Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained flight expense records from the U.S. Department of the Air Force revealing that President Obama incurred $7,396,531.20 in flight expenses alone for his 2013 vacations to Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard and his trip to California to appear on the Jay Leno Show. The records came in response to Freedom of Information lawsuitfiled after the stonewalling of requests filed in August 2013.
According to the Department of Air Force documents:
- The outbound flight to Honolulu for the Obama 2012 – 2013 Christmas vacation cost taxpayers $2, 214, 393.60. The return flight to Washington was $1,871,961.60. The total price for flight expenditures alone came to $4,086, 355.20.
- The outbound flight to California in August, 2013 for Obama to dine with high-dollar fundraiser Jeffrey Katzenberg and appear on the “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” cost taxpayers $1,209,926.40.The return flight to Washington was $935,980.80. The total price for flight expenditures alone came to $2,145,907.20.
- The outbound flight to Martha’s Vineyard for the Obama family August vacation cost taxpayers $890,323.20. The return flight to Washington was $273,945.60. The total price for flight expenditures alone came to $1,164,268.80.
From December, 21, 2012, to January, 5, 2013, the Obama family spent their Christmas vacation in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the president briefly flying back to Washington to work on a budget deal before returning to finish out his vacation. In early August, 2013, Obama flew to California to dine privately with high-dollar fundraiser DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg in the presidential suite at the Hilton Woodland Hills Hotel and to appear for the sixth time on the Jay Leno “Tonight Show.”
Though I am as Constitutional as it gets!!
The scary part of the cost is the Cost of Securing our President. Even worse, is the devalued value of our Dollars. Even an idiot doing what he is told deserves a break from his Master. It’s the Union way:)
And the Cost of GW going to Leno was?
Be factual, not fair!!
Both sides are doin what they’re doin!!
POWAG
Such bullshit lies.
Seems ”the Obama’s,” could save the taxpayers tons of cash by simply all traveling together when they vaca.
But no.
Obama goes one day, Michelle and the girls a different day, they return on separate flights, too.
Seems they don’t spend a lot of time TOGETHER when they vaca, either.
Obama golfs with his man-toys, Michelle gets her lipo, I have no idea what the girls do, but they never seem terribly happy.
When the couple DO go out together they make a big showy display of it, which is quite expensive, too.
People who love one another can enjoy one another’s company without dripping cash at every turn.
@Robert,
When did GW Bush go on Leno, or any other talk show, as a sitting President?
Be factual, not fantasizing!
Definitely money well spent. It is exhausting screwing up everything one touches.
@This one: and they are lies how? You can get this information and you can also figure it out on you fingers, toes or calculators.
Obama’s Christmas vacation 2012 was over 17 million. His trip to Africa over a 100 million. Between his kids, his wife and the dog, they are using and abusing millions of taxpayer monies.