AHRI Annual Meeting at Trump Doral
What happened
promisedocumented At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
- Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest2017-01-11 · Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Oversight Committee Requests Documents on Trump Organization's Treatment of Foreign Government Payments2017-04-21 · Bipartisan committee letter describing the January pledge and requesting implementation records
actiondocumented AHRI held its annual meeting at Trump National Doral, listed the resort in its event materials and later disclosed the resort as a major vendor in its tax filing while lobbying the federal government on industry policy.
- Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute: AHRI's 2017 Annual Meeting: Event Information2017-11-12 · Event information naming Trump National Doral and program beginning Sunday, November 12
- Internal Revenue Service filing via Foundation Center: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 2017 Form 9902018-11-15 · Part VII and Schedule J/vendor disclosure identifying Trump National Doral as an event vendor
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Special interest paid Trump's resort while lobbying the administration2020-03-11 · 2017 annual meeting, Form 990 payment, lobbying disclosures, policy chronology and express causation limitation
outcomedocumented The disclosed event or expenditure routed organizational funds to the identified Trump property during the presidency.
- Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute: AHRI's 2017 Annual Meeting: Event Information2017-11-12 · Event information naming Trump National Doral and program beginning Sunday, November 12
- Internal Revenue Service filing via Foundation Center: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 2017 Form 9902018-11-15 · Part VII and Schedule J/vendor disclosure identifying Trump National Doral as an event vendor
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Special interest paid Trump's resort while lobbying the administration2020-03-11 · 2017 annual meeting, Form 990 payment, lobbying disclosures, policy chronology and express causation limitation
limitationdocumented The sources document the transaction and event context but do not prove a policy exchange, illegality or the recipient's net profit.
- Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute: AHRI's 2017 Annual Meeting: Event Information2017-11-12 · Event information naming Trump National Doral and program beginning Sunday, November 12
- Internal Revenue Service filing via Foundation Center: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 2017 Form 9902018-11-15 · Part VII and Schedule J/vendor disclosure identifying Trump National Doral as an event vendor
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Special interest paid Trump's resort while lobbying the administration2020-03-11 · 2017 annual meeting, Form 990 payment, lobbying disclosures, policy chronology and express causation limitation
People and organizations
- Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Instituteaffected party
- United States publicaffected party
- Trump National Doral Miamibeneficiary
- Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institutepayer
- Trump National Doral Miamirecipient
Assessment
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.