Trump Paid Nearly $2.9 Million to Family-Owned Businesses as Campaign Wound Down
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Source: The Wall Street Journal.
Trump Paid Nearly $2.9 Million to Family-Owned Businesses as Campaign Wound Down
Trump also gave $10 million to his campaign in the final weeks of the election
By Rebecca Ballhaus
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Dec. 9, 2016 1:16 a.m. ET
President-elect Donald Trump in the final weeks of the election paid nearly $2.9 million to family-owned companies, according to his latest Federal Election Commission disclosurea third of the total amount he had previously paid his businesses over the course of the campaign. ... Between Oct. 20 and Nov. 28, Mr. Trumps campaign paid about 15 entities owned by him or his children, including an airline he owns, about a half-dozen of his golf clubs and his son Erics wine-manufacturing company. ... The total Mr. Trump spent over the course of the campaign on family-owned companies and reimbursing his children for travel: $12 million.
Mr. Trump also gave $10 million to his campaign in the final weeks of the election, bringing his total donations to his campaign to $66 million. While a substantial investment, that figure fell about $34 million shy of the $100 million he had routinely pledged to give.
Some $1.8 million of Mr. Trumps payments to his companies came in the weeks after the Nov. 8 election. Some of those payments appear to be routine payments for rent and payroll ($287,104 to Trump Tower) and air travel ($1.2 million to Tag Air, Mr. Trumps airline). ... But the campaign also paid $4,275 to the Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster County, N.J., for lodging on Nov. 22, the weekend Mr. Trump holed up there to interview potential cabinet nominees. That same weekend, the campaign paid $6,850 to Eric Trumps wine manufacturing company for facility rental and catering services. ... A Trump spokeswoman didnt immediately return a request for comment.
Among the firms that drew the largest checks from the Trump campaign was Giles-Parscale, a San Antonio-based web-marketing company run by Brad Parscale, Mr. Trumps digital director. The firm, which before 2016 had never worked for a presidential campaign, was paid $28 million in the latest disclosure period, bringing its total paycheck for the election to $73 million. ... A polling firm run by Kellyanne Conway, Mr. Trumps campaign manager, was paid $427,000, bringing the companys total payments to $937,000. Ms. Conway didnt draw a separate paycheck.
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