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Trump hotel in Washington charged Secret Service $200,000 in president’s first year

The hotel five blocks from the White House has been used by Trump and his supporters for events that require the agency’s protection.

During the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, the Trump International Hotel in Washington charged the Secret Service more than $200,000 in taxpayer money, including a bill topping $30,000 for two days of use, according to expense documents obtained by NBC News.

The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request covering Secret Service expenditures, detail money the agency spent at the property from September 2016 to February 2018, which came to a total of $215,254.

While the nature of the charges were not disclosed in the documents, the hotel five blocks from the White House has become a go-to venue for Trump and his supporters for various events, including a fundraiser the president attended Tuesday for his re-election campaign.

View the complete June 27 article by Kenos Abou-Sabe and Safia Samee Ali on the NBC News website here.

Donald Trump’s Turnberry firm paid £50,000 by US Government for weekend visit

The following article by Martyn McLaughlin was posted on the Scotsman website July 17, 2018:

US president Donald Trump plays a round of golf during his weekend trip to his Turnberry resort. Credit: Leon Neal, Getty

Donald Trump’s Turnberry firm was paid more than £50,000 ($65,938.60) by his own government to cover the accommodation bill for his weekend stay at his loss-making resort, The Scotsman can reveal. US federal government spending records seen by this newspaper show a series of payments worth a total of £52,477 ($69,205.20) were made by the State Department to SLC Turnberry Limited, the company behind the South Ayrshire hotel and golf course.

The five-figure windfall, which represents the first example of how Mr Trump’s firm was paid for his contentious working visit to the UK, has been condemned by ethics watchdogs, with one group accusing the 72-year-old of “using the power and authority of his office to profit personally”.

View the full article on the Scottsman website here.