OCTOBER 14, 2010
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has
obtained new documents from the United States Air Force
detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s repeated use of United States
Air Force aircraft. According to the documents, obtained by Judicial
Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Pelosi used Air
Force aircraft on 85 flights from March 2009 through June 2010. Members
of Pelosi’s family were guests on at least two flights.
Among the highlights from the documents, obtained pursuant to a FOIA request filed on January 25, 2009:
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- Pelosi used the Air Force aircraft for a total of 85 trips, covering
206,264 miles, from March 2, 2009 through June 7, 2010. Pelosi, her
guests and Air Force personnel logged a total of 428.6 hours on these
flights.
- Members of Pelosi’s family were guests on at least two flights. On
June 20, 2009, Speaker Pelosi’s daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons
joined a flight from Andrews Air Force Base to San Francisco
International Air Port. That flight included $143 in on-flight expenses
for food and other items. On July 2, 2010, Pelosi took her grandson on a
flight from Andrews Air Force Base to Travis Air Force Base in
Fairfield, California, which is northeast of San Francisco.
According to previous documents uncovered by Judicial Watch,
the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force
$2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for
in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. For example, purchases
for one Pelosi-led congressional delegation traveling from Washington,
DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008 included:
Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s
Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light
rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewar’s scotch, Bombay Sapphire
gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.
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