In their Monday letter to Wray, Turner, Comer, and Stefanik said: "In light of a recent report by the New York Post that you left a Senate hearing early to fly on an FBI aircraft for a personal vacation, we have questions about whether you are properly reimbursing federal taxpayers for your personal travel aboard government aircraft.
"According to the Post, on August 4, 2022, you abruptly departed a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing to engage in personal travel to your vacation home in Saranac Lake, New York. Despite requests from Ranking Member [Sen. Chuck] Grassley, you refused to remain at the hearing for an additional 21 minutes for remaining members to finish asking their questions and conduct oversight of the FBI," the lawmakers wrote.
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The letter added: "You reportedly departed on the FBI's Gulfstream 550 jet, an agency aircraft initially intended for counterterrorism use, to make the one hour and 12-minute journey to Saranac Lake. Further, it has been reported that you made a similar personal trip on a government aircraft on June 2 and June 5, 2022. "Although certain federal officials are permitted to use government aircraft for personal or political use, these expenses must be reimbursed."
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The letter asked for Wray to produce four different sets of documents:
"1. All documents and communications referring or relating to your travel on government aircraft, including the dates of travel, the aircraft used, the purpose of the flights, and the names of all passengers on the flights.
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2. A full accounting of the cost to taxpayers of your use of government aircraft for personal travel.
3. All documents and communications referring or relating to any reimbursement for your personal or any political travel.
4. Any documents and communications referring or relating to internal FBI policies, practices, or regulations regarding personal or political travel on government aircraft."
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According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), in general terms, the FBI director must make reimbursement payments for private travel to the FBI's Finance Division, which then transfers the recouped funds to the Treasury Department.
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The Aug. 7 Senate hearing with Wray included a collection of issues, according to the New York Post: The FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar/abused gymnasts case, the investigation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh before his Senate confirmation, the United States' military departure from Afghanistan last year (which initiated takeover by the Taliban), properly vetting migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, concealed-carry permit laws in Missouri, the alleged "blacklisting" of patriotic American symbols from decades past, and Hunter Biden and his now-infamous laptop (reportedly in the FBI's possession).
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