the campaign, problem is making good on that claim. of late today the new york times reports president s inaugural committee paid almost $0226 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to the first lady milania trump. and the inspector general found that veterans a affairs chief of staff changed e-mails so his wife could join him on an official trip to europe at taxpayer expense. he was an obama holdover, he also accepted gifts of tickets to a wimbledon s tennis match. a day earlier epa administrator scott pruitt revealed authority concerns forced him to fly first class or on military jets at taxpayer events. it cost at least $90,000 during
we remember that phrase from the campaign, problem is making good on that claim. of late today the new york times reports president s inaugural committee paid almost $0226 million to an event planning firm started by an adviser to the first lady milania trump. and the inspector general found that veterans a affairs chief of staff changed e-mails so his wife could join him on an official trip to europe at taxpayer expense. he was an obama holdover, he also accepted gifts of tickets to a wimbledon s tennis match. a day earlier epa administrator scott pruitt revealed authority concerns forced him to fly first class or on military jets at taxpayer events. it cost at least $90,000 during a stretch in early june, according to the washington post. let s talk about this, with us is our national political correspondent and a former undersecretary of state for
senate to try to get the va tools to deal with the psychological wounds of war. you want a full-scale justice department criminal investigation to investigate to see if crimes were committed? we definitely want to see criminal investigation if that is merited. absolutely. alex nicholson, thanks very much for coming in. chris, thanks for you. i think it s fair to say, drew, that without your reporting, what we saw today would not have occurred. thanks to you. thanks to cnn for breaking these stories over many months and more to come. thanks very much. the va scandal raises new questions about president obama s attachment to big government and his willingness to impose accountability. here s cnn s chief political analyst gloria borger. reporter: barack obama came to office as somebody promising that the government could actually work for you and be your best friend. the question now is whether the president still believes that. we now know that va has a systemic totally unacc