Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry agreed Friday to pay a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free plane ride to Hawaii and other free flights, ending a yearslong ethics investigation into his travels. The Republican also revealed he accepted nearly 20 complimentary trips worth more than $13,000 since 2021.
Landry’s agreement with the Louisiana Board of Ethics ends a civil case hanging over the first-term governor, who has tightened his grip on the agency since taking office in 2024. He has blasted the charges as a “weaponization of our government institutions,” akin to what he described as liberal forces operating against President Donald Trump.
Landry’s attorney Stephen Gelé told the Associated Press that the governor “is glad to bring an end to this matter and continue to save the taxpayers money, as he was already doing.” Landry had signed the agreement in advance and was not present at the meeting.
a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free plane ride to Hawaii and other free flights … also revealed he accepted nearly 20 complimentary trips worth more than $13,000 since 2021.
That’s less than a $50 fine for each grift. Also, 20 trips totalling $13k is only $650 per trip. Granted some of those are probably short interstate flights, but that smells like an undervaluation to me.
So I steal 13k worth of items from his house, sell them, then get caught, I only need to pay a $900 fine? Sweet!
Strike 17 you’re out!
