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Saturday, June 2nd, 2018

The U.S. Government Has Spent More Than 4 Times the Cost of Mueller’s Investigation to Let Trump Play Golf

Author:     Mark Sumner
Source:     Alternet
Publication Date:     June 1, 2018, 3:29 AM GMT
 Link: The U.S. Government Has Spent More Than 4 Times the Cost of Mueller’s Investigation to Let Trump Play Golf
Stephan:   One of the hallmarks of this administration is the extraordinary abandon with which Trump and his cabinet officers live in luxury on the taxpayers' -- that's you and me -- dime. Do you remember all the speeches during the campaign when Trump pillared Obama because he played golf, swearing that if elected he would stay and work in the White House. Of course it was a lie. Here's the evidence. It also shows the complete hypocrisy of the Republican congress.

Trump golfing at one of his courses

The Justice Department has released a reporting showing the cost of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into foreign entanglements of the Trump campaign. Through just over a year, the total comes in at $16.7 million.

Naturally, this resulted in a morning tweet from Donald Trump. Trump had previously pegged the cost of the investigation at $20 million, an exaggeration modest enough that he likely had someone at the DOJ check the books for him. And while Trump may be wishing he had that cash so he could grab some Florida real estate for a Russian oligarch, the cost of the ongoing investigation does seem … perfectly reasonable.

Compared to the estimated $67 million the government has providing Trump with trips to Mar-a-lago to play golf, Mueller’s investigation. Or the $3.5 million that the EPA spent on a single year of Scott Pruitt’s personal SWAT team.

It would probably be possible to pay for the Mueller investigation either out of first class flights by Pruitt, or Ben Carson’s decorating budget. In just […]

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