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AHRI Annual Meeting at Trump Doral

unresolved
Audit finding
unresolved

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.

Causal strength: documented mechanism
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump National Doral Miami
  • Trump National Doral Miami
Who paid
  • Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
  • United States public
  • Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute

Evidence chronology

  1. 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.

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  2. 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.

    Open underlying ledger entry
  3. outcomedocumented

    The disclosed event or expenditure routed organizational funds to the identified Trump property during the presidency.

    Open underlying ledger entry
  4. limitationdocumented

    The sources document the transaction and event context but do not prove a policy exchange, illegality or the recipient's net profit.

    Open underlying ledger entry

Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

  • limitation

    The sources document the transaction and event context but do not prove a policy exchange, illegality or the recipient's net profit.