The head of the U.S. Treasury could exceed the authorization to view the Eclipse
MOSCOW, 24 Aug — RIA Novosti. The members of the organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) seeing abused whether the head of the U.S. Treasury Steven Mnuchin his position, having made with his wife a flight on a government plane, which coincided with a total solar Eclipse, which could be observed on the territory of States, says the Washington Examiner.
The members of the CREW (“Citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington”) filed a request for data about the legality of the use of the aircraft Minister and his wife, actress Louise Linton, in accordance with the law on free access to information. Also they are interested in how much the government cost of their flight to Lexington, Kentucky.
Linton”s Instagram comment shows she is out of touch with everyday Americans, Jennifer Miller writes for @CNNOpinion https://t.co/QSTmw2frEi
— CNN (@CNN) August 23, 2017
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In a statement, CREW said that the report “shed light on whether justified was the use of government aircraft, or was it a commercial flight for the trip, which apparently was planned to view the solar Eclipse”.
The General public of the flight became known after Linton posted in Instagram her photo with her husband, coming out of the plane. The members of the CREW said that the photo caused “uproar” in social networks.
One thing we learned about Louise Linton, wife of Steven Mnuchin Treasury Sec, is that she’s just as awful as her husband (h/t @skenigsberg) pic.twitter.com/RCOAFTdCpq
— Scott Dworkin (@Acer) 22 Aug 2017
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Residents of 14 States on Monday observed the “Great solar Eclipse”. The band total Eclipse with a width of 113 kilometres stretches from the Western to the Eastern coast of the country. The last time a similar phenomenon in the United States watched 99 years ago. The next total Eclipse is expected in 2024, but it will be visible only in a few States.