Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R)PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and two aides spent approximately $32,000 of tax dollars and donated money on a two-week trade promotion trip to Europe earlier this year, with thousands of dollars going for business class air fares and hotel cancellation fees.
Brewer and two aides went to Germany and France in late May and early June for a trade conference and seminars.
Tax dollars paid for most of the costs, but about 45 percent came from private donations.
Brewer spokesman Matthew Benson says that private money paid for the business class upgrade.
The private commerce booster account also paid nearly $4,200 in first-night lodging and cancellation fees to a Paris hotel.
Benson said Brewer's party changed hotels because the first hotel wasn't suitable for business travel.
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