Secret Service spent more than $250K at Trump properties
Source: Politico
By NATASHA BERTRAND
11/21/2019 01:03 PM EST
The Secret Service spent more than a quarter of a million dollars at President Donald Trumps properties over the course of five months in 2017, newly released documents show.
The documents outline Secret Service credit card expenditures for Trump properties and businesses between January 27 and June 9, 2017, and were obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request via the nonprofit watchdog group Property of the People.
The expenditures -- amounting to $254,020.94 in total -- raise new questions about the extent to which Trump is personally profiting from the federal government, which is prohibited by the Constitutions Domestic Emoluments Clause. The president has called the provision phony, and his lawyers have argued that it only bars him from receiving compensation as part of an employment-type relationship with a foreign or domestic government.
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Trump refused to divest from his businesses upon taking office, choosing instead to hand off control of his organization to his two oldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. Ethics advocates warned at the time that the arrangement raised conflict of interest and Emoluments Clause concerns.
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(14,690 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)covers the tons of incidental costs.......Everytime he goes to Mar-a-lago, the U.S. Coastguard and local police go all out in their costs due to his visiting........The cost of transporting his presidential vehicles in advance, his helicopters,........EtcEtcEtc......
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,592 posts)And that was in 2017, IQ45's first year in office. I don't think it's unreasonable to project that amount forward for 2018 and 2019 -- at least $1 million of taxpayer money directly into the grifter-in-chief's pocket.
Remember that the next time he whines about how much money he's losing by playing president. Hell, I doubt he's ever made that much in his life!
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(49,999 posts)riversedge
(70,302 posts)has been accomplished.
The expenditures -- amounting to $254,020.94 in total -- raise new questions about the extent to which Trump is personally profiting from the federal government, which is prohibited by the Constitutions Domestic Emoluments Clause. The president has called the provision phony, and his lawyers have argued that it only bars him from receiving compensation as part of an employment-type relationship with a foreign or domestic government.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Trump CHARGED our Secret Service over $250 K to stay at his properties while PROTECTING him and his adult children. He's a multi-billionaire, right? Couldn't he comp them those rooms? Why isn't he?