Trump’s company charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ hotel rates to protect the first family, House committee report says

[Jingthing]

12 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

If Trump wasn't allowed to fleece the US government, he may decide not to run for POTUS.  So the Trump Org case may be rather significant politically afterall...

 

[Conviction could prompt the government to bar the Trump Organization from doing business as a federal contractor, including cutting off the spigot of Trump's lucrative — and critics say exorbitant — billing of Secret Service agents who stay at his properties while protecting the former president and his family.]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/conviction-trump-orgs-upcoming-trial-150103068.html

 

Can they at least make him pay the overcharges back plus interest and penalties?

[jaideedave]

On 10/18/2022 at 8:59 AM, Jingthing said:

Everything's a grift with that guy. Everything. But using the burial of an ex wife for a massive tax loophole was next level.

Where do you want us to bury her Mr.President? Oh over there beside 'Rex the Wonder Dog' Sorry I couldn't help myself..555

[Longwood50]

 

Its all which story gets hyped and which ones get buried. 
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/obama-africa-trip-photos/314264/




https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/taxpayer-tab-for-clinton-inc-16-million-116008

Edited October 25, 2022 by Longwood50

[candide]

1 hour ago, Longwood50 said:

 

Its all which story gets hyped and which ones get buried. 
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/obama-africa-trip-photos/314264/




https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/taxpayer-tab-for-clinton-inc-16-million-116008

Not so nice attempt at distracting attention from the key issue.

 

It is not about how much taxpayer money Presidents have spent, it is about a conflict of interest: the money Trump spent went into his pocket (well, his company).

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Longwood50 said:

 

Its all which story gets hyped and which ones get buried. 
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/obama-africa-trip-photos/314264/




https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/taxpayer-tab-for-clinton-inc-16-million-116008

But most of that will be paid as standing costs anyway.

 

NO President chooses how may agent and limos he will want when he travels anywhere as it is already laid down in the Presidential budget.

 

Not even 1 out of 10 for a diversionary tactic.

 

It will however be very interesting when EX-president Trump's expenses get totaled up.

[Scott]

A post with an unsubstantiated claim has been removed.

 

[candide]

*Deleted post edited out*

 

It's you obfuscating. The topic is "Trump company charge....", It's not about Obama, and there was also no "Obama company charge....". So It's an obvious false equivalence (on top of being off-topic)

Fact is there was an obvious conflict of interest, aggravated by the high price charged for rooms.

Edited October 25, 2022 by Scott

[candide]

5 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Nice try at diverting but still no cigar.

 

How many golfing 'vacations' did EX-president Trump take to HIS golf courses at the taxpayer expense, and where did the secret agents also stay?

 

If you want to be seen as non biased, then present BOTH sides and don't try to defend Trump all the time. Try explaining how many vacations Melania Trump took at the taxpayers expense while he was POTUS?

 

Or how about a Google search? here is one for you.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/10/secret-service-has-protected-trump-family-members-4000-trips-three-years/

 

Once Trump took office, his position on trips (and on Obama’s golf habit) shifted dramatically, though the rhetoric of many of his supporters didn’t. While the media tracked Trump’s regular trips to his privately owned properties in Florida and New Jersey, Trump’s supporters regularly defended Trump by pointing to the frequency and cost of Obama’s trips.

Data compiled by the Treasury Department shows the distribution of protected trips within the administration from 2010 to 2016. The figures, obtained and published by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, show that Obama, then-first lady Michelle Obama and their family took about 4,700 trips from 2010 to 2016. Just under 1,000 of those were for members of the president’s family, excluding Michelle. Most of the protected trips that were taken over that period were by former officials, including former presidents and their families.

 

The data obtained by CREW extended into Trump’s own term in office. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, members of the presidents’ family took 4,560 trips — the bulk of them in the past two years.

 

Read the link, especially the bit from 20010 to 2019 and explain to us how EX-president Trump's family took around 4,000 trips in 3 years at the tax payers expense.

So, if I understand well your post, Obama's familly made around 1000 trips during 6 years, and Trump's familly around 4000 during 3 years, so 8 times more trips per year than Obama's familly.  ????

[Scott]

More off-topic posts removed.  Re-read the OP and post accordingly:

 

Trump’s company charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ hotel rates

 

[ballpoint]

And people complain about the cost of a monarchy.