According to a New York Post report, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) indicated Monday that it will cover some of the costs incurred by the federal government for First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s flights back and forth between France and Delaware for Hunter Biden’s trial.
“In accordance with relevant regulations utilized across administrations, the government is reimbursed the value of a first-class fare for these flights to Wilmington and back to Paris,” Jill Biden’s office said in a statement to The Daily Mail.
Jill’s travel cost taxpayers $345,400.
From The New York Post:
A DNC spokeswoman said Monday that the national Democratic Party intends to pay “for the first class travel of the first lady,” according to CBS News.
Jill Biden’s whirlwind travel week saw her log a full day’s worth of time in the air.
She first flew from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to Wilmington on Tuesday evening so she could attend courtroom proceedings Hunter’s criminal trial on Wednesday morning.
The first lady then boarded a government plane to France that evening and spent Thursday in Normandy with President Biden commemorating the 80th anniversary of the allied invasion of Nazi-occipied Europe.
While her husband remained in France, Jill Biden flew back to Wilmington to spend Friday in court with Hunter before flying back to Paris that evening for a full day of Saturday events culminating in a state dinner at the Élysée Palace.
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The National Taxpayers Union Foundation, a government watchdog group, noted that the government plane likely used by Jill Biden for her trips without the president was a Boeing C-32, which has a reimbursable rate of $13,816 per hour, according to the Daily Mail.
More over at The New York Post:
DNC will foot part of $345K bill for Jill Biden’s pricey back-and-forth Delaware-France flights, taxpayers on the hook for rest https://t.co/SvNCLl4FnI pic.twitter.com/wJuF4GMfM3
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