HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns After $1 Million Private Jet Scandal

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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned after revelations he spent over $1 million in taxpayer funds on private jets and military aircraft for travel that included personal business. Price took at least 26 private charter flights costing over $400,000, often to places where he had personal business or could have flown commercially for a fraction of the cost. His resignation marked the first Cabinet-level departure due to corruption scandal in the Trump administration, setting a pattern of ethical violations that would plague multiple Cabinet members.

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[1] Tom Price resigns as HHS secretary after criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense · Sep 29, 2017 Tier 1

[2] Tom Price Resigns as Health Secretary After Drawing Ire for Chartered Flights · Sep 29, 2017 Tier 1

[3] Price's travel cost over $1 million · Sep 28, 2017 Tier 1

[4] Tom Price resigns as HHS secretary after private jet scandal · Sep 29, 2017 Tier 1

[5] Tom Price's stock trades under scrutiny · Jan 16, 2017 Tier 1

[6] Price's private travel cost more than $1 million · Oct 5, 2017 Tier 1

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The Cascade Ledger. “HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns After $1 Million Private Jet Scandal.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, September 29, 2017. https://capturecascade.org/event/2017-09-29--hhs-secretary-tom-price-resigns-after-1-million-pr/