Trump’s Transition Team to Return 20% of Unused Funding to US Treasury – Pence

January 20, 2017 in News by RBN Staff

Sputnik

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in Trump Tower, Manhattan, New York, US, January 11, 2017.

US Vice President-elect Mike Pence said that the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump did not spend a fifth of the funds available to it and will return the money to the US Department of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump did not spend a fifth of the funds available to it and will return the money to the US Department of the Treasury, US Vice President-elect Mike Pence said in a briefing on Thursday.

“We are wrapping up this transition on schedule and under budget. We will actually return some 20 percent of taxpayer funding back to the US Treasury,” Pence stated.

Trump’s inauguration will be held January 20 in Washington, DC, in front of the Capitol, the seat of the US Congress.

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