket for this flight is $688. right? right. but why have taxpayers spend only $688 on you when taxpayers can spend $43,000 on you instead? $688 was round trip, by the way. steve mnuchin's chief qualifications for becoming treasury secretary is he was the trump campaign's fundraising director with his inspector general report we know he's basicall...

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 you're thinking this is not normal, that's because it isn't. here's obama's 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 it's bad not just for trea...

This flight is $688. right? right. but why have taxpayers spend only $688 on you when taxpayers can spend $43,000 on you instead? $688 was round trip, by the way. steve mnuchin's chief qualifications for becoming treasury secretary is he was the trump campaign's fundraising director with his inspector general report we know he's basically continued to raise large sums of money for the trump administration it's just now that he's raising the hundred for himself and raising it from the taxpayers and taxpayers have to eat it. because that's what this administration is like now. there is also news...