The Department of Transportation has refused to share the cost information of 23 flights Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his advisers have taken on government jets.
'The Five' co-hosts discuss the Department of Transportation Inspector General investigating Pete Buttigieg’s use of private jets.related to the taxpayer costs
"It’s inexcusable that Secretary Buttigieg’s agency is hiding the detailed costs of these taxpayer-funded flights," Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of watchdog group Americans for Public Trust, told Fox News Digital."Federal law dictates a timely release of exactly these types of records to the public."
Following the Dec. 12 report, Fox News Digital filed a FOIA request for detailed information and costs of all flights logged by FAA planes since early 2021. For months, the DOT FOIA office repeatedly delayed providing the requested information, citing various reasons including on one occasion a key employee being out of the office, until Feb. 27, hours after the inspector general investigation was announced.
"Sadly, reports of unnecessary secrecy and selective release of information are all too common when discussing the self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history," Chamberlain told Fox News Digital."And it appears that the more high-profile the issue or event, the greater the efforts to hide the information the public deserves to know."
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