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BREAKING: JW obtained docs via FOIA lawsuit w/ the Air Force detailing $134,587.81 plus $50,000 for an advance of funds for an “escort officer” for a total of $184.587.81 for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional delegation (CODEL) to Italy & Ukraine in 2015. (1/7)
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The docs show that from July 30 to Aug 6 of 2015, Pelosi took a trip to Italy & Ukraine with her husband, members of Congress, & spouses. The Italy trip included visits to the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Duomo, & viewing Da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” (2/7)
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The documents uncovered by JW also show the Air Force’s negative response to a Nancy Pelosi staff request for a specific crew for Nancy Pelosi’s flight. An official noted that it “would be a disastrous precedent to set even if it were possible.” (3/7)
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In response to Nancy Pelosi’s staff request for a specific crew for Nancy Pelosi’s flight, the Air Force also pointed out: “Our ARC crews have plenty to balance already with military duties and their civilian employers.” (4/7)
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Judicial Watch had previously uncovered that Nancy Pelosi’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over one two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. (5/7)
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And it was Judicial Watch’s work exposing Nancy Pelosi’s travel abuses which resulted in her successor as Speaker of the House, John Boehner, declining to use Air Force luxury jets to travel to his Ohio congressional district. (6/7)
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Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a demonstrated record of abusing the perks of office that give her access to military luxury travel paid for by taxpayers.” (7/7)
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