We’ve Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties
Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too.
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Government Employees Spend Your Money at Trump Hotels
Shortly before President Trump took office, his lawyer promised Trump would forgo any profits his hotels made from foreign governments. ...Read more -
Donald Trump’s son linked to £10,000 US State Dept payments to Turnberry resort
The US State Department has spent more than £10,000 in relation to trips by Eric Trump to Turnberry hotel and ...Read more -
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When you’re using the internet or your cellphone or basically any electronic device that depends on wireless or internet-based connections ...Read more -
Exclusive: Defense Dept. charged nearly $140,000 at Trump branded properties
Defense Department employees charged just over $138,000 at Trump branded properties in the first eight months of Donald Trump’s presidency, ...Read more -
Trump White House Logs Document Drug Industry Visitors, Meetings
Drug company executives were among the many visitors to the White House complex this year, according to visitor logs published ...Read more -
Here Are the White House Visitor Records the Trump Administration Didn’t Want You to See
The Trump White House tried to block public access to visitor logs of five federal offices working directly for the ...Read more -
New Hotel Act would ban federal agencies from doing business with Trump hotels
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What Is Trump Hiding At Mar-a-Lago?
Despite a court order to release a list of all of the visitors to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort since the ...Read more -
Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club
The bedroom suites at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, available only to members and their guests, feature hand-painted Moorish ceilings, antique ...Read more -
‘If You Keep Fucking With Mr. Trump, We Know Where You Live’
When Donald Trump’s casino business went bankrupt in 2009, a lawyer whose clients stood to lose more than a billion ...Read more -
F.B.I. Used Hacking Software Decade Before iPhone Fight
Read moreIn early 2003, F.B.I. agents hit a roadblock in a secret investigation, called Operation Trail Mix.
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Egg group scrambled over eggless mayo maker
Read moreA California company that makes an eggless mayonnaise alternative has the U.S. egg industry scrambling.
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Pentagon officials spent more than $17,000 at the Trump Ocean Club hotel in Panama in the first half of 2017, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group.
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DoD Spent $138,000 at Trump Properties in Six Months, Transparency Group’s FOIA Reveals
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) spent $138,093 at eight businesses owned by President Donald Trump during his first six months in office, according to records obtained via lawsuit citing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Pentagon Spent $17,000 at Panama Trump Hotel
Pentagon officials spent more than $17,000 at the Trump Ocean Club hotel in Panama in the first half of 2017, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group. The money was spent to cover general lodging expenses, according to the documents. It isn’t clear why.
DoD Spent $138,000 at Trump Properties in Six Months, Transparency Group’s FOIA Reveals
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) spent $138,093 at eight businesses owned by President Donald Trump during his first six months in office, according to records obtained via lawsuit citing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Property of the People, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit transparency group, obtained the records after suing the DoD, which had failed to properly respond to its FOIA request last June.
Exclusive: Defense Dept. charged nearly $140,000 at Trump branded properties
Defense Department employees charged just over $138,000 at Trump branded properties in the first eight months of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a CNN review of hundreds of records.
Charges on the department-issued Visa cards, which span from Honolulu to Washington, DC, are the most recent evidence that taxpayer money flows to Trump’s company, once again emboldening critics who say these payments violate ethical norms and possibly the US Constitution.
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Document shows GSA employees spending at the Trump Hotel in DC
An employee for the federal agency supervising the lease for the Trump hotel in Washington spent more than $900 for a stay there last year, according to a document reviewed by CNN — the first publicly known movement of federal taxpayer dollars into the highly scrutinized business.
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Secret Service paid Mar-a-Lago at least $63,000, documents show
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Ryan Shapiro takes his crusade against government secrecy to the steps of the White House
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The Strongest Evidence Yet Donald Trump Is Violating Constitutional Anti-Corruption Clauses
Since Donald Trump took office in January, his presidency has been dogged by concerns about how he may be profiting off the executive office.
Watchdogs Try To Get Mar-A-Lago Answers, Mostly Turn Up More Questions
Two Freedom of Information Act requests are raising questions about President Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida: Who stayed there, how much they did they pay and who received the profits?
