nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Elaine Chao Used DOT Resources For Personal Errands, Family Business, IG Report Says||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The Transportation Department's inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December of 2020. The DOJ declined to open its own investigation into the matter.

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Former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao used her agency's resources to assist in person errands and to help her family, according to an inspector general report.



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Elaine Chao Used DOT Resources For Personal Errands, Family Business, IG Report Says

The Transportation Department's inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December of 2020. The DOJ declined to open its own investigation into the matter.