One Pelosi CODEL had a dinner bill for 98 people of more than $10,000, with $3,807 of it charged to the Air Force, noted. Although not usually itemized, the records show the CODELs ate well, too. 'Pelosi herself does not drink alcohol, but she's not the only member of Congress on these trips.'įood purchases, according to Judicial Watch's records, were usually made from a warehouse store or an Air Force commissary.

Many of those sources attributed the expenses of entire CODELs to Pelosi alone, found.īut 'international CODELs routinely showed receipts for hundreds of dollars worth of top-shelf alcohol,' reported. The online newspaper WorldNetDaily reported on Judicial Watch's findings under the headline 'Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze.''īlogs referred to the WorldNetDaily story as did the chain e-mails that developed from the blogs. Judicial Watch stated that her trips were 'more about partying than anything else,' after reporting Pelosi's congressional delegations, or CODELs, spent $101,429.14 over two years on 'in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.' Judicial Watch, which describes itself as a conservative watchdog group, obtained Pelosi's travel expense reports, according to. But most of the information has been exaggerated or misinterpreted. There's some truth in the e-mail Pelosi-led delegations did eat and drink very well.

I've been forwarded this e-mail that says it's scandalous that Nancy Pelosi has spent $100,000 of taxpayer money on food and booze during trips with her family on government-supplied planes.

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