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Judicial Watch: Documents Detail Nancy Pelosi's $185,000 CODEL to Italy and Ukraine in 2015

Contact: Jill Farrell, Judicial Watch, 202-646-5188

 

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2019 /Standard Newswire/ -- Judicial Watch announced today that it obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Air Force detailing $134,587.81 plus $50,000 for an advance of funds for an "escort officer" for a total of $184.587.81 for then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) Congressional delegation (CODEL) to Italy and Ukraine in 2015.

Judicial Watch filed a December 2015 FOIA lawsuit after the Air Force failed to respond to an August 2015 request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Defense (No 1:15-cv-02236)) for:

     

    All records regarding mission taskings of flights escorting members of Congress

    All records concerning transportation costs for transporting members of Congress

    All passenger manifests (DD-2131) for transporting members of Congress

    All weekly travel reports for members of Congress

     

The documents show that from July 30 to August 6, Pelosi took a trip to Milan, Rome and Naples, Italy, and Kiev, Ukraine...

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