Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was savagely booed Thursday during a news conference on California’s high-speed rail project at the Union Station in Los Angeles. The Donald Trump appointee blasted state authorities for mismanaging the once “exciting” project and claimed it had amounted to a waste of funds.

Sean Duffy, the Secretary for the United States Department of Transportation, announced the compliance review of funding for the California High Speed Rail Project.

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Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy got booed in California on Thursday morning when he attacked the high-speed rail project that Californians have wanted for decades. Duffy attacked the project as wasteful spending and said it was headed toward a “compliance review.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy plans to make an announcement on the California High-Speed Rail when he stops in Los Angeles on Thursday.Senator Alex Padill

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy put California's high speed rail project on notice Thursday, saying it is years overdue and billions over budget.

The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the government would conduct a “compliance review” on a $3.1 billion grant, potentially threatening the viability of the troubled project.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the California high-speed rail project will continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars with no definitive timeline for completion.

Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday that the Trump administration has launched a compliance review into California's high-speed rail project.

For too long, taxpayers have subsidized the massively over-budget and delayed California High-Speed Rail project,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in his announcement of the review on Thursday.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited Los Angeles’ Union Station to make an announcement on funding for California high-speed rail.

A protest broke out at Union Station, as US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Trump administration will be investigating the high-speed rail construction in California.