Internal watchdog report finds that Veterans Secretary improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money during trip to Europe

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal watchdog's investigation has found that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and likely wrongly used taxpayer money to cover his wife's airfare for an 11-day European trip.

The report also questions Shulkin's decision to direct agency staff on official time to arrange his personal sightseeing activities during the July trip to England and Denmark.

The inspector general's audit is the latest in a controversy over misuse of government travel by top Trump administration officials.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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