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Veteran Affairs Chief and His Staff Misled Ethics Officials about a Taxpayer-Funded Trip to Europe
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Feb 14, 2018 11:50am |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Author | Grace Donnelly |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 14, 2018 05:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Secretary of Veterans Affairs’ chief of staff doctored an email and lied about the purpose of his trip to Europe with his wife that was paid for by taxpayers, according to an investigation by the agency’s inspector general.
V.A. Secretary David Shulkin and his wife Merle Bari spent 10 days in Copenhagen and London during July 2017. Though the delegation was there for official meetings to discuss veterans health issues, the couple also went on a river cruise and attended the Wimbeldon tennis tournament with tickets that they accepted as an ethically questionable gift, the Washington Post reported.
An internal investigation by the agency found that the V.A.’s third-most senior official, Vivieca Wright Simpson, altered the language of an email so that it appeared that Shulkin was receiving an award from the Danish government in order to justify covering his wife’s travel as well, which cost taxpayers $4,312. |
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