Records obtained by WHAS 11 News show Fletcher and a state trooper traveled to Boston on December 7th, just four days before he left office. Fletcher was there for a job interview at the Harvard Institute for Politics, according to several sources. I called about the purpose of the flight and who should pay for it on Monday. Fletcher's former general counsel, David Fleenor, took a personal check from the Fletchers to the governor's office later the same day. The check was written for $6105, the total billing for the use of the state plane. Fleenor says the governor didn't receive a bill for the flight until February 4th and records show the bill didn't go out from the Transportation Cabinet until Jan. 31st, a few days after I sent an Open Records Request to the cabinet, asking for all plane trips by governors since December 1st. So it's not clear why the billing for Fletcher's December flight didn't go out until the end of January.

A member of Fletcher's executive security detail says the former governor did ask about payment for the trip back in early December. And Fleenor says he argued that the trip could have been considered an "official" trip because Fletcher talked with Harvard officials about adding details of Kentucky's Medicaid program to their curriculum. But Fleenor says Fletcher didn't feel comfortable not paying for the flight. Fletcher interviewed for a slot as a "fellow" in the Harvard program but was not selected. Fleenor says the former governor is doing some consulting work but is generally taking it easy after four years of hard work.