Gretchen Whitmer Accused of ‘Leveraging’ Her Office for ‘Personal Benefit’ in Private Plane Scandal

[mystery-ak]

Gretchen Whitmer Accused of ‘Leveraging’ Her Office for ‘Personal Benefit’ in Private Plane Scandal

Kyle Olson 7 May 2021

Before Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) used a private plane to take a multi-day trip to Florida, other politicians were indicted for similar circumstances.

Deadline Detroit’s Charlie LeDuff reported:

    When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was outed last month for a secretive trip to Florida in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, her office claimed Michigan taxpayers did not foot the bill.

    What they did not tell us, however, is that Whitmer asked a group of wealthy Detroit businessmen to provide a private plane they share.

    Those businessmen have major dealings in and with the state of Michigan.

“We wondered why she reached out to us instead of booking a private charter,” one of the owners said, speaking to LeDuff on the condition of anonymity. “You can’t tell a governor no. Who needs that kind of trouble?”

Flight records show a jet owned by Air Eagle, LLC took Whitmer from Lansing on March 12 to Palm Beach and returned her on March 15. According to LeDuff, Whitmer’s office did not notify Florida law enforcement of her presence in the state, which he described as a “customary security protocol.”

According to the Detroit News, Air Eagle, LLC is owned by “The Nicholson family of PVS Chemicals, the Moroun family of the trucking company Central Transport, and the Cotton family, which formerly ran Meridian Health.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/07/gretchen-whitmer-accused-of-leveraging-her-office-for-personal-benefit-in-private-plane-scandal/

[Hoodat]

Institutionalized corruption.

[Wingnut]

I hope they take her down!  She is your typical Rat Tyrant.   

[libertybele]

I hope they take her down!  She is your typical Rat Tyrant.

Didnt' Trump win MI? Yes, I hope they take her down. If I recall the MI militias weren't too happy with her lockdown orders.

[mystery-ak]

Gretchen Whitmer Uses Nonprofit ‘Social Welfare’ Funds for ‘Personal’ Florida Private Jet Trip
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/15/gretchen-whitmer-uses-nonprofit-social-welfare-funds-pay-personal-florida-private-jet-trip/

[rustynail]

The skin on her face is tighter than a banjo head.

[mountaineer]

BizPacReview:
FAA: Company that flew Whitmer to Florida not authorized to operate charter flights
May 18, 2021

LANSING -  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after determining that a company hired to fly Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Florida is not authorized to operate charter flights.

The possible violation of FAA rules by Air Eagle LLC, the Detroit company that owns the plane Whitmer flew on to visit her father in March, adds a new level of controversy to concerns about the flight.

Until now, concerns about the flight related mainly to whether Whitmer was following the travel advice her administration was asking Michiganders to observe, and how Whitmer paid for the flight. ...

Story originally published by Detroit Free Press

[mountaineer]

Published May 17, 2021
Gretchen Whitmer's Florida trip: company that flew governor not authorized for charter flights, FAA says
Whitmer faces new questions about Florida trip, which she initially lied about taking
By Houston Keene | Fox News

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing a new round of questions about a much-criticized trip to Florida after revelations that the air travel company she chartered for the flight wasn't actually authorized to perform charter flights.

Whitmer has previously faced scrutiny over the March trip, which she initially lied about taking, and which came after she had cautioned Michigan residents against traveling out of state due to coronavirus concerns.  ...

Michigan Republican Party communications director Ted Goodman told Fox News on Monday that the report was "concerning," but "not surprising."

"This new bombshell that Whitmer's plane was not authorized to fly is concerning, yet not surprising," Goodman said in a statement. "For Whitmer, it's always been, rules for thee, but not for me." ... Full story at FOX

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Private Jet that Secretly Flew Gretchen Whitmer to Florida Locks Down Flight History
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/20/private-jet-secretly-flew-gretchen-whitmer-to-florida-locks-down-flight-history/