We need to talk about how the Trump Organization was overcharging the Secret Service for rooms to protect Eric Trump and Don Jr. Get ready, because we're bringing receipts. ๐งต
You may remember back in May we got our hands on a trove of Secret Service documents about the Trump family. We found the Trump Org charging the USSS above allowable government rates even though Eric Trump said they were barely charging them citizensforethics.org
But here's what we didn't have: the exact cost per room. We got the total spending and the request to go over government rates, but they redacted the price per room.
But today we saw the bombshell that the Trump Organization charged the Secret Service as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels while protecting Trump and his family washingtonpost.com
Remember, Eric Trump said โIf my father travels, they stay at our properties free...we charge them, like $50.โ
We knew that was a lie, but we didn't know just how wild of a lie it was until now.
We knew that was a lie, but we didn't know just how wild of a lie it was until now.
When we added everything up back in May, we found the Secret Service had spent nearly $2 million of taxpayer money at Trump properties, literally paying Donald Trump for the right to protect him and his family. citizensforethics.org
It's not just the price, it's the number of trips. The Trump family took so many trips to Trump properties that the Secret Service was running out of money. citizensforethics.org
Trump loved to claim he kept going to Trump properties because the Secret Service wanted him to. We got the docs saying that wasn't true. citizensforethics.org
Then he did it again. citizensforethics.org
Of course, the Secret Service has a whole nother scandal around Donald Trump. If you're interested in that, we suggest you start here: citizensforethics.org
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