Scandal at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
On February 27, 2018, it was reported that the U.S. 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 $5,000.[1] Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) contradicted initial agency statements that the Secretary was uninvolved in the purchase decision,[2] which took place amid extensive proposed budget cuts at that agency, affecting programs benefiting the poor and elderly.[1] Media coverage of the purchase led to its cancellation.[3] Inquiries into the propriety of the purchase were made by the Office of Special Counsel[4] and House Oversight Committee.[5]
The news of the office expenditures came amid questions over Carson's son's involvement in a HUD-sponsored "listening tour". Ben Carson Jr. is a federal contractor, and HUD lawyers warned the secretary that his involvement would constitute an apparent conflict of interest in violation of federal ethics rules; in February, Secretary Carson was pressured into requesting an investigation of his son's involvement by the inspector general of HUD.[1][4][6]
HUD's inspector general cleared Carson of misconduct in September 2019.[7]
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