Steve Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury - Between March and October last year, Mnuchin racked up more than $1 million in airfare, according to documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-profit government watchdog group. In every instance, Mnuchin flew on military aircraft rather than on commercial, which would have cost far less.
Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior - On March 8, the Associated Press reported that Zinke's office spent nearly $139,000 to renovate three sets of office doors allegedly in need of repair. The Associated Press reported in December that Zinke spent more than $53,000 on three helicopters trips. Those trips entailed:
$39,000 on a helicopter tour above national monuments in Nevada
$8,000 on a round trip ride to an emergency management exercise in West Virginia
$6,200 on a trip to Virginia to visit a Revolutionary War battlefield and attend a meeting
Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Earlier this month, Carson came under firewhen his staff reportedly said they were attempting to cancel an order for a $31,000 mahogany dining set to replace the 50-year-old table currently in Carson's office.
David Shulkin, Secretary of Veterans Affairs - The Inspector General released a report in February that implicated Shulkin's chief of staff in "serious derelictions" for doctoring emails to ensure that the government would pay travel expenses for the secretary's wife on a trip to Europe.
Scott Pruitt, head of the EPA - Last month, the Washington Post reported that Pruitt regularly spends thousands of taxpayer dollars on domestic and international airfare, staying at upscale hotels, for trips that are often not entirely relevant to his work as a cabinet official.
Tom Price, former Secretary of Health and Human Services - Price resigned from his post in late September 2017 after sparking bipartisan outrage over his extensive use of chartered flights. Price's travel cost taxpayers more than $1 million. Politico found 24 instances in which Price opted for a private jet over commercial flights, at a price tag of more than $400,000, while his the cost for his use of military jets exceeded $500,000.
