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| Scott Pruitt spent $1,500 of taxpayer money on fancy pants | Scott Pruitt spent $1,500 of taxpayer money on fancy pants |
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| Remember when Trump said he was going to “drain the swamp” and put an end to corruption and frivolous spending in Washington? Well, it turns out that it costs a lot of money and requires a lot of very fancy equipment to do all that draining. Including, apparently, extremely expensive pants. | Remember when Trump said he was going to “drain the swamp” and put an end to corruption and frivolous spending in Washington? Well, it turns out that it costs a lot of money and requires a lot of very fancy equipment to do all that draining. Including, apparently, extremely expensive pants. |
| On Wednesday the Intercept reported that Scott Pruitt has now spent more more than $4.6m in taxpayer money on security, according to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. This includes $2,749.62 on “tactical pants” and “tactical polos” for the EPA administrator. The pants costs a remarkable $1599.68 for eight pairs, which makes one wonder if Pruitt has heard of a handy tool called Google dot com. When I did a search for tactical pants online you could find them at a far more reasonable price. | |
| Fancy-pants Pruitt has been plagued by a never-ending series of spending scandals since taking office. And he’s not the only member of the Trump administration who enjoys spending public money like it grows on swamp-dwelling trees. Here’s a look at some of the other thing the White House has been spending money on. | Fancy-pants Pruitt has been plagued by a never-ending series of spending scandals since taking office. And he’s not the only member of the Trump administration who enjoys spending public money like it grows on swamp-dwelling trees. Here’s a look at some of the other thing the White House has been spending money on. |
| $1,560 on pens | $1,560 on pens |
| Pruitt seemed to think this was a reasonable sum to spend on 12 customized fountain pens from a jewelry store called the Tiny Jewel Box. | Pruitt seemed to think this was a reasonable sum to spend on 12 customized fountain pens from a jewelry store called the Tiny Jewel Box. |
| $2,963 on a standing ‘captain’s’ desk | $2,963 on a standing ‘captain’s’ desk |
| You can’t use your fancy pens on just any old desk. Pruitt works at a captain’s desk. Aye, aye, don’t even know what to say about that. | You can’t use your fancy pens on just any old desk. Pruitt works at a captain’s desk. Aye, aye, don’t even know what to say about that. |
| $138,670 on doors | $138,670 on doors |
| In March it was reported that the interior department spent nearly $139,000 to upgrade three sets of doors in the office of secretary Ryan Zinke last year. No, the doors weren’t made out of diamond. Apparently they were made of fiberglass. | In March it was reported that the interior department spent nearly $139,000 to upgrade three sets of doors in the office of secretary Ryan Zinke last year. No, the doors weren’t made out of diamond. Apparently they were made of fiberglass. |
| $67,961,028 on golf | $67,961,028 on golf |
| According to a website, TrumpGolfCount.com, which is dedicated to tracking the president’s golf habit, this is how much Trump has spent on 112 golf trips since entering office. This is based on estimated costs of his flights and security. | According to a website, TrumpGolfCount.com, which is dedicated to tracking the president’s golf habit, this is how much Trump has spent on 112 golf trips since entering office. This is based on estimated costs of his flights and security. |
| $31,000 on a dining set | $31,000 on a dining set |
| Ben Carson, the housing secretary, caused a stir earlier this year by ordering an eye-wateringly expensive dining set (mahogany with a blue velvet finish, in case you were wondering.) Helen Foster, a senior official in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) told the Guardian that she had been told “$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair” after telling her bosses that this was the legal price limit for redecorating the Hud’s secretary suite. After a lot of controversy Carson cancelled his order. One only hopes he managed to find a decent chair to sit on. | Ben Carson, the housing secretary, caused a stir earlier this year by ordering an eye-wateringly expensive dining set (mahogany with a blue velvet finish, in case you were wondering.) Helen Foster, a senior official in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) told the Guardian that she had been told “$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair” after telling her bosses that this was the legal price limit for redecorating the Hud’s secretary suite. After a lot of controversy Carson cancelled his order. One only hopes he managed to find a decent chair to sit on. |
| $43,000 on a sound-proof privacy booth | $43,000 on a sound-proof privacy booth |
| It is not clear what Pruitt does in this privacy booth. | It is not clear what Pruitt does in this privacy booth. |
| Priceless | Priceless |
| The cost of Mueller’s investigation. | The cost of Mueller’s investigation. |
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