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NEW: In part 4 of The President's Taxes, my colleagues and I report on how Trump transplanted Washington's favor-seeking to his family’s hotels & resorts — earning millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html

The Swamp That Trump Built

A businessman-president transplanted favor-seeking in Washington to his family’s hotels and resorts — and earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html

We found over 200 companies, special-interest groups and foreign governments that patronized Trump properties while reaping benefits from him and his administration. Nearly a quarter of those patrons have not been previously reported.

Tax data shows that just 60 customers with interests at stake before the Trump administration brought his family business nearly $12 million in the first two years of his presidency.
That is merely *a snapshot* of the special interest money flowing through Trump Org.

In this installment of The President's Taxes, you'll learn:
* How Trump steered a lucrative contract to Michael Cohen amidst the Stormy Daniels scandal, during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago
* How an Australian billionaire bragged of using his club membership to influence Trump

* How Trump welcomed his Mar-a-Lago patrons to press him for favors, and even accepted draft Tweets
* How Washington's biggest-Trump-era lobbyist, Brian Ballard, came to join Mar-a-Lago.
* How Trump's super PAC helped promote membership at Trump's private club.

My colleagues and I will be tweeting, posting, and Instagramming selections all day. You can read "The Swamp That Trump Built" here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html

The Swamp That Trump Built

A businessman-president transplanted favor-seeking in Washington to his family’s hotels and resorts — and earned millions as a gatekeeper to his own administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/10/us/trump-properties-swamp.html

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