Taxpayers dropped another $5,700 at Trump properties per new Justice Department documents
Source: 1100Penn, via David Fahrenthold
Taxpayers dropped another $5,700 at Trump properties per new Justice Department documents
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Rooms at Doral for witnesses comprised half of the charges; rates were the maximum the U.S. government allowed
The Trump Organization received another $5,700 from U.S. taxpayers, according to documents the Department of Justice released last month to ethics watchdog American Oversight. While Trump Organization EVP Eric Trump had said his company offers a steep discount to the U.S. government, all disbursements marked as being for rooms were at the maximum rate the General Services Administration allowed.
These expenses do not appear to have been reported previously.
Known U.S. government spending at Trump properties already totals more than $1.1 million, per David A. Fahrenthold and Josh Dawsey for The Washington Post. And in July, 1100 Pennsylvania reported that the Department of Homeland Security spent an additional $5,500 at the president's businesses according to other documents American Oversight obtained.
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The Justice Department spent $2,880 on nine rooms for one- or two-night stays at Trump Doral on Dec. 2-4, 2018. Descriptions of the charges in documents the department provided to American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act request implies the outlays were for accommodations for fact witnesses in cases involving the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida. A spokesperson for that office declined to provide details about the witnesses or cases, citing confidentiality concerns. The president's Doral hotel is situated near several federal government offices.
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