Thread by @Fahrenthold

We’ve spent this year asking a simple question: How much money have US taxpayers paid to @realdonaldtrump’s private business.
We still have only a partial answer, b/c the government has released so few records.
Examples:

The @DeptofDefense spent $75K at Trump properties in his first 5 months alone.
What did they spend after that? We don’t know. This is the most recent record DoD has released. It’s from June 2017.

We asked DoD for more recent records in a FOIA request. That was 183 days ago. They have provided nothing.

So our most recent data on DoD payments to Trump properties dates back to the Sean Spicer Era.

Another example: the Secret Service spent $159K at @realdonaldtrump’s DC hotel during his first year.

After that? We don’t know. Here’s the most recent receipt Secret Service has released from the Trump DC hotel. From a visit by Donald Trump Jr. in January 2018.

We asked for more recent receipts, then sued to get them, but haven’t received them yet.

So the most recent data they’ve released is so old, Jeff Sessions was still Attorney General.

We are doing our best to learn more. If you have more information on what @realdonaldtrump’s company has charged US taxpayers, email me: [e-mail]