Yet another member of the Biden regime is under investigation. I don’t think that I’ve ever seen so many criminals and people under investigation as I’ve seen with the Biden regime.
Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Public Trust, expressed her satisfaction that Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s air travel is now under investigation after their organization discovered his over-use of taxpayer-funded government jets. This followed a Fox News Digital report which two months ago revealed that Buttigieg had taken at least eighteen private flights since assuming office early 2021.
In response, Buttigieg tweeted that an independent audit would put any “misleading narratives” to rest and stressed that he mostly flies on commercial flights and in economy class.
The use of private jets by public figures who advocate for reducing emissions and combating climate change has been widely criticized as a hypocritical practice which undermines their credibility on the issue. The report by Fox News Digital detailed some examples of Buttigieg’s usage of such planes, including a round trip from Washington D.C. to Las Vegas for the promotion of public works projects in Nevada, a tour of six states to highlight grants authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and a military aircraft flight to attend the Fifth Invictus Games in Europe with his “husband” Chasten Buttigieg April 2022.
In addition to this, it was revealed that he also took a government plane to New York City for only two brief meetings and a radio interview before returning several hours later.
A spokesperson from the Department of Transportation welcomed the audit and noted that the career ethics officials had determined that these exceptions were more cost effective or should be authorized due to exceptional scheduling or security reasons.
This issue has drawn attention before; John Kerry faced similar criticism when he reportedly took a private jet from Boston to Reykjavik, Iceland in 2021 to accept an environmental award despite advocating for action on climate change previously.