Good News: Michelle Able To Keep Taxpayer Cost Of Ireland Junket Under $10 Million

By Mike Miller  

In June of 2013, Michelle Obama, her daughters, and their entourage took a 3-day trip to Ireland. Documents released Wednesday show that the trip cost taxpayers nearly $8 million.
Air Force documents obtained via a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal that taxpayers shelled out $7,670,476.80 on flights to, from and around Ireland during their June 17-19 trip.
Additional documents obtained from the Department of Homeland Security show that the cost for “security and/or other services” for a side trip to Dublin by the Obama ladies and their her entourage was $251,161.86. That total included $55,004.85 spent at the Shelbourne Hotel and $70,855.44 at the Westbury Hotel.
So the grand total – footed entirely by taxpayers – was $7,921,638.66. But hey, if it’ll make you feel any better, that’s only $110,022.76 per hour!
As The Daily Caller reports, this most recent revelation comes on the heels of a release of additional
documents revealing the $1,164,268.60 in flight expenses for the first family’s vacation to Martha’s Vineyard in 2013, the $8,104,224 in flight expenses for their 2013 official trip to Africa and $7,781,361.30 for their 2013-2014 Christmas vacation to Honolulu.
Hey, it’s good to be king. Or queen. Or married to the king. Or something.

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