{"id":59740,"date":"2017-09-30T00:16:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59740"},"modified":"2017-09-30T00:16:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:16:04","slug":"trump-sacks-health-secretary-use-private-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/trump-sacks-health-secretary-use-private-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sacks Health Secretary over use of private jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Tom Price, President Donald Trump\u2019s secretary of Health and Human Services, resigned from his post today after it was revealed that he had repeatedly chartered private planes for government travel.<\/div>\n<p>The revelation drew widespread criticism from Democrats and an investigation was launched last week by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Price took as many as 26 private flights and flew on military planes on trips to Europe and Africa at an estimated cost to taxpayers of over $1 million, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-7237560699464652703amp-hidden\"><\/div>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Trump teased a decision on Price&#8217;s status to reporters, saying would decide by the end of the day whether he might fire the secretary. 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