From the Washington Examiner:
Former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis regularly flew on a private jet owned by the International Union of Operating Engineers while she served in Congress but failed to disclose the travel in her financial filings, a violation of House gift rules, according to a recent lawsuit. The travel included the period after she was nominated by President Obama in 2009 to serve in his cabinet.Related post:
The allegation is included in a lawsuit filed by members of IUOE Local 12 against IUOE First Vice President William Waggoner, his immediate family and other top union officials. The Los Cerritos (Calif.) News says it has independently confirmed that Solis was provided with "thousands" of dollars worth of flight time on the local's Cessna Citation Excel jet.
Solis is not a defendant in the class action lawsuit, which alleges that Waggoner embezzled union funds. The suit alleges that Waggoner "bragged openly that he was flying Solis back to Washington, D.C." from her home in El Monte, Calif.
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