During a Politico event on Thursday, Mnuchin offered an explanation for his use of a military aircraft to fly to Fort Knox in Kentucky the day of the solar eclipse. The famed military base was close to the eclipse's path of totality.
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Steve Mnuchin gave a bizarre excuse to explain why he didn't fly to Kentucky on a military jet just for the solar eclipse
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has of late been frequently forced to defend his use — or requested use — of government aircraft.
Mnuchin said he was in Kentucky for an event on tax reform. The Treasury secretary also said that claims he traveled solely for the historic phenomenon was absurd — because as a "New Yorker," was not interested in the eclipse at all.
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Watch the plane-related exchange via Politico:
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