WASHINGTON _ Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife are reimbursing the government for transportation costs when she travels with him on official business, a department official said.
Louise Linton, a Scotland-born actress who married Mnuchin in June, stirred up controversy on social media Monday when she responded condescendingly to a critic on Instagram, where Linton had posted a photo of herself exiting a U.S. government aircraft after a flight from Kentucky. She was holding what appeared to be a Hermes Birkin handbag, a brand and model that sells for more than $10,000, and her post included hash tags of the designer clothes, shoes and sunglasses she was wearing.
The secretary went to Louisville, Kentucky, to promote the Trump administration's tax reform agenda, including rate cuts for the middle class, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
On social media, Linton, responding to an Oregon woman who criticized her "little getaway," wrote "I'm pretty sure we paid more taxes toward our day trip than you did." The actress also said she's "pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you'd be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours," adding "you're adorably out of touch."
Linton has since made her Instagram account private.
