Posted on 08/05/2021 10:52:51 AM PDT by lowbridge
Donald Trump may be out of office, but political donor money continues to pour into his properties across the country.
In just the first six months of this year, dozens of Republican campaigns and political groups have together spent at least $750,000 at Trump properties, with nearly half of that coming from fundraising committees directly affiliated with or linked to Trump himself, according to federal and state campaign disclosure reports.
Of that $750,000, the largest chunk was spent by the Make America Great Again PAC, Trump's presidential campaign committee-turned political action committee, which paid the former president's businesses more than $210,000 from January through June.
Much of that came from five monthly rent payments of $40,000 each for office space at Trump Tower in New York City, while the rest came from nearly $8,000 in lodging expenses at Trump hotels.
Trump's new PAC, Save America, also reported paying nearly $80,000 to the "Trump Hotel Collection" for lodging and meals over the six months since Trump left the White House.
Trump properties have also continued to serve as a favorite venue for high-dollar fundraisers for his political committees.
His joint fundraising committee with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham spent more than $22,000 for a golf tournament hosted at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in May, which reportedly cost participants $25,000 each. Make America Great Again Action, a new pro-Trump super PAC led by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, spent about the same amount at a fundraiser at Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The committee's disclosure filing doesn't show how much it raised from the fundraiser, but overall it reported raising roughly $705,000 in April and May.
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Compared to Trump’s wealth this is equivalent to a parking ticket.
It’s not like it’s just one hotel. There is a whole collection, so I’m not surprised the bookings added up.
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