Complaint that Congressman Nunes improperly used political donations for $5K worth of private jet travel

As noted in The Hill, The Fresno Bee newspaper reported that:

"Political donations to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) were improperly used to cover $5,518 in private jet travel, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by a campaign watchdog group.

The Fresno Bee reports that public filings show New PAC, a Republican leadership PAC, paid $11,036 to Paramount Business Jets on March 7. Nunes sponsors the PAC, which was refunded $5,518 on May 18 due to overpayment, it added.

According to its company website, Paramount Business Jets offers “private jet flights to and from any major city in the world, in any size aircraft with as little as 4 hours of notice.”
The Bee noted that it is illegal for leadership PAC money, which is used by congressional members to donate funds to other political candidates, to be applied to noncommercial air travel.

The complaint was filed by Campaign Legal Center.

A spokesman for the FEC said that political candidates can use leadership PAC money for chartering private jets through a company that is set up to meet that specific purpose, but also added that political candidates would be required to pay market rates.

Myles Martin said in those specific cases, chartering a private jet can be classified as commercial air travel."

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