“Over the course of the past 14 months, Trump officials have vied heroically for the title of Most Corrupt Member of the Administration, a distinction that presumably comes with a senior role at the Trump Organization once this whole house of cards comes tumbling down. And reader, the competition has been fierce. Earlier this month, we learned that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has spent nearly $1 million flying on either military or private planes when commercial flights would have sufficed, choosing “the most expensive flight options available at every turn, appearing to never even consider flying commercial as his predecessors did.” Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who runs his department like he’s the Queen of England, has also acquired a taste for luxe travel accommodations, blaming Barack Obama for his staff’s inability to produce documents justifying his decision to stay as far away from coach as possible. Recently fired V.A. chief David Shulkin used a made-up award to take his wife on a taxpayer-funded jaunt to Europe (but of course, that’s not the reason he was shown the door). First Son-in-Law Jared Kushner has taken meetings with financial executives, and subsequently scored half a billion dollars in loans for the family business, in which he retains a financial stake“
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/scott-pruitt-lobbyist-townhouse
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/scott-pruitt-lobbyist-townhouse