U.S. government watchdog to review Mar-a-Lago trips, Trump hotel profits

[alp227]

Source: Reuters

A U.S. government watchdog has agreed to review how classified information is kept secure at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the agency said on Monday, after Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about the issue last month.

The Government Accountability Office's review will examine whether Secret Service agents subject Mar-a-Lago guests to any security screening, and evaluate the expenses incurred by government employees who travel with Trump to Mar-a-Lago, according to a letter the agency sent the lawmakers on Friday.

The GAO will also check whether Trump has made any payments to the U.S. Treasury from profits at his hotels, the letter said. Trump's lawyer pledged at a Jan. 11 news conference to donate Trump Hotel profits from foreign governments to the Treasury.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-gao-idUSKBN16Y2QR

[iluvtennis]

1. Excellent. We the ppl should know how the $3M per trip is being spent and how the dumbshit...

...handles classified info at Mar-a-lago needs to be known. We know he read secret info about Korea test launches right at his dinner table - that is against the policies/procedures for handling classified inf.

[LompocDem]

2. This is important because the NISPOM now requires...

training on insider threats for DOD contractors. I was not here and these aren't the droids you are looking for.

[msongs]

3. would that be the newly appointed by trump government "watchdog"..like with his DC hotel lease?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. No - it is headed up by an Obama appointee

for a 15 year term (appointed in 2010).

http://www.gao.gov/about/workforce/gdbiog.html

[Hekate]

4. KnR

[Demit]

5. "The GAO is expected to begin the review in a few months."

That's the last sentence of the article. Yeah, they're gonna get right on that.

[mitch96]

6. Just my thoughts he is using the presidency

To advance his business and nothing more.. When he can't make money off of the job he will move on.. With him it's all about the money..
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[demmiblue]

8. K&R

[OliverQ]

9. Won't matter

The GSA just ruled Trump's government leased DC hotel is perfectly ok. Mar-A-Lago won't be any different.

This government is astronomically corrupt, and I'm not sure it will ever change.