HUD secretary Ben Carson broke the law when he failed to report an order for a $31,561 dining room table set for his office as well as the installation of an $8,000 dishwasher in the office kitchen, the Government Accountability Office found in a report
Agencies are required to notify Congress of expenditures over $5,000 to furnish an executive's office.Carson canceled the table order after it surfaced in news reports in early 2018, and he appeared to blame the fiasco on his wife, Candy, in congressional testimony. HUD spokespeople offered conflicting accounts of what Carson knew about the order.Sen.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. "I am also disturbed by the pattern of false statements and attempts to conceal this incident, mislead the public, and prevent Congress and the American people from seeing how taxpayer dollars are being mismanaged," Reed said in an e-mailed statement.In its report, GAO said HUD officials said they will set up a task force in the department to "improve its internal procedures.
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