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Hello! We're trying to answer a simple question: How much taxpayer money has the government paid to @realdonaldtrump's company?
The White House won't say.
Trump Org won't either.
So we're figuring the answer ourselves. One receipt at a time. 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-spending-trump-kids/2020/10/12/ffc1c330-ff31-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
The White House won't say.
Trump Org won't either.
So we're figuring the answer ourselves. One receipt at a time. 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-spending-trump-kids/2020/10/12/ffc1c330-ff31-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html
What we know:
--Trump Org charged up to $650 per hotel room, while claiming it charged $50.
--Trump kids brought $200K to Trump Org, by forcing their Secret Service agents to rent Trump rooms.
--Trump Org charges $17K/month for a cottage in Bedminster, even when Trump is gone.
--Trump Org charged up to $650 per hotel room, while claiming it charged $50.
--Trump kids brought $200K to Trump Org, by forcing their Secret Service agents to rent Trump rooms.
--Trump Org charges $17K/month for a cottage in Bedminster, even when Trump is gone.
The total is at least $1.1 million.
This was taxpayer money, flowing to the president's private company, w/ little or no disclosure to the public. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
This was taxpayer money, flowing to the president's private company, w/ little or no disclosure to the public. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
Here's what we still don't know:
--How much @realdonaldtrump paid his businesses out of the @whitehouse's own budget (The W.H. is exempt from public records requests).
--How much he got from @StateDept. State has 450 pages of records on those payments.
They will only release 2.
--How much @realdonaldtrump paid his businesses out of the @whitehouse's own budget (The W.H. is exempt from public records requests).
--How much he got from @StateDept. State has 450 pages of records on those payments.
They will only release 2.
We sued @StateDept to get records showing how much taxpayer money they've paid @realdonaldtrump's company.
But they've told a judge they won't release more than these 2 pages -- not until after the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-department-signals-it-will-keep-most-details-of-its-spending-at-trumps-properties-hidden-until-after-election/2020/10/16/83372f30-0f21-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html
But they've told a judge they won't release more than these 2 pages -- not until after the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-department-signals-it-will-keep-most-details-of-its-spending-at-trumps-properties-hidden-until-after-election/2020/10/16/83372f30-0f21-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html
The good news is: We're not done!
If you've got any information about these payments, please email me at Fahrenthold@washpost.com
BTW, you would not believe how often that works...
If you've got any information about these payments, please email me at Fahrenthold@washpost.com
BTW, you would not believe how often that works...
Total payments from the government to @realdonaldtrump: at least $1.2 million.
This was taxpayer money. But it was paid in private, usually w/ no disclosure to the public https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
This was taxpayer money. But it was paid in private, usually w/ no disclosure to the public https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-secret-service-spending/2020/08/27/9331bd86-de36-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
