Trump Org. Charged Secret Service Up to $1,185 Per Night to Stay at Trump Properties

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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.

During Donald Trump’s presidency, Trump hotels charged the Secret Service as much as $1,185 per night, more than five times the recommended government rate, and the high rates continued after he left office, according to an investigation released Monday by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Beginning in January 2017 through Sept. 15, 2021, the Secret Service received at least 40 waivers to let it spend more than the recommended per diem rates to stay at Trump properties to protect Trump as a president and former president, and also to protect those around him, the investigation found.

In one ledger obtained by the Oversight Committee and published in the report, the Secret Service was charged $1,160 for a room at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. for agents protecting Eric Trump on March 8, 2017. The government rate for D.C. on that night was $242. On Nov. 8, 2017, another ledger shows that the Secret Service was charged $1,185 to lodge agents protecting Donald Trump Jr. The government rate was $201.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...GolQw6ElqOzr1AGW4m5gCi2i5GiZnUAzDN/tiGxcwAQAA
 
What was the going rate at that "Trump" hotel? After all, government employees normally would not be put in that hotel if the rate exceeded the government rate. But due to the SS needing to be there to protect the president, an exception would likely have been made.

Other reasons the per diem rate might be exceeded is that there are no equivalent accommodations available.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
What was the going rate at that "Trump" hotel? After all, government employees normally would not be put in that hotel if the rate exceeded the government rate. But due to the SS needing to be there to protect the president, an exception would likely have been made.

Other reasons the per diem rate might be exceeded is that there are no equivalent accommodations available.
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I guess the trump spawn shouldn't have said this:

In a statement on behalf of the Trump Organization, Eric Trump said, "Any services rendered to the United States Secret Service or other government agencies at Trump owned properties were at their request and were either provided at cost, heavily discounted or for free. The company would have been substantially better off if hospitality services were sold to full-paying guests, however, the company did whatever it took to accommodate the agencies to ensure they were able to do their jobs at the highest levels — they are amazing men and women.”
 
Since we're on who spent what for trips and such by presidents...

Let's remember the trips Obama made to Hawaii where he stayed with friends...

How would you like to vacation in Hawaii on the taxpayer dime every Christmas? Would your employer give you a nearly three-week break to do so? Barack Obama and his family vacation every year in Hawaii – and now we have more of the outrageous costs you incur for his time in Hawaii.

This week we received expense records from the Department of Homeland Security revealing that Secret Service expenses for the Obama family vacation to Honolulu during December 2013-January 2014 cost taxpayers at least $316,698.03. These new expense records bring the total for the Hawaii Christmas vacation trip to $8,098,060.33.

The heavily redacted records were in response to a January 6, 2014, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. According to the records:

$91,751.78 in car rental expenses were paid
$224,974.05 in accommodation expenses were paid to Cabana Girl, LLC and Paradise Luxury Rentals

In March 2014, Judicial Watch released flight expense records from the U.S. Department of the Air Force revealing that for the 2013 Hawaii vacation the Obamas incurred $7,781,361.30 in flight expenses alone (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour).
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https://www.judicialwatch.org/much-obama-hawaii-trip-cost/

The US Secret Service spent more than $105 million protecting President Obama and his family during their eight years in White House on non-essential travel, according new documents released Thursday.
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https://nypost.com/2017/09/14/secret-service-spent-millions-to-protect-obama-during-travel/

And that brings us right back here:

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