2020 Campaign Money Paid to Trump Businesses
What happened
promisedocumented Trump said total self-funding would eliminate his dependence on donors and special interests.
- Roll Call Factbase: Donald Trump Vlog: Self Funding2016-01-27 · Full transcript; statement that the campaign was totally self-funded
actiondocumented FEC records show donor-funded Trump committees paid Trump-owned businesses for rent, lodging, events and related services through Election Day.
- Federal Election Commission: Browse campaign finance dataItemized disbursement data and bulk downloads for the 2016 and 2020 cycles
- Forbes: Trump Moved $2.7 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business Before Election Day2020-12-10 · FEC-filing analysis through Election Day and Trump Tower rent discussion
outcomedocumented Late campaign filings recorded additional payments to Trump properties in the closing weeks of the 2020 campaign.
- Federal Election Commission: Browse campaign finance dataItemized disbursement data and bulk downloads for the 2016 and 2020 cycles
- The Washington Post: Trump campaign committees spent $1.1 million at Trump properties in the last days of his losing campaign2020-12-04 · Late-2020 FEC filing analysis and campaign-law limitation
limitationreported The reporting did not establish illegal overcharging; lawful fair-market vendor payments remain a material limitation.
- The Washington Post: Trump campaign committees spent $1.1 million at Trump properties in the last days of his losing campaign2020-12-04 · Late-2020 FEC filing analysis and campaign-law limitation
- Forbes: Trump Moved $2.7 Million Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business Before Election Day2020-12-10 · FEC-filing analysis through Election Day and Trump Tower rent discussion
People and organizations
- 2020 Trump campaign donorsaffected party
- Trump-owned campaign vendorsbeneficiary
- 2020 Trump campaign donorspayer
- Trump-owned campaign vendorsrecipient
Assessment
The campaign-finance record establishes a donor-to-Trump-business revenue path, contrary to the earlier claim that self-funding would remove donor dependence; it does not establish unlawful pricing or net personal profit.