Posted on 03/14/2018 1:04:02 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
When the agency's purchase of $31,000 (£22,000) in furniture was revealed, Mr Carson said he was "surprised" by the cost and was cancelling the order.
But a newly revealed email sent to Mr Carson's assistant in August seems to contradict his spokesman's statement.
Congress has launched an investigation into the purchase.
The House Oversight Committee has requested documents explaining the decision to buy the dining set, which exceeds the $5,000 spending limit the federal government allow for decorating government offices.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
So what?
he could’ve picked it out without going into detail about the cost.
So another great big nothingburger being made into a whopper with cheese...
Kinda off topic, but somewhat related.
No one objected when hitlery stole furniture from the State Dept. to furnish her D..C. house.
He should fire whoever presented him with these options
$31,000....
Didn’t Hillary lose 31,000 emails? Anybody checked the drawers of this dining room set?
Things that make you go hmmmm.
Wow…this committee is doing an anal exam of Trump administration spending. Not at all like the ho-hum attitude of the Oversight Committee when Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. “lost” SIX BILLION DOLLARS that was never accounted for. Talk about an oversight!
I think it’s important if he lied. And there are other “issues” regarding the good doctor.
https://newsone.com/3772137/ben-carson-hud-family-involvement-linda-cruciani/
So no Obama appointee violated this rule in eight years?
I really don’t know and if they did, it’s unlikely we would know about it.
Perhaps she could donate the WH china she stole when she and slick were evicted and save the full amount...
>>so.....officially we are perfectly OK with buying a $26,000 dining set? <<
Doesn’t everyone?
I mean, this looks like just attempting to not appear the USA opertes at a subsistence level.
Hillary likely bought a $31,000 gold toilet seat.
In 2020 our debt will be approximately 22 Trillion with TRILLIONS UNACCOUNTIBLE for.
This Fedgov. needs to be rebooted.
NOTHING will ever change until an irreversible consequence blows. That will not be a pretty circumstance.
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