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

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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
--- Quote ---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. ...
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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

mystery-ak:
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/

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