Sometimes it’s not the initial act that gets you in trouble, but the coverup. HUD Secretary Ben Carson purchased a $31,000 dining room set for his office. At first, he denied knowing it was so expensive and said he was trying to cancel the purchase.
Now CNN reports, “Emails show Carson and his wife selected the furniture themselves. An August email from a career administration staffer, with the subject line “Secretary’s dining room set needed,” to Carson’s assistant refers to “printouts of the furniture the Secretary and Mrs. Carson picked out.”
"Hi Mrs. Carson!" the scheduler wrote. "There is a designer who will be in town next week on the 15th-17th to look at possibly redecorating the Secretary's office and bringing in new furniture. … https://t.co/8PoGV5Gtns
— Nope. (@JoyAnnReid) March 14, 2018
Dear @SecretaryCarson – WHY LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OVER A DINING SET? Your job is to oversea the housing needs of many of our poorest communities.
The irony that you spend taxpayer money & office hours on this is without rational explanation. https://t.co/LgfBdhfL9e— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) March 14, 2018
Another liar. This regime is all about the normalization of gaslighting and lies, which Conway nicely branded alternative facts but are still lies! https://t.co/ofuV6ntAiQ
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 14, 2018