GSA was planning another Vegas conference

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-- and uses his morning.

There are some new revelations at its troubled federal agency that's under fire for an over the top Las -- retreat.

And I'm Vinnie Allen that bragged about wasting.

Your taxpayer dollars -- -- so it turns out of the GSA it was in the midst of planning yet another -- -- it's a good time that time and on back to sin city at least that was the plan.

And there's also some new testimony from the former administrator.

Who did not attend that infamous -- -- -- that conference in -- because she was.

At some meetings at a conference for guess what.

So Linda oh who Peter Casey joins me now live he is in Washington.

So what is the latest -- on the Vegas trip that just never happened what a shame in house that had.

It was supposed to be -- that the Hampton -- Tropicana out base and it was supposed to start two weeks from today on the 25 of April is only going to be for one day at a slightly less -- venue than twenty -- conference but we got our hands on a letter from the acting administrator of the TSA that basically says.

They are scrambling to make some changes so customers will still have some -- and the GSA.

And one of the ways they're doing that is by quote reviewing all planned and proposed conferences and meetings that involved travel or substantial expenditures.

A public funds and by quote.

Canceling a number of conferences that only or primarily involved internal staff and this GSA boss Dan and -- we -- is also tell us troops now.

But they'll need to be better moving forward about explaining business justification.

More conferences.

Yep I'm -- -- picture out what our grass is Hussein we said you know we -- America's Newsroom meeting in not Florida next week rent housing that really -- to -- if there.

I think if I depends on your ass back to think about that.

So lot of hustle and added that -- an honest.

Well there's another GSA higher up Jeff nearly and he was talking there inspector general when he said something that house investigators believe.

Indicates that administrator Martha Johnson missed the biggest conference and when he ten because she was that some other meetings somehow involving -- -- -- and the reason.

That that becomes relevant Alice because the -- administrator Johnson instead did a video conference with the biggest -- the cost 35.

Hundred extra dollars that we've got -- part of the transcript where this other guy nearly explains.

That I personally explain to them I had some concerns about this because we are spending 3500.

Dollars to save 1500.

Dollars.

And -- he's talking about the cost of Johnson's travel verses -- -- costs but the GSA is disputing the claims.

Made by the oversight committee here they think the committees using selective wording.

Trying to make -- connection and it is true that the -- -- -- drug is missing from the entire transcript.

One interesting that's not good math -- don't really add up on the field trip.

Calculator there Peter thank --

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