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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

4 years

In just two days, @realdonaldtrump ’s campaign pumped $380K into Trump’s private business, in 43 separate payments. Trump Org says this was for a weeklong “donor retreat,” held in early March at Mar-a-Lago. Campaign donations turned into private revenue for POTUS

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David Fahrenthold

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NEW: A federal judge in DC has ruled that 200 Dem members of Congress have standing to sue @realDonaldTrump for allegedly violating the "Emoluments Clause" of the Constitution, b/c he's still doing business w/ foreign govts. Story coming...

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David Fahrenthold

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BREAKING: Federal judge denies @realDonaldTrump 's attempt to stop discovery process in "Emoluments Clause" lawsuit by DC/MD A.G.'s. Will allow AGs to get documents showing foreign-government customers at Trump Hotel D.C. Story coming soon...

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David Fahrenthold

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When a fire broke out at a seniors’ home in DC today, Marines from a nearby barracks ran over to rescue residents.

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@lmedsker

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Marines from 8 and I running towards the fire raging in SE DC.

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David Fahrenthold

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4 years

NEW: What happened before @realdonaldtrump called for re-evaluating lockdowns? His company had to close 6 of its top 7 revenue-generating clubs and hotels.

Before Trump called for reevaluating lockdowns, they shuttered six of his top-earning clubs and...

The virus-related closures included four Trump hotels and two private clubs.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

NEW: We got leaked documents detailing 1,200+ different stays at @realDonaldTrump 's hotel. Here's the guest who stayed the longest: a sheikh who wants to be president of Iraq, and who wants the U.S. to strike Iran. He spent 26 nights in a suite.

A wealthy Iraqi sheikh who urges a hard-line U.S. approach to Iran spent 26 nights at Trump’s D.C....

The unusually long stay by Nahro al-Kasnazan, who served as a paid CIA informant during the Iraq War, shows how the hotel attracts foreigners who have an agenda to pursue with the Trump administrat...

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David Fahrenthold

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4 years

NEW: @realdonaldtrump ’s company charges Trump’s own Secret Service agents while they protect him — at rates as high as $650/night for a room and $17,000/month for a cottage. Taxpayers pay.

Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties

The payments contradict claims that the company charges the government little or nothing for overnight stays.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

4 years

The state of Georgia made it look like its covid cases were going down ***by putting the dates out of order on its chart*** May 5 was followed by April 25, then back to May again, whatever made it look like a downslope.

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@ajc

4 years

Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued an apology after a Georgia Public Health Department chart wrongly reported a downward trend in #coronavirus cases. The error was at least the third in as many weeks:

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David Fahrenthold

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6 years

BREAKING: Federal judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit alleging that @realDonaldTrump is violating the Constitution b/c he still does business with foreign govts. Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.'s books and customers.

Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed

Plaintiffs plan to seek private information about the president’s finances and business.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

4 years

How did the US lose two months of preparation time? It wasn’t for lack of intelligence.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

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U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic

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David Fahrenthold

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7 years

UPDATE: @time has asked the @realdonaldtrump 's businesses to remove the phony magazine covers from their walls.

A Time magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs. It’s fake.

It’s not clear who created the image or why, but it is displayed prominently at some of his properties.

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David Fahrenthold

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3 years

NEW: @realdonaldtrump 's campaign promised "shocking" proof of fraud in Michigan. Instead, they provided a list of small-bore complaints from GOP poll-watchers about the ballot-counting room in Detroit, including: --Loud noises --Mean stares --A big man

In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting

In sworn statements, Republican poll watchers complained of loud announcements and being “intimidated” by stares.

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David Fahrenthold

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7 years

Charity events planned at @realdonaldtrump 's Mar-a-Lago, per season. 2013/2014: 45 2014/2015: 52 2015/2016: 43 2016/2017: 38 2017/2018: 6

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

NEW: @realdonaldtrump ’s Bedminster golf course employed so many undocumented immigrants that there’s an entire town in Costa Rica built on Trump paychecks. We found it. “My whole town practically lived there,” one said of the Trump course.

‘My whole town practically lived there’: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal...

Accounts by former employees contribute to mounting evidence that even as the president denounces workers without legal status, he has long benefited from their labor.

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

NEW: How did @realDonaldTrump inflate his net worth to lenders? --Added 10 stories to Trump Tower. --Added 800 acres to his winery. --Added 24 ready-to-sell lots to his property in CA. We've got (some of the) inflated docs investigators now want to see.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

The IRS commissioner also owns units in a Trump bldg in Hawaii.

Ilya Marritz

@ilyamarritz

5 years

Timely reminder: Trump appointed as IRS commissioner a tax attorney who wrote an opinion piece arguing that Trump should not release his returns

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David Fahrenthold

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7 years

Here's the question I sent @erictrump after that blockbuster @Forbes story, which indicates Eric misled me.

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David Fahrenthold

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4 years

The biggest mystery in @realdonaldtrump 's financial disclosures: he owes more than ***$50 million*** to an LLC that exists mostly on paper. No employees, no office, no assets of its own. That mystery lender, Chicago Unit Acquisition LLC, just filed its annual report. This is it.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

4 years

NEW: Previously un-released documents show the government has paid $2.5 million to @realdonaldtrump 's businesses. Far more than we knew. Trump Org charged $7,700 for a dinner, $6,000 for floral arrangements…and $3 for POTUS’s own glass of water.

Ballrooms, candles and luxury cottages: During Trump’s term, millions of government and GOP dollars...

Mar-a-Lago charged the government $3 apiece for glasses of water for Trump and the Japanese leader.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

BREAKING: President @realDonaldTrump has awarded the massive G-7 Summit of world leaders to himself. A bedrock promise of Trump's presidency -- that he would not use his public power to benefit his private company -- explodes.

Trump has awarded next year’s G-7 summit of world leaders to his Miami-area resort, the White House...

The decision is without precedent in modern American history: The president used his public office to direct a huge contract to himself.

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

When @realdonaldtrump made a side trip to his Irish golf club this summer, dozens of Irish cops were sent to protect him. Then Trump’s company charged the cops more than $100K for food and coffee. Here’s the bill:

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

3 years

NEW: NYC says it's looking for ways to cancel Trump Org's contracts to run a golf course, ice rinks and a children's carousel at city parks. You laugh, but those contracts bring Trump $17M per year.

New York City to consider ending contracts with Trump that bring his company $17 million a year

The Trump Organization runs a carousel, ice rinks and a golf course in the city.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

. @realDonaldTrump says Congress can't investigate him, citing a Supreme Court decision from 1880. Problem: that decision was overruled in 1927.

Matea Gold

@mateagold

5 years

In lawsuit to stop congressional subpoena, Trump -- the leader of the executive branch – essentially asks the judicial branch to stop the legislative branch from investigating his past, via @fahrenthold @rachaelmbade @WPJohnWagner

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

6 years

Statement from the NY State Taxation authority, regarding this blockbuster NYT story: "The Tax Department is reviewing the allegations in the NYT article and is vigorously pursuing all appropriate avenues of investigation."

Matea Gold

@mateagold

6 years

This @nytimes investigation - wow. "Mr. Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate empire....Much of this money came to Mr. Trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes."

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

8 years

Sent this to @realDonaldTrump spox, to ask how he will fulfill promise to give $5M if assured Pres. Obama born in US

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

The judge in the emoluments clause case cited this tweet from @realDonaldTrump to reject Trump's argument that any lawsuit would impose undue burdens on the presidency. In this tweet, Trump actually invited a lawsuit from one of his enemies! He's got time, it seems.

Donald J. Trump

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6 years

I hope John Brennan, the worst CIA Director in our country’s history, brings a lawsuit. It will then be very easy to get all of his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did, but how he was involved with the Mueller Rigged Witch Hunt. He won’t sue!

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David Fahrenthold

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6 years

UPDATE: @realdonaldtrump 's Mar-a-Lago club is now asking to hire *61* foreign workers for the coming season. They just posted an application to hire 21 foreign cooks, who'll be paid slightly less than last year.

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David Fahrenthold

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6 years

CONFIRMED this good AP scoop. The investigators here are from NY state's Dept. of Taxation and Finance. They're working w/ the NY AG's office on an investigation of @realDonaldTrump 's Fdn. There's already a civil lawsuit filed, point here is to see if a criminal case can be made.

Michael Del Moro

@MikeDelMoro

6 years

AP: New York state investigators have issued a subpoena to Michael Cohen as part of Trump Foundation probe.

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David Fahrenthold

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4 years

BREAKING: @realdonaldtrump ordered to pay $2M in damages for misusing a charity’s money — using it to buy portraits of himself, pay legal settlements, and help his 2016 campaign.

Trump ordered to pay $2 million to charities over misuse of foundation, court documents say

The settlement brings to an end a lawsuit filed last year by the New York attorney general’s office that alleged “persistently illegal conduct” at the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

We’ll let you know if AG Barr gets angry enough to cancel the $30K+ holiday party he now has booked at @realdonaldtrump ’s hotel.

Barr books Trump’s hotel for $30,000 holiday party

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Mike Balsamo

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5 years

NEWS: AG Bill Barr was “surprised and angry” when he learned Trump lumped him together with Rudy Giuliani in a call with Ukraine’s president suggesting they would investigate Joe & Hunter Biden.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

7 years

The factory @realdonaldtrump visited on his 100th day in office was run by a member of his golf club. Kudos to @usatoday for figuring it out

USA TODAY

@USATODAY

7 years

#BREAKING Trump profits from golf memberships bought by lobbyists, federal contractors

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

7 years

I've reached out to all 12 charities designated to receive @realdonaldtrump 's donations. Will update you when the $ arrives.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

How bad does @realdonaldtrump ’s Doral need this business? Look what’s happened there during his presidency. In ONE YEAR, from ‘16-‘17: —revenue fell 13.8% —Net operating income fell 62%

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

6 years

Entire state House flips b/c of a single person’s vote.

Ed O'Keefe

@edokeefe

6 years

JUST IN from @SchneiderG : Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

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David Fahrenthold

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6 years

Here's a mystery I can't solve from @realDonaldTrump 's financial disclosures...he claimed $71K in income last yr from "Ritz Carlton Hotel at 112 Central Park South." But Ritz left that address in 1997, and they say they don't have any record of such a payment. Odd.

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

NEW: Even as @realdonaldtrump railed against illegal immigration, his company quietly relied on its own crew of largely undocumented construction workers. Two years into his presidency, it still does.

‘If you’re a good worker, papers don’t matter’: How a Trump construction crew has relied on...

The Trump Organization pledged early this year to scrutinize the legal status of its employees. But a little-known company owned by the president has continued to use undocumented workers for...

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

BREAKING: Another NYC building named after @realDonaldTrump has voted to take his name down. The "Trump Place" building at 120 Riverside Blvd will be the 6th NYC building to remove Trump's name since 2016.

Residents of another Manhattan building vote to remove ‘Trump Place’ name

In 2016, there were six “Trump Place” buildings on the Upper West Side. Soon, there will be one.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

My new year's resolution: 2019 will be the year that I finally, finally, figure out the story behind Chicago Unit Acquisition, the weird LLC that President @realDonaldTrump owes more than $50 million.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

6 years

The mystery of Chicago Unit Acquisition LLC, which looks like the strangest thing in @realDonaldTrump ’s financial disclosures.

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David Fahrenthold

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This directly contradicts what @realdonaldtrump ’s son Eric said last year: that Trump Org gives the government rooms “for free — meaning, cost of housekeeping.” Instead, Trumps have charged rates as high as $650/night for one hotel room.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

4 years

NEW: @realdonaldtrump ’s company charges Trump’s own Secret Service agents while they protect him — at rates as high as $650/night for a room and $17,000/month for a cottage. Taxpayers pay.

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David Fahrenthold

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. @realdonaldtrump has now paid the $2 million in damages he was assessed by a NY judge, for misusing money in a charity Trump controlled. Extraordinary punishment for a sitting president.

Trump pays $2 million in damages ordered by judge over misuse of charity funds, according to NY...

Lawsuit had alleged Trump illegally used funds from his foundation to buy art, pay legal bills and help his 2016 campaign.

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

I just talked to the mayor of Doral — who now needs to plan to host 8 world leaders and thousands of diplomats. He learned this when we did, by watching Mulvaney on TV. He still hasn’t gotten a call from the White House.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

BREAKING: President @realDonaldTrump has awarded the massive G-7 Summit of world leaders to himself. A bedrock promise of Trump's presidency -- that he would not use his public power to benefit his private company -- explodes.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

7 years

What a wonderful day! Thank you all for the good wishes today, and thanks to everyone who helped last year. I'm so incredibly grateful.

The Pulitzer Prizes

@PulitzerPrizes

7 years

Congratulations to all the 2017 #Pulitzer Prize winners! Full list with finalists + winning work available here:

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BREAKING: At @realdonaldtrump 's golf course in Westchester, NY, undocumented workers say Trump Org. managers exploited them by making them work extra hours without pay.

At Trump golf course, undocumented employees said they were sometimes told to work extra hours...

The New York attorney general is investigating allegations of wage violations at the president’s Westchester golf course.

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David Fahrenthold

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UPDATE: NY AG says that @realDonaldTrump 's Fdn will have to sell off its 3 physical possessions, including a Tim Tebow-signed helmet, and 2 paintings of Trump himself. Trump paid $42K for them, using foundation $. Now says they're worth $975 combined.

Trump agrees to shut down his charity amid allegations that he used it for personal and political...

The agreement with the New York attorney general comes amid an ongoing lawsuit against the charity and Trump and his three eldest children, who allegedly allowed “persistently illegal conduct” at the...

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It's my understanding that @realdonaldtrump 's Fdn can't make donations now, while it's under investigation by NY AG.

Kyle Griffin

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7 years

Sanders still hasn't found out if Trump's $1MIL donation to Harvey victims will be a personal donation or come from his foundation (via CBS)

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David Fahrenthold

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BREAKING: Doral won’t host the G-7 after all. @realdonaldtrump — who two days ago awarded a massive summit to himself— now says he is taking it back from himself. Story coming...

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David Fahrenthold

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NEW: In the middle of a pandemic, this week the Secret Service signed a $45,000 "emergency order" to rent golf carts in Sterling, Va. -- home of @realdonaldtrump 's Virginia golf club. In the past, such rentals have preceded presidential golf trips.

Secret Service signs contract this week to rent golf carts in town of Trump club

The contract does not mention President Trump but mirrors past agreements involving agents protecting him on golf outings.

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David Fahrenthold

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7 years

17 charities have now cancelled events at Mar-a-Lago. The latest ( #15 below) cancelled its gala during @realdonaldtrump 's speech last nite.

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David Fahrenthold

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Just came across this (again) in FOIA files...White House staffers drank $1,000 worth of liquor at Mar-a-Lago, @realdonaldtrump ’s club. Reader, the taxpayers paid!

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David Fahrenthold

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NEW: The Secret Service paid @realdonaldtrump 's business ***$1,900 a day*** for his first 5 months in office, as agents followed Trump to his own courses. $1900 a day. There's going to be so much more to this story...

Secret Service spent more than $250,000 at Trump’s properties in first five months of his term,...

The documents, obtained by a liberal watchdog group, show his properties received an average of nearly $2,000 per day.

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David Fahrenthold

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6 years

Just talking to a former IRS official about this. He was amazed at the range of the violations here. "They hit an extroardinary catalog of how *not* to run a private foundation. There’s little else he could have done that would have made it worse."

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

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NY Atty Gen sues @realdonaldtrump & 3 eldest kids, alleging “persistent illegal conduct” at Trump’s charity.

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NEW: This story touches on one of the biggest mysteries in @realDonaldTrump 's finances -- which only gets more mysterious, the more i dig into it. The mystery is called "Chicago Unit Acquisition, LLC" 1/

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump 's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space.

Eric Umansky

@ericuman

5 years

Scoop from @JustinElliott & WNYC's @ilyamarritz -- who've found: 1. The Trump inauguration paid the Trump hotel an "egregious" amount of $$. 2. The deal may violate the law against self-dealing.

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David Fahrenthold

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7 years

Has anyone done a full accounting of how much $ this cost taxpayers, in flights, security, local transportation, etc? Would love to read.

Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

7 years

To be clear: @VP flew from NV to IN last night. Went to football game for a few minutes then left in protest. Soon flying back west to CA.

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David Fahrenthold

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The NYT story on @realDonaldTrump 's finances was great for many reasons. But 1 thing that stood out to me: his enterprise required regular cash infusions from his dad to stay afloat. After '04, tho, Fred Trump's money ran out. 2 yrs later, these cash purchases began.

David Frum

@davidfrum

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Who is paying for this?

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UPDATE: We tried to prove Eric Trump right. We asked experts: is there any way that Mar-a-Lago is just charging the govt its costs — and it just costs $650 per day to clean one of their rooms? Experts said....no.

House Democrats ask Secret Service for details about its payments to Trump’s company

The House Oversight committee letter follows a Washington Post report that the Secret Service had been charged up to $650 per night at Mar-a-Lago.

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David Fahrenthold

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Damn. @motherjones story, on a woman literally selling access to @realdonaldtrump (via Mar-a-Lago) to Chinese execs.

A Florida massage parlor owner has been selling Chinese execs access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago

The strange, swampy saga of Trump donor Li Yang.

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NEW: @realdonaldtrump ’s biz has abruptly begun firing its longtime undocumented workers. 12 fired @ just 1 golf club

Trump’s golf course employed undocumented workers — and then fired them amid showdown over border...

About a dozen employees, some of whom had worked at a Trump golf course in New York for years, were let go Jan. 18.

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David Fahrenthold

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The search for a G-7 site started with 10 options. Secret service narrowed it down to 4. Then they were told to axe 2 and add a new finalist: @realdonaldtrump ’s own Doral resort.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

4 years

Trump’s Doral resort was a last-minute addition in search for G-7 site, newly released email shows

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NEW: NY prosecutors are now focused on whether Trump broke the law by providing widely different valuations for the same properties. In one case, Trump told lenders a bldg was worth $527M— but told tax authorities it was worth just 1/30th of that.

N.Y. prosecutors set sights on new Trump target: Widely different valuations on the same properties

Records gathered by prosecutors suggest Trump’s business provided high or low values on the same properties to get tax breaks or to impress lenders.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

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In 1989, @realDonaldTrump apparently used a charity's money to pay his son's $7 registration fee for the Boy Scouts.

Trump boasts about his philanthropy. But his giving falls short of his words.

The Republican has not followed through on many of his promises to give to charity.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

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What we know... -- @realdonaldtrump name taken off hotel in Toronto, apts in NYC, hotel in SoHo. --19 charities quit Mar-a-Lago --Trump golf courses struggling in LA, NYC, Scotland. --Planned hotel stalls in MS. BUT...Trump D.C. hotel making big profits.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

6 years

Trump’s name is coming off his SoHo hotel as politics weigh on president’s brand.

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In 2007, @realdonaldtrump was questioned by lawyers in a civil suit. In 2 days, they caught him in 30 falsehoods.

In 2007, Trump was forced to face his own falsehoods. And he did, 30 times.

For two straight days, lawyers for a reporter Trump had sued asked the businessman question after question on the same theme: Trump’s honesty.

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David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

3 years

I put my phone down for an hour and I missed the “Four Seasons Total Landscaping” part of today. The president’s legal team held a press conference in a landscape company’s parking lot? Next to a sex shop?

Andrew deGrandpré

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With the race called for Biden, Giuliani and Trump’s allies dig in, promise more legal challenges When asked whether Trump would accept the results of the just-called election, Giuliani said, “Obviously he’s not going to concede.”

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Donald Trump Jr writes that -- when he saw rows of graves at Arlington Cemetery -- he thought of...himself, and the business deals he had sacrificed. "About all the sacrifices we’d have to make to help my father succeed."

Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family’s ‘sacrifices,’ he writes

"Triggered" bills itself as a 300-page evisceration of the left's "victimhood complex." Yet in Trump Jr.'s telling, he and his family are the real victims.

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One great thing about spending 3 yrs on the Trump Org. beat: we have a big pile of data on revenue, occupancy, etc at Trump businesses that nobody had before. So, when Mulvaney says "Donald Trump's brand is probably strong enough as it is"...we don't have to take his word for it

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@Fahrenthold

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How bad does @realdonaldtrump ’s Doral need this business? Look what’s happened there during his presidency. In ONE YEAR, from ‘16-‘17: —revenue fell 13.8% —Net operating income fell 62%

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. @realdonaldtrump ’s biz said it charges the US govt just $50/night for rooms used by Trump’s entourage. I’ve now found $970K in govt payments to Trump Org, BUT exactly zero cases where Trump Org did what they promised. They always charged more. I’m not done looking!

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I didn’t realize until today how corona closures have hit @realdonaldtrump ’s biggest revenue generators. Six out of the top seven. (And the one that’s open is doing pretty bad, too).

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A month after @realDonaldTrump was elected, Saudi-funded lobbyists began reserving blocks of rooms at Trump's DC hotel. We estimate they reserved 500 rooms, in the middle of the busy weeks around Trump's inauguration. Total cost: more than $272K.

Saudi-funded lobbyist paid for 500 rooms at Trump’s hotel after 2016 election

Those bookings have fueled a pair of federal lawsuits alleging Trump violated the Constitution by taking improper payments from foreign governments.

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We had reports from M-a-L members about new, large groups of Chinese visitors at parties who spoke no English. This may be related.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

Damn. @motherjones story, on a woman literally selling access to @realdonaldtrump (via Mar-a-Lago) to Chinese execs.

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Such an incredible story by @forbes , deconstructing how the @EricTrumpFdn was apparently used to funnel $ back to the Trump org.

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This emoluments-clause lawsuit against @realdonaldtrump -- claiming he violates the Constitution by doing business with foreign govts -- was dead. Now, it's alive again. Story to come...

Deepak Gupta

@deepakguptalaw

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BREAKING: We just won our appeal in our Emoluments Clause case against Donald Trump, on behalf of Trump's restaurant and hotel competitors. The Second Circuit panel unanimously reverses the district court's dismissal, across the board. Opinion coming shortly.

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BREAKING: NYC judge rules against @realdonaldtrump ’s company, says NYC bldg called “Trump Place” has right to take down its signs.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

6 years

I’m in courtroom 442 in Manhattan, to hear an unusual case: can a condo board take @POTUS ’s name off their bldg?

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The $3 water sums up what we've found this year: @realdonaldtrump set up a hidden business relationship with his own govt, where he could act as both buyer & seller, but let somebody else pay. Here, Trump sold the water. Trump drank the water. But taxpayers somehow got the bill.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

4 years

NEW: Previously un-released documents show the government has paid $2.5 million to @realdonaldtrump 's businesses. Far more than we knew. Trump Org charged $7,700 for a dinner, $6,000 for floral arrangements…and $3 for POTUS’s own glass of water.

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We're trying to answer a simple question: how much has the U.S. government paid to @realdonaldtrump 's private company since Trump took office? We know about $970K so far, but we're still waiting on a whole lot of un-released and over-due records. So, today, we sued.

FOIA Nate📄

@FOIANate

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. @washingtonpost has just sued the Secret Service and State in a #FOIA lawsuit for failing to produce Secret Service spending data at Trump properties in response to @Fahrenthold and @partlowj FOIAs .

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The Fyre Festival of the legal world.

Reid Wilson

@PoliticsReid

3 years

Pres. Trump’s legal team has challenged a grand total of 180 rejected ballots in Maricopa County. Biden leads in AZ by 14,746 votes -

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David Fahrenthold

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7 years

When a federal official stayed at Mar-a-Lago overnight -- presumably to visit @realdonaldtrump -- Trump charged the government $546/night.

Philip Bump

@pbump

7 years

Meanwhile, here’s a bill to the government for rooms at Mar-a-Lago.

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David Fahrenthold

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. @realdonaldtrump 's campaign really, truly filed this in federal court, as evidence of "fraud:" an affidavit from a poll-watcher who saw military members had voted for Biden. That's it. That was the evidence.

Michelle Ye Hee Lee

@myhlee

3 years

Another: A GOP poll watcher noticed many military absentee ballots showed votes for Democrats. "I had always been told that military people tended to be conservative, so this stuck out to me," the poll watcher said.

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WHAT HAPPENED TO $246 MILLION? The FBI says it’s found a “massive fraud” centered on a nonprofit in MN. The group had received $246M in federal aid to feed hungry kids. I’m an investigative reporter covering nonprofits. Here’s what I want to know — and how you can help…

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Before the merger, T-mobile execs had spent 2 nights at @realdonaldtrump ’s DC hotel. Since: at least 52 nights, and $195,000.

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

NEW: @t -mobile says it’s spent $195K at @realdonaldtrump ’s hotel since announcing a merger needing Federal approval.

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NEW: @realdonaldtrump 's company is showing new signs of financial decline. One major example: Trump's Chicago hotel. New docs show its profits fell 89% in 3 years after Trump entered politics.

‘Who built this beautiful place?’ Despite Trump’s visits to his properties, some of his businesses...

Recently, the president’s company has made uncharacteristic changes: cutting amenities for high-paying guests, downplaying the Trump name and even trying to sell its D.C. hotel.

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It looks like the apparent election fraud that "surprised" everyone in NC this year had actually been going on for yrs, and a lot of people in NC knew about it.

Beth Reinhard

@bethreinhard

5 years

Why did prosecutors sit on evidence of absentee ballot tampering in rural Bladen County, NC for more than two years? Updated story w/ ⁦ @AmyEGardner ⁩

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David Fahrenthold

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5 years

Running list of @realDonaldTrump biz's that used undocumented labor: -Bedminster golf club -Westchester club -Colts Neck club -Philly club -Hudson Valley club -Doral club -Virginia club -Bronx club -Trump Winery...

David Fahrenthold

@Fahrenthold

5 years

NEW: Even as @realdonaldtrump railed against illegal immigration, his company quietly relied on its own crew of largely undocumented construction workers. Two years into his presidency, it still does.

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FINAL UPDATE: I spent 6 months looking for proof that @realDonaldTrump gives "tens of millions" to charity, as he claims. I didn't find it.

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President @realDonaldTrump vowed “no new foreign deals.” His son is about to inaugurate two new projects in India.

Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns

Donald Trump Jr. is making plans for a high-profile sales and marketing trip to the region.

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4 years

Stand by for some news about taxpayer funds being paid to @realdonaldtrump 's businesses!

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NEW: The U.S. government has paid at least $970,000 to @realdonaldtrump 's businesses since Trump took office. That includes at least **1,600** nightly room rentals at Trump properties.

Trump’s company has received at least $970,000 from U.S. taxpayers for room rentals

Taxpayers have paid for more than 1,600 nightly room rentals at Trump properties, including 530 nights at the president’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.

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BREAKING: NY Attorney General reveals long-running investigation into financial practices of @realdonaldtrump 's company -- asking if Trump Org. inflated assets to fool lenders and avoid taxes.

New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investig...

The filing showed that President Trump’s company is now facing two advanced investigations into its finances in New York state — both focused on the years before he took office.

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Secret Service just released new docs showing Trump’s first trip to Bedminster as POTUS in 2017 — and the spigot of taxpayer money it opened for his business. First trip: 4 days, Trump Org charged the Secret Service $5,343 for a cottage near Trump. 1/2

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NY Atty Gen sues @realdonaldtrump & 3 eldest kids, alleging “persistent illegal conduct” at Trump’s charity.

New York files civil suit against President Trump, alleging his charity engaged in ‘illegal conduct’

The complaint comes after an investigation by the attorney general’s office, spurred by Washington Post articles.

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5 years

My daughter saw me on TV wearing a tie. This is her re-creation:

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NEW: In past checks of the kitchens at @realdonaldtrump ’s Doral resort, inspectors have found “small, live flying insects,” improperly stored meat, and slime in the ice machine.

Trump says ‘no bedbugs’ at his Doral resort. But inspectors have found a host of other problems.

Investigators have previously found roaches and flies, among other problems, at President Trump's Doral golf resort — where he wants to host next year's G-7 summit.

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Got new documents showing @realdonaldtrump ’s company charging US taxpayers! But — like all the others— contradict Trump Org’s claim that they charge $50/night. This is 42 rooms at $396.15 each.

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@Fahrenthold

4 years

If this language is approved, Trump properties would be barred from getting bailout money.

Jeff Stein

@JStein_WaPo

4 years

At 2am, Schumer's office announced Dems had secured language preventing bailout $ from reaching businesses controlled by: the president; the VP; members of Congress; heads of "executive departments" (Assume cabinet officials?) Extends to their children, spouses & in-laws

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I was just going thru docs on @realDonaldTrump 's Chicago bldg -- taking another crack at the mystery of Trump's odd $50M+ loan on that bldg -- and found this. In 2013, somebody bought a few condos there under using the name "Combover LLC."

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NEW: The @statedept says it has 450 pages of records showing government payments to @realdonaldtrump 's businesses. But it's only going to release 2 pages before the election.

State Department signals it will keep most details of its spending at Trump’s properties hidden...

The agency had said it would it would try to release by Thursday up to 300 pages of information sought in open-records requests. It instead sent two.

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@Fahrenthold

5 years

Damn! What a scoop by WSJ.

Nicole Hong

@nicole_hong

5 years

NEW: Federal prosecutors are investigating the $107 million raised by Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee, including whether any donors gave money to influence official administration positions. Scoop by @rebeccadobrien @rebeccaballhaus @aviswanatha

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Here's one of @realdonaldtrump 's former employees -- an undocumented woman who says Trump Org knew she was undocumented -- showing she paid more income tax than Trump did.