America First Action Spending at the Trump Hotel

Evidence chronology

1. promise2017-01-11documented

   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
   Open underlying ledger entry
2. action2018-03-29documented

   America First Action's FEC filing reported lodging and meal reimbursements to the Trump hotel after the pro-Trump super PAC used the property for events.

   • Public Citizen: Presidency for Sale2018-01-17 · FEC-derived political and special-interest event table with dates and properties
   • The Washington Post: Pro-Trump groups paid the Trump D.C. hotel and former campaign aides2018-01-25 · America First Action event spending at the Trump International Hotel and committee disclosure context
   • Federal Election Commission: America First Action July 2018 quarterly report2018-07-15 · Schedule B, page 85; March 29, 2018 Trump International Hotel lodging and meal reimbursements
   Open underlying ledger entry
3. outcome2018-03-29documented

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

   • Public Citizen: Presidency for Sale2018-01-17 · FEC-derived political and special-interest event table with dates and properties
   • The Washington Post: Pro-Trump groups paid the Trump D.C. hotel and former campaign aides2018-01-25 · America First Action event spending at the Trump International Hotel and committee disclosure context
   • Federal Election Commission: America First Action July 2018 quarterly report2018-07-15 · Schedule B, page 85; March 29, 2018 Trump International Hotel lodging and meal reimbursements
   Open underlying ledger entry
4. limitation2018-03-29documented

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

   • Public Citizen: Presidency for Sale2018-01-17 · FEC-derived political and special-interest event table with dates and properties
   • The Washington Post: Pro-Trump groups paid the Trump D.C. hotel and former campaign aides2018-01-25 · America First Action event spending at the Trump International Hotel and committee disclosure context
   • Federal Election Commission: America First Action July 2018 quarterly report2018-07-15 · Schedule B, page 85; March 29, 2018 Trump International Hotel lodging and meal reimbursements
   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.