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highplainsdem

(49,004 posts)
Sat Feb 3, 2018, 11:52 AM Feb 2018

Document shows GSA employees spending at the Trump Hotel in DC

Source: CNN

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.

The federal employee worked for the General Services Administration, the agency which supervises the lease of the Old Post Office building to the Trump Organization.

The GSA reimbursed the employee for a majority of the charges, which was in line with the agency's policy on per diem expenses, according to a person familiar with the document. That means taxpayer dollars made their way into the hotel's coffers.

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GSA does not have specific guidance regarding employees use of the Trump hotel in Washington, the agency said in a response to a separate CNN FOIA request last month.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/trump-hotel-gsa/index.html



Expect a lot more of this.
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Document shows GSA employees spending at the Trump Hotel in DC (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2018 OP
This just wrong UpInArms Feb 2018 #1
Yes! catrose Feb 2018 #3
$900 for the hotel, and $750 at the steakhouse? IronLionZion Feb 2018 #2

IronLionZion

(45,457 posts)
2. $900 for the hotel, and $750 at the steakhouse?
Sat Feb 3, 2018, 06:40 PM
Feb 2018

How long was the stay? And how the hell did this get under per diem since the prices are so damn high. Most any other hotel in DC is both better quality and lower price than Trump's shithole.

They sell $9 Bud lights

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