Watchdog: Housing department broke the law with $40,000 furniture purchase for Ben Carson

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development broke the law when it spent about $40,000 in 2017 for a new dining set and dishwasher for Secretary Ben Carson's office, according to the Government Accountability Office

In a letter Thursday to Congress, the GAO's general counsel said HUD broke the law when it obligated over $31,000 for the purchase of a dining set and nearly $9,000 for the purchase and installation of a new dishwasher and water treatment system.Under law, federal employees are prohibited from spending in excess of an appropriation and an agency is restricted under law from spending more than $5,000 to furnish or redecorate an office without notifying Congress.

Carson and the secretary had no awareness" that the dining room set was being purchased. Internal HUD emails, however, indicated that the Carsons had picked out the furniture.Carson testified before Congress last March pinning the selection of the furniture on his wife and claiming he was not aware of the more than $31,000 price tag until it was reported by the media. He also said he canceled the order and returned the money to the US Treasury.In a statement Thursday, Sen.

 

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Lmao why does he sound super high

Funny that the reps asking the questions didn’t seem to know the law themselves. It is against the law to provide housing to Illegals

Someone check that dude for any signs of intelligence

Hey, Democrats, you're racism is showing.

Is he prescribing himself painkillers?

And they lost -Again!

And they claim that neurosurgeons are so smart. Or, maybe they are just better sticking to brain surgery

Oreo noun Or·​eo | \\ ˈȯr-ē-(ˌ)ō , ˈär-\\ Definition of Oreo usually disparaging : a black person who adopts the characteristic mentality and behavior of white middle-class society

So Brian stelter likes jelly doughnuts

“Tried”. Uh, no. SecretaryCarson crumbled & showed his ignorance & arrogance.

OK..let's give it another try. 'What do you get when your foreclose on a Chocolate-Chip-Cookie lubricant?' LineUpForCookies

Wow BenCarson is one dumb cookie. But he’s not an Oreo because as junkie as they are they’re delicious.

BlackTwitter: please come through on your wit with this one please!

'We're only going to hire the BEST people!' 'What's the difference between an R.E.O. and an Oreo?' 'I don't know, but would you like to take a look at my new office furniture? It only cost $31,561.00!'

This is CNN folks 😱🙄🤷🏽‍♀️😂🤡

He's right to ban illegal aliens from HUD program. Obama was the best president in Iranian history

You don't tell Poor Americans that these immigrants are allowed to go home for 6 months and their apartments are held empty for them, which could give a single American mother the time to get a job and back on her feet if she could live in that very apartment.

Sadly, the questioners depicted in this clip are lauded for vitriol. Surely we are better than that!

Maybe he was hungry? I could go for an Oreo, right now. With some milk.

Razor Sharpe!

Ben Carson is looking BAD! Typical Trumpsters that’s been handed jobs that they don’t qualify for. MAGA

The housing crisis is not a joke, and your cookie joke is NOT funny. Ben Carson needs to resign.

He should have just replied “Bob Marley”

Fake news CNN = tanked ratings

He is a doctor, he was obviously high from using some of the drugs that are readily available to him.

No..no.. the ppl look bad on this not Carson

👄Oreos will crumble, when you squeeze hard enough.😎

i think that is hilarious! but of course .... dems.

Ben Carson is the man! I would act the same way to these nut jobs.

Oh my gosh...someone please call the Cookie Monster & high-end furniture police. That awful BenCarson in the POTUS administration broke the law at RestorationHardware! While eating Oreos! AceReporting there, . 🤦‍♀️🍪🚔

Once again Congress has failed to do their job.

That dude always looks stoned. Wouldn’t want to have him do brain surgery on me😱find out what he’s smokin’

Like the rest of the Democrats, just demented.

He misheard and then said what it was when she quizzed him. Sad to see people want to tear down a man of color who has been successful.

Illegal immigrants shouldn't come before homeless Americans. Democrats are showing their true colors.

Oh, this MUST make it into CartoonPres !!!

A neurosurgeon SecretaryCarson is the perfect choice to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development!! Says no smart person ever.

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HUD's Ben Carson broke law with furniture order, GAO saysHUD 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 Yup and I didn’t forget that court hearing either ! Nothing will be done. They get away with everything. You're shitting us right? JoeBiden's $1.5 billion dollars kickback by his Son? And De Blasio's wife loses $850 million dollars,,,and you're worried about a $38,000 table set where the order was CANCELLED? Are you trying to shit the American people or what?
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