Rand Paul charged taxpayers for private‑jet travel, records show

newsSep 11, 202614163

Six aides to Sen. Rand Paul chartered a private plane from Washington to Pittsburgh in the days after the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, costing taxpayers $17,827, Politico reported. The $17,827 New Flight Solutions Inc. charter accounted for over one-sixth of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's travel budget for the April 1 to Sept. 30, 2024 period. Other committee staff made the same trip far more cheaply, with an aide to then-Chairman Gary Peters spending under $700, two senior Peters staffers flying for under $400 each, and other subcommittee staff spending roughly $900 and under $700. Paul spokesman Steven Carmichael said the flights complied with Senate rules and were the "most efficient and effective means" for the investigative team to participate that day. Kedric Payne of the Campaign Legal Center said the spending "raises many questions," and a former House investigative staffer called the chartering "highly irregular." Records also show Paul's Senate office previously booked private charters for in-state Kentucky travel, including a $24,371 multi-stop flight and a roughly $19,000 combined flight for Paul and three staffers. Politico noted the use of private charters is legal under Senate rules, and the reporting highlights renewed scrutiny of Paul's travel practices given his public fiscal restraint rhetoric.

conifergirl.bsky.social

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Staff for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), known for his public stance against reckless federal spending, cost taxpayers nearly $18,000 on a private-jet trip other lawmakers' aides made for a fraction of the price, according to a new report.

1204h ago

conifergirl.bsky.social11

Six aides working for Paul, then the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chartered a plane from Washington to Pittsburgh in the days following the assassination attempt

m4a1960.bsky.social4

Paul is a fraud if Kentucky would manage their politicians closely instead of their mouths like MAGATS put work requirements & legal public ethics rules on them it covers both parties ! Its a joke we have proof of why we have the problems in this country its a part of the country !

Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

139h ago

Sue Stone

@knittingknots.bsky.social

Outrage as Rand Paul caught charging taxpayers for private-jet travel: 'Highly irregular' - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/rand-paul-26...

87h ago

Lise Latulippe

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Records reportedly show his pers-Senate office has repeatedly booked private charters4in-state KY travel, incl-a $24,371 flight touching multiple small cities in 1 trip& another costing roughly $19,000 combined4Paul &3 staffers on a separate multi-stop itinerary. www.rawstory.com/rand-paul-26...

55h ago

Jeff

@jammaj.bsky.social

Defense Priorities was founded by supporters of Senator Rand Paul and funded by Charles Koch, to promote Paul’s “more prudent, restrained" (and some say isolationist) approach to U.S. foreign policy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense...

99h ago

Amintegrity

@amintegrity.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2026/09... Rand Paul is the poster boy for raging republican hypocrisy and deep corruption. I wish I knew Rand Paul's neighbor that punched him out. I would like to shake is hand.

45h ago

Joe in Atlanta Formerly RichardBurrsPig on X

@burrspig.bsky.social

THESE GOP, LIVING THE BILLIONAIRE LIFE ON OUR TAX DOLLARS www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

3h ago

Nsignificannot

@nsignificannot.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2026/09... Oh my Lord, I cannot fathom how this happened. A Republican hypocrite?

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Indivisible Vancouver

@indivisiblevan.bsky.social

The $17,827 flight, billed to New Flight Solutions Inc., constituted over 18% of the total amount the committee spent on travel and transportation between April 1 and Sept. 30, 2024. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

15h ago

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@daddo21.bsky.social

@boricuabc2.bsky.social this is the Cunt Rand Paul I love to hate.

13h ago

sandy2950.bsky.social

@sandy2950.bsky.social

Private jet, you say? Well perhaps we should reduce the salary and benefits that the gang of "535" receive for their great public service that makes our lives better! Sarcasm.

4h ago

Shitocracy

@shitocracy.bsky.social

Just another Republican spending money on his own comfort, then telling the American people to suck it up. Only for me, not for thee. share.google/QHbk0pvxmZgd...

3h ago

WylieCat

@wyliecat.bsky.social

It fits a pattern Paul has shown over the years of spending lavishly on travel while routinely voting against government funding legislation and grinding legislative business to a halt in protest of bills that would add to the debt. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

6h ago

countmewoke.bsky.social

@countmewoke.bsky.social

the hypocrisy of this NON-physician, LiAr, Grifter makes Rand Paul a poster boy for the RNC Puppet Show.

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