If we let them, they'll steal us blind!-----Whitmer spent $69,203 on Spain trip

Documents redacted names of four attendees - Scott

• Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and ten others spent $69,203 on a five-day trip to Spain in November.

The Michigan Enjoyer first reported the details, which it obtained through a records request.
Whitmer’s office did not respond to a request for comment about who else attended the trip and why...
“This investment mission to Spain is an opportunity to expand Michigan’s global footprint and attract new economic opportunities to our state,” Whitmer said in a news release...

• Previously, Whitmer spent $141,597 on a 2024 trip to Taiwan and $285,000 on a 2023 trip to Japan.
• Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist led an investment mission to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands last year. Michigan Capitol Confidential has requested the total cost of that trip but hasn’t yet received the documents, five months after asking...