We just got a gold mine of Secret Service documents on Donald Trump, exposing how he used his protection to funnel taxpayer dollars into his pockets. Here's what we learned:
Trump went to his companies properties hundreds of times as president. He could've comped his Secret Service agents. Instead, he had them pay him nearly $2 million. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
The breakdowns are egregious. More than $300,000 to protect him at Mar-a-Lago. Close to $1 million at his golf courses. More than $400,000 at Trump hotels. All in his pocket.
Maybe the worst offense was in 2017, when he did an ostensibly good thing and visited victims of the Las Vegas shooting. Except he really used it as an opportunity to stay at a Trump Hotel and charge taxpayers tens of thousands for his protection. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
And to be clear, the trip didn't cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars, it cost over a million dollars. The tens of thousands are just the taxpayer dollars that winded up in his bank account.
So back to the thing about comping his security when he stayed at Trump properties. If you remember, Eric Trump said they weren't charging the Secret Service for rooms. Just like $50 to cover housekeeping. As you may have guessed, that was a lie.
In fact, when Eric Trump would stay at Trump Hotels, not only were his Secret Service agents charged for their rooms, they were forced to pay above the allowable government rate for their rooms. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
So what did we learn? That for Trump and his family, Secret Service protection was just one more way to line their pockets. You probably could've guessed that, but now we have the receipts to prove it.
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