Ben Carson’s HUD, Planning Cuts, Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office
New York Times, Feb. 27, 2018–Glenn Thrush
The purchase of the custom hardwood table, chairs and hutch came a month after a top agency staff member filed a whistle-blower complaint charging Carson’s wife, Candy Carson, with pressuring department officials to find money for the expensive redecoration of his offices, even if it meant circumventing the law.
