Cheers! Barr books Trump's hotel for $30,000 holiday party

[demmiblue]

Source: WaPo

U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr is planning a holiday treat for his boss.

Last month, Barr booked President Trump’s D.C. hotel for a 200-person holiday party in December that is likely to deliver Trump’s business more than $30,000 in revenue.

Barr signed a contract, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, for a “Family Holiday Party” in the hotel’s Presidential Ballroom Dec. 8. The party will feature a buffet and four-hour open bar for about 200 people.

Barr is paying for the event himself and chose the venue only after other hotels, including the Willard and the Mayflower were booked, according to a Department of Justice official. The official said the purpose of Barr’s party wasn’t to curry favor with the president.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/27/cheers-barr-books-trumps-hotel-holiday-party/?tid=ss_tw

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Apparatchik

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Beat me to it!

And this article has me doing this -->

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Jeezus. They don't even pretend to not be in bed together. He found his Roy Cohn.

[underpants]

4. Hold it. HOLIDAY PARTY?

Fox News will be all over this.

[trixie2]

21. good catch

[Mr.Bill]

5. That's actually cheap for what is being described

for 200 people. My friends and family could drink that much in four hours.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. So could my in-laws. But then again, they're Irish.

[Grasswire2]

12. That's likely just for the space. nt

[Mr.Bill]

15. That would make more sense.

I doubt $150 a head would get you even breakfast at a DC hotel.

[Volaris]

16. I was just going to agree with you lol...

150 a head and that covers the open bar.. that's not bad, actually.
Additionally, is anyone surprised that trump's hotel was the ONLY ONE that wasn't already booked for that night...I'm not.

I mean, maybe local the Super 8 has a banquet room, but cmon... this is the USAG were talking about here...gotta have SOME self respect, right? RIGHT?!

[tanyev]

17. Maybe Trump's Roy Cohn got a nice family and friends discount.

[ffr]

6. Paid for by you and me no less.

They're 100% at how impotent our democracy has become, taken over by the red Russian loving oligarchs.

[Perseus]

7. You are correct, we cannot see how much they are taking from behind the scenes

The corruption behind the scenes has to be something like never seen, luggage full of money must be moving at those parties, and let us hope that these luggage is not landing in the hands of the military, if it is so, the USA is doomed!

I know it is crazy to think this could happen here, but it can, and it is most probably happening.

[Blue Owl]

8. Cash Barr only

No freebies from these fucks!

[Mc Mike]

9. He knows what the boss loves, which is a loyal employee who pays the boss.

He loves his employees to be crooked criminals who aid him in being a crooked criminal. And he loves loyalty.

[cstanleytech]

10. $30,000 to become the head of the DOJ? Boy, that is a cheap price to pay to land the job.

Oh wait, I forgot he also threw in obstructing justice.

[bluestarone]

13. It's so bad i feel they

Have a wide open check book UN FUCKING LIMITED MONEY! NOTHING we can do about it! Feel so helpless here.

[not fooled]

14. Geez, wasn't intercepting and spinning the Mueller Report

enough ass kissing for barr to give red don?

Just goes to show they have no shame and don't give a fuck what the rest of the country thinks. They believe they are untouchable.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Joyce Vance just said this definitely violates the Emoluments Clause

and this can't be taken as normal. He did not put his businesses in a blind trust and he is advertising through his office. He is clearly profiting off of the office.

[onenote]

24. That's probably a stretch.

The domestic emoluments clause bars the president from receiving any Emolument "from the United States, or any of them." If the party was being paid for out of DOJ funds, one might make an argument that this is an emolument "from the United States". And while it is true that Barr receives a salary from the United States, it probably is a stretch to say the money paid for the party is from the United States.

However, it is close enough that, as the nation's top lawyer, Barr should have avoided any appearance of impropriety.

[TrollBuster9090]

19. A party for all the CROOKS that Barr is letting off the hook after the Mueller report?

He's already there, drinking up a storm.

Bill Barr (not exactly as shown)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Only $30,000?

That's chump change compared to the other bribes Trump gets.

[diva77]

23. People paid a whole lot more than this just to get their kids into elite colleges

[B Stieg]

22. Ahh. The direct kickback part of the program!

New ways to grift, everyday from this crew.

[sakabatou]

25. There's no conflict of interest there!

[democratisphere]

26. THIS colossal ass kissing by Barr is nauseating!

Barr wants to ensure a pardon when the obstruction hits the fan.

Nothing like massive in your face corruption.

[Talitha]

27. Hahaha - Shitler's place must be a dive!!

"Barr.... chose the venue only after other hotels, including the Willard and the Mayflower were booked"

The most desireable places always book out fast.
Barr checked them first, but had to settle with trump's dump.

[Kid Berwyn]

28. It's not a kickback.

It’s a thank you to Mr. Putin.

[Bengus81]

29. Cheap price or not,IF the Obama admin had pulled a STUNT like this........

In some "structure" that Obama owned we'd still be hearing about it. I don't care how damn cheap it is,it's ethically WRONG.