Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's $210K Private Flight Expenses Raise Ethics Concerns

Sinema's use of taxpayer funds for private flights is under scrutiny as she faces ethics complaints over her campaign spending practices.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has reportedly spent approximately $210,000 of her taxpayer-funded office budget on private flights since 2020, often for travel within Arizona.
Sinema's spokesperson cited travel efficiency as the reason for the private flights, stating that it allows the senator to connect with as many constituents as possible.
The flights did not add to her office spending, but it came at the expense of spending in other ways.
Sinema's private travel comes as she faces ethics complaints over her campaign’s spending practices, which have overlapped with marathons and foreign travel.
Sinema has not indicated whether she intends to run for a second six-year term, but her campaign spending over the past year suggests she has been running all along.