U.S. first reported 57m ago by The Guardian US · updated 36m ago

Marco Rubio spent over $1.2m of taxpayer money traveling to son’s football games

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The Guardian US FIRST 57m ago Marco Rubio spent over $1.2m of taxpayer money traveling to son’s football games
Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so often Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, has emerged as a superfan of the University of Florida’s football team, spending more than $1.2m of taxpayers’ money on frequent personal trips to watch them play, a report published Wednesday claims. Ethics watchdogs have questioned the necessity of the country’s top diplomat shuttling so often between Washington DC and Gainesville, where his son An

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