Malia Zimmerman of The Hawaii Reporter details Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s taxpayer funded holiday travel, in this special report on Watchdog.org.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in Hawaii over the holidays, spending several days in the Presidential Suite at the Hualalai resort for $10,000 nightly.

According to interviews with the US capitol police and local law enforcement authorities, Hawaii county police were required to provide security for her at a non-reimbursable cost of
more than $21,000 to Hawaii county taxpayers.

This came at a time when county mayors and their departments are looking for ways to cut back
on expenses and considering tax hikes because of shrinking tax revenues.

Drew Hammill, Pelosi’s spokesperson, and the capitol police interviewed for this story, maintain that her protective detail is required.