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Ben carson dining room set.
Emails reveal housing and urban development secretary ben carson and his wife ordered a 31 000 dining room set to redecorate his office despite his spokesman s saying staffers picked out the.
Housing and urban development 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.
On february 27 2018 it was reported that the u s.
Department of housing and urban development had spent 31 561 on a set of dining room furniture for the office of hud secretary ben carson in late 2017 in apparent violation of federal law requiring congressional approval for department head office redecoration costs exceeding 5000.
Washington department of housing and urban development officials spent 31 000 on a new dining room set for secretary ben carson s office in late 2017 just as the white house circulated.
When news broke that a 31 000 dining room set had been ordered for the office of housing and urban development secretary ben carson the secretary s office immediately went into crisis mode.
Emails released under the freedom of information act foia.
Ben carson defends purchase of new 31 000 set.
Newly released emails cast doubt on claims by ben carson and his spokesman that he had little or no involvement in the purchase of a 31 000 furniture set.