BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — 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.
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 used a wealthy donor’s private plane in 2021 — when he was still the state’s attorney general — to fly to Hawaii, where he spoke at a conference. He did not report the use of the plane and was charged with violating state ethics laws by the board two years later.
The Republican also revealed he accepted nearly 20 complimentary trips worth more than $13,000 since 2021.
Jeff Landry agreed Friday to pay a $900 fine
Oh I’m sure that will discourage him. /s
Why doesn’t he have to pay what the damn flights were worth? Fucking bullshit, you know normal people pay goddamn restitution!
Even paying what they are worth isn’t a deterrent. Thats rolling the dice and worse that can happen is you break even. The fine needs to be a % of net worth. Nothing else matters.
Lmao. Paying out ‘in deal to end ethics probe’
Look, how about I give you a crisp $100, and you go back to looking the other way’
What’re you hiding, Jeff?
