Ben Carson Dining Room Set

Emails released under the freedom of information act foia.

Ben carson dining room set.

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. 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. Hud secretary ben carson cleared in watchdog s probe of 31 000 dining room set purchase published thu sep 12 2019 4 59 pm edt updated thu sep 12 2019 4 59 pm edt kevin breuninger kevinwilliamb. 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.

On february 27 2018 it was reported that the u s. Ben carson defends purchase of new 31 000 set. 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. 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.

Hud secretary ben carson has been cleared of misconduct allegations stemming from the 2017 purchase of a 31 561 dining table set for his office according to an inspector general s report.