Update (August 25, 1:15 P.M.): The Treasury has released a statement saying that Steve Mnuchin was “on official government travel in Kentucky,” and rebuked the claim that he and Mitch McConnell viewed the eclipse from the roof of Fort Knox, and instead, viewed it from the fort’s lawn.

“The Secretary and Leader McConnell were joined by Governor Bevin, Congressman Guthrie and U.S. Treasurer Carranza for a visit to the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. The trip was originally planned for earlier in August but was postponed to accommodate the Congressional calendar. Not only did the group not watch the eclipse from the roof, the eclipse did not even factor in the travel decision. In fact the Mint staff had originally suggested that the delegation watch the eclipse from the roof but the Secretary specifically canceled that part of the tour. They watched it briefly from outside before they entered (prior to the actual time of full eclipse). The Secretary was more interested in meeting with Mint personnel, reviewing the security procedures, and viewing the contents of the Depository.”

McConnell’s Facebook has updated the photo of him and Mnuchin in front of the doors at Fort Knox, removing any mention of the rooftop in its caption. The Treasury spokesperson told Vanity Fair the caption was made in error.

The updated story continues below.

While most of America shuffled out of their offices and into the streets to view Monday’s solar eclipse, Steve Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, had a much more exclusive view on the lawn of Fort Knox in Kentucky, home of $180 billion in gold owned by the federal government. To get there—to view the eclipse while literally standing on top of gold—they took the private flight that eventually got Linton in trouble for boasting about her wealth and calling an Instagram commenter “adorably out of touch.” Washington watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (C.R.E.W.) is filing a F.O.I.A. to review the purpose of the couple’s trip.

According to the Treasury, Mnuchin’s purpose in Kentucky was to join Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Greater Louisville Inc. luncheon for the local chamber of commerce, an event that was scheduled to take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m, according to The Washington Post. Later, the pair, along with Linton, traveled to Fort Knox to view the eclipse near the path of totality sometime between 12:59 p.m. and 3:51 p.m., when the eclipse occurred. McConnell posted a photo to his official Facebook page of him and Mnuchin standing in front of the fort’s main entrance, with a caption that initially mentioned their plans to view the eclipse on the roof. That caption has since been deleted.

According to C.R.E.W.’s Web site, its request of government documents “would shed light on the justification for Secretary Mnuchin’s use of a government plane, rather than a commercial flight, for a trip that seems to have been planned around the solar eclipse and to enable the Secretary to secure a viewpoint in the path of the eclipse’s totality.”

“A number of things don’t quite add up,” the organization’s director of communications, Jordan Libowitz, told Vanity Fair on Thursday.. “First, why was [Mnuchin] going to inspect the gold in the first place? He’s the first treasury secretary to visit [the gold vault] in nearly 70 years. No one has gone since 1948.”

According to the Post, the Defense Department encourages government employees to make all attempts at minimizing travel costs. This would include avoiding trips via private plane, which federal documents show has a reimbursable rate of up to $10,000 an hour. After Linton apologized for her Instagram snafu, the Treasury Department said the couple would reimburse the government for Linton’s travel expenses. An aide for McConnell told the Post that he was not on the plane with Mnuchin and Linton.

It’s one thing to get in trouble for bragging about your designer clothes; it’s quite another to get in trouble for using taxpayer dollars to view an eclipse in the vicinity of Scrooge McDuck-worthy vault of gold. Flying commercial for the rest of their lives might not be enough to help Mnuchin and Linton overcome that kind of bad press.