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WHY HAS THE VP TRUMP* ORGANIZATION BEEN GOUGING THE SECRET SERVICE? DEMS WOULD SURE LIKE TO KNOW

sensible don

Governor
Supporting Member
BUT THE BASE WILL CLAP, CHEER AND DEFEND THE LAWLESSNESS ! Hell yeah

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/trump-organization-secret-service-bills[/URL]

in some ways, being president of the United States hasn’t been entirely great for Donald Trump’s bottom line, thanks to his name being synonymous with mass corruption, sexual misconduct, likely tax fraud, outspoken racism, possible anti-Semitism, and irrefutable mental instability. Those issues have led to tenants in New York’s Trump Tower selling their condos at a loss just to escape the taint by association; canceled hotel chains; and “sharp decline” at his prized resorts.

Of course, in other ways, being the leader of the free world has been fantastic for Trump’s business, which he still profits from. For instance, Republican lawmakers, corporate executives with business before the Justice Department, foreign officials, and anyone looking to kiss the ring knows full well that their money will go far at the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., located less than a mile from the Oval Office. (“Why wouldn’t I stay at his hotel blocks from the White House, so I can tell the new president, ‘I love your new hotel!’ Isn’t it rude to come to his city and say, ‘I am staying at your competitor?’” an Asian diplomat told the Washington Post in 2016.) Then there’s the ability to use state visits abroad to pimp his money-losing golf clubs, where he can also “suggest” Mike Pence spend the night despite it making no logistical sense. And, naturally, there are the many trips to Mar-a-Lago, which we already knew were costing taxpayers millions. What we didn’t know until last week, though, was that another fun money-making scheme the president has got going is one in which his family business seemingly gouges the Secret Service every time it travels to one of his properties to protect him. According to an investigation by the Washington Post, the Trump Organization charges the president’s security detail—by which we of course mean U.S. taxpayers—rates as high as $650 per night while staying at his properties. In addition, the Secret Service was charged $17,000 a month to use a three-bedroom cottage at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, “an unusually high rent for homes in that area, according to receipts from 2017.” Which is strange not just because of the sky-high rates, but because of a statement made by Eric Trump last year—around the time Trump tried to convince people it was totally legitimate and not at all corrupt to hold the G7 conference at Trump Doral—in which he said: “If my father travels, [members of his government entourage] stay at our properties for free—meaning, like, cost for housekeeping.”


While we would never dream of suggesting that a member of the Trump family had told a lie, congressional Democrats are...well let’s just say they’re a bit piqued at the idea that the Trump Organization would claim the Secret Service bunked for free and then charge them $650 a night. And, they’d like a few answers:


In a letter to Secret Service Director James Murray, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) asked for records of payments to Trump properties and any contracts between the Secret Service and the Trump Organization. “The payment of rates far above government rates and the Trump Administration’s lack of transparency raise serious concerns about the use of taxpayer dollars and raise questions about government spending at other Trump properties,” Maloney and Speier wrote in the letter. “These concerns are heightened since President Trump has spent a third of his presidency at his private clubs and hotels, and his Treasury Secretary has attempted to shield Secret Service expenses from public scrutiny.”
A January 2019 report by the Government Accountability Office found that federal agencies spent about $13.6 million over four of Trump's trips to Mar-a-Lago between February and March 2017. That included $10.6 million for operating government aircraft and boats, as well as $3 million for personnel expenses like transportation, lodging, and meals. Maloney and Speier further noted that the Secret Service has not disclosed the full scope of its payments to Trump’s businesses or the cost of travel to his properties by not regularly submitting semiannual reports on expenditures to protect the president. They said that the agency had only provided the three most recent reports and asked for an estimate of when it would submit the full set of reports documenting costs in the Trump presidency.
We’re sure the Trump boys, who are currently running the family business in their father’s stead, will promptly respond with an explanation that totally clears all of this up.
 

Dawg

President
Supporting Member
Shameful...……...absolutely...…...Shameful...………..oh wait:



That's Shameful...……..damn Shameful...……...heads should roll...…………..WAIT


Must be common practice and libs damn sure didn't whine & moan, they clapped, cheered and defended the "LAWLESSNESS" hypocrite often?

There's your "VP" you post of!
 
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Bugsy McGurk

President
BUT THE BASE WILL CLAP, CHEER AND DEFEND THE LAWLESSNESS ! Hell yeah

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/trump-organization-secret-service-bills[/URL]

in some ways, being president of the United States hasn’t been entirely great for Donald Trump’s bottom line, thanks to his name being synonymous with mass corruption, sexual misconduct, likely tax fraud, outspoken racism, possible anti-Semitism, and irrefutable mental instability. Those issues have led to tenants in New York’s Trump Tower selling their condos at a loss just to escape the taint by association; canceled hotel chains; and “sharp decline” at his prized resorts.

Of course, in other ways, being the leader of the free world has been fantastic for Trump’s business, which he still profits from. For instance, Republican lawmakers, corporate executives with business before the Justice Department, foreign officials, and anyone looking to kiss the ring knows full well that their money will go far at the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., located less than a mile from the Oval Office. (“Why wouldn’t I stay at his hotel blocks from the White House, so I can tell the new president, ‘I love your new hotel!’ Isn’t it rude to come to his city and say, ‘I am staying at your competitor?’” an Asian diplomat told the Washington Post in 2016.) Then there’s the ability to use state visits abroad to pimp his money-losing golf clubs, where he can also “suggest” Mike Pence spend the night despite it making no logistical sense. And, naturally, there are the many trips to Mar-a-Lago, which we already knew were costing taxpayers millions. What we didn’t know until last week, though, was that another fun money-making scheme the president has got going is one in which his family business seemingly gouges the Secret Service every time it travels to one of his properties to protect him. According to an investigation by the Washington Post, the Trump Organization charges the president’s security detail—by which we of course mean U.S. taxpayers—rates as high as $650 per night while staying at his properties. In addition, the Secret Service was charged $17,000 a month to use a three-bedroom cottage at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, “an unusually high rent for homes in that area, according to receipts from 2017.” Which is strange not just because of the sky-high rates, but because of a statement made by Eric Trump last year—around the time Trump tried to convince people it was totally legitimate and not at all corrupt to hold the G7 conference at Trump Doral—in which he said: “If my father travels, [members of his government entourage] stay at our properties for free—meaning, like, cost for housekeeping.”


While we would never dream of suggesting that a member of the Trump family had told a lie, congressional Democrats are...well let’s just say they’re a bit piqued at the idea that the Trump Organization would claim the Secret Service bunked for free and then charge them $650 a night. And, they’d like a few answers:




We’re sure the Trump boys, who are currently running the family business in their father’s stead, will promptly respond with an explanation that totally clears all of this up.
Cha-ching!

Trump stuffs his pockets with payments from US taxpayers and foreign governments, and his rabble just love it!
 
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