Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin’s chief of staff doctored an email in an effort to cover up travel expenses for Shulkin’s wife, according to a VA inspector general’s report released Wednesday.

The report found that Shulkin’s chief of staff, Viveca Wright Simpson, made changes to an official email to get approval for taxpayer funding for Shulkin’s wife’s flights costing more than $4,000.

The report also finds Shulkin misused government resources by accepting Wimbledon tickets and airfare for his wife when he took a trip to Europe last summer, according to USA Today.

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