By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Folks like talk show host Bill O’Reilly talked incessantly about the government spending $16 a muffin at a conference even after press reports began to surface that the Justice Department report on the issue probably wasn’t true. The Hilton hotel had disputed it all along, saying the price included multiple breakfast…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Apparently the controversy over the Justice Department paying $16 a muffin at a conference isn’t quite over yet. Now comes the Capital Hilton hotel, which charged $4,200 for $250 muffins at a Justice Department conference in 2009. The hotel is denying the charge was just for muffins, contrary to an Inspector…
By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON — Muffins: $16 apiece. Coffee: more than a dollar an ounce. Snacks: $32 per person. A report issued Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general found excessive spending on food and beverages in an audit of 10 department conferences. Justice spent about $490,000 on food and beverages at the…
