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Let's take a moment to consider ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH THE TRUMP FAMILY PRICE-GOUGED THE TRUMP INAUGURAL.

-Trump's DC hotel charged $175k/day, over planner's objections
-Others didn't charge for space at all.
-Hotel charged inaug 35x what it charged another group
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More on Trump family overcharging Trump inauguration:

-Trump hotel charged inaug $175k/day even for days inaug didn't have events

-The hotel charged inaug $300k for an event that was just for the Trump kids. It was “was more for you, Don and Eric,” a staffer wrote Ivanka
An inauguration planner *met with Trump and Ivanka to flags about overcharging.*

What happened? "The President-elect acknowledged these concerns and directed that Ivanka Trump would handle this issue."

And then, the family overcharged the inauguration

propublica.org/article/trump-…
We asked the inauguration committee, Trump Org and the WH about all of this

The @Trump response: "The rates charged by the hotel were completely in line with what anyone else would have been charged for an unprecedented event of this enormous magnitude

propublica.org/article/trump-…
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