Trump’s Health Secretary Resigns After Private-Jet Scandal
- Move comes after firestorm over taxpayer-funded air travel
- President designates Wright to serve as acting secretary
Price Resigns as HHS Sec. Amid Private Jet Scandal
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Embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid an uproar over his use of private and military jets at taxpayer expense while heading one of the U.S.’s largest government agencies.
Price, 62, quit after it was revealed by Politico that he took more than two dozen private flights at taxpayer expense as well as trips to Europe, Africa and Asia on military aircraft, at a total cost of more than $1 million. The HHS department’s Office of Inspector General launched an investigation, as did Congress.