Don Jr.'s "Very Political" Mongolian Sheep Hunt Cost Taxpayers More Than $17k
Source: CREW
By Lauren White and Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel
March 5, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.s Mongolian trophy hunting trip cost taxpayers $17,704 in Secret Service charges alone, according to records obtained by CREW. The records show that $16,000 of that total went to Jandos Kontorbai Ahats company. Ahat arranged Don Jr.s very political hunting permit and is also a member of the Mongolian presidents political party. His company is on the board of the Mongolian hunting and wildlife association.
The eight day trip was already controversial for many reasons: Don Jr. was retroactively awarded his permit to hunt the endangered argali sheep after killing it, he had a private meeting with Mongolias president that we still dont know much about, and hunted alongside a major Republican donor. The Secret Services payment to Ahats company, Marmara International LLC, shows that taxpayer money directly funded Don Jr.s political connection on the trip.
As a son of the president, Don Jr. is entitled to Secret Service protection and should be protected, but taxpayers deserve to know how much they are paying to facilitate his trophy hunting and interactions with major political donors and foreign leaders. Because of the overlap between the Trump Organization, the Trump White House and the Trump campaign, taxpayer money all too often ends up facilitating President Trumps conflicts of interest.
Taxpayers now have a more complete picture of the ways their tax dollars grease the wheels for President Trumps conflicts of interestsomething the Trump Administration tries to cover up by stonewalling requests from Congress for a full accounting of the cost of Secret Service spending on protection for Trumps family and at his properties. ..................
Read more: https://www.citizensforethics.org/don-jr-mongolian-sheep-hunt-cost-17k/
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Socialism doesn't work! Boo! Bad socialism...wait...
Well, maybe because it only depends on who is getting the benefits.
In a monarchy, aren't the King, Queen and Princes and Princesses, etc., simply entitled to whatever they want solely based on their position in society? Aren't the people obligated to provide it?
hibbing
(10,103 posts)durablend
(7,463 posts)He's too busy pissing it away
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)Rich! Billionaires!
Why are we giving him money? He doesnt work for the government?
He just shoots defenseless animals!
Dont pay his bills! Stop it.
PatSeg
(47,556 posts)and ask Don Jr. to go hunting with him?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Baaaa humbug.
treestar
(82,383 posts)There should be some limit on what taxpayers fund as far as trips. Like he wants to go there, he goes without SS protection. The right enough about Michelle and the girls going to Europe!
BigmanPigman
(51,621 posts)their life long corrupt actions? I wish I could see some Karma nail these fuckers before I die. Is that asking too much?
Grins
(7,224 posts)...to crap like this:
Imagine if a Democrat had done this!
Or more topical:
Imagine if Hunter Biden had done something like this!
Reich-wing heads exploding everywhere.
Evolve Dammit
(16,751 posts)Hoping he is mauled by any one (or more) of them, flesh ripped, bones crunched and spit out due to the vile putridness contained therein. Be careful out there Junior.
Maribelle
(4,783 posts)This is incredulous
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)There are only 27 of these permits given to non-Alaskans, and surprisingly he happened to snag one.
Trump Jr. had already scheduled a hunt in November 2020 at the other end of the state. A hunt for Sitka black-tail deer and sea ducks aboard a luxury yacht with the president's son was auctioned by Safari Club International as a fundraiser for a youth hunting program. I imagine the alleged "children" are from wealthy families who could easily pay their spoiled child's way.
One of these days the wildlife is going to get tired of this pampered poacher and band together to make a meal of his ass.
WTF is Congress paying for this fuckhead's ego-killings?