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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump paid $12.5 million to his own businesses during race
Donald Trump paid nearly $12.5 million to his own businesses and family members during his 18-month campaign for president, a CNN review of federal reports shows.
The biggest beneficiary was Tag Air Inc., a Trump-owned company that operates his airplanes and was paid $8.7 million. The next biggest payment -- $2.2 million -- went to Trump Payroll Corp. and Trump Tower Commercial LLC.
One campaign finance watchdog said no candidate had ever run so much of a campaign's spending through his own businesses.
"I don't think we've ever seen one like this," said Larry Noble, general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center.
The biggest beneficiary was Tag Air Inc., a Trump-owned company that operates his airplanes and was paid $8.7 million. The next biggest payment -- $2.2 million -- went to Trump Payroll Corp. and Trump Tower Commercial LLC.
One campaign finance watchdog said no candidate had ever run so much of a campaign's spending through his own businesses.
"I don't think we've ever seen one like this," said Larry Noble, general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/16/news/companies/donald-trump-campaign-fec/index.html
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Trump paid $12.5 million to his own businesses during race (Original Post)
spanone
Dec 2016
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pansypoo53219
(20,952 posts)1. A CON MAN is all about the money.
malaise
(268,664 posts)2. Groper Don
is a first rate Con
spanone
(135,781 posts)4. putting the donations right in his pocket....a grifter
malaise
(268,664 posts)6. A grifter on heroin
crack and meth - he makes regular grifters look like amateurs
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. What a greedy piece of shit!
Is there nothing he won't see as an opportunity for profit?
BainsBane
(53,012 posts)5. He's not the only candidate to profit enormously from a 2016 campaign
and shockingly it's not illegal.