Eric Trump in 2019 said that the government "saves a fortune because if they were to go to a hotel across the street, they'd be charging them $500 a night, whereas, you know we charge them, like $50."
The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service "exorbitant rates" -- upwards of $1.4 million over four years -- to protect the former President and his family at properties they owned, according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday.
The Secret Service paid as much as five times the government rate for agents staying at former President Donald Trump’s properties to protect the president and his family, reaching upwards of $1.4 million over four years, new billing records show.
The Secret Service paid more than $1.4 million to former President Donald Trump’s company, renting rooms for as much as $1,185 a night, almost six times the normal maximum hotel rate the federal government pays for traveling employees, according to documents released Monday by a House committee.
The new billing documents, according to a congressional committee’s review, show that U.S. taxpayers paid the president’s company at least $1.4 million for Secret Service agents’ stays at Trump properties for his and his family’s protection.
By Zachary Cohen and Kara Scannell, CNN The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service “exorbitant rates” — upwards of $1.4 million over four years — to protect the former President and his family at properties they owned, according to documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday…
New documents indicate Trump-owned properties repeatedly charged the Secret Service rates far higher than government rates, as high as $1,185 per room per night.
Donald Trump’s private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties in excess of government-approved rates at least 40 times during his presidency, including two charges for more than $1,100 per night, according to documents released Monday by a congressional committee.
Documents obtained by Congress show the Secret Service was charged rates above the government rate at least 40 times from Jan. 20, 2017 to Sept. 15, 2021.
Records obtained by the House Oversight Committee showed the former president’s properties charged more than $1.4 million to agents protecting him and his family.
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