T-Mobile exec who needs gov't merger approval pays $2,246 per night to stay at Trump hotel

[mahatmakanejeeves]

That's Senator Pocahontas to you.

This week, Dems @SenWarren and @RepJayapal sent T-Mobile letters asking about these stays, and if the Trump admin was aware of them. T-Mobile CEO told us last month -- in an interview in the Trump Hotel lobby -- that he wasn't trying to influence @realDonaldTrump.

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NEW: @TMobile execs -- who need approval from @realDonaldTrump's govt for a big merger -- booked at least 52 nights at Trump's hotel after the merger was announced. That's even more than we'd previously thought. One paid $2,246 per night.

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[guillaumeb]

1. Quid, meet pro quo.

[PeeJ52]

2. Approved by shareholders, I'd assume?

... and well within the corporate travel allowance?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Shareholders don't vote on anything this far down.

I don't get to read the details of Tim Cook's car lease or check the mileage he racks up on corporate jets.

There will be a shareholder proposal at the next T-Mobile meeting, or that of whatever the successor company is, trying to require that the company report on these activities. It will fail.

Thanks for writing.

[PeeJ52]

4. Surely there are corporate guidelines for travel then?

Like staying in the medium priced hotels, renting a medium priced car. You know stuff like that, that everyone has to follow and put on their expense reports.

Thanks for enlightening this poor peasant. Tell me more of the people of means...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. I'm sure there are corporate guidelines, but what I'm saying is, is that these guidelines

are not subject to the vote of the shareholders. That sort of thing is way down in the weeds.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. It's where you pay the Trump bribes

[2naSalit]

6. +1

Right in plain sight.