Justice inspector general: Conference muffins weren't $16

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Source: CNN

The Justice Department inspector general announced Friday that its highly publicized assertion last month that department officials paid $16 per muffin at a Washington legal conference was wrong.

Acting Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar issued a revised report, which said her office's highly publicized original report in September had incorrectly concluded that the cost of the muffins at a 2009 conference were so pricey. "We regret the error in our original report," the new document says.

The $16 claim created an inside-the-Beltway storm, with both the Hilton hotel chain and key department officials blasting the independent inspector general's report. The report cited the high cost of the muffins as an example of uncontrolled federal costs.

"After publication of the report, we received additional documents and information concerning the food and beverage costs at the Executive Office of Immigration Review conference," the new inspector general's report said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/politics/justice-muffin-mistake/index.html

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Eat some muffins, Matt Drudge!

[Ineeda]

1. Without reading the link, this was debunked almost immediately.

From what I remember, the cost was for beverages (juice, coffee, tea) and fresh fruit also. Basically, a continental breakfast.

[Bolo Boffin]

3. Yep! Just another confirmation of that.

"Muffins" is a shorthand way to describe the whole setup.

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[Kennah]

4. With Mittens being Mitt Romney's nickname, which GOP hopeful deserves the nickname Muffins?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Newt has the biggest muffin top.

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