The FBI Headquarters Rebuild and the Nearby Trump Hotel
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 Trump participated in an Oval Office meeting about a revised plan to demolish and rebuild the FBI headquarters at its existing site.
- General Services Administration Office of Inspector General: Review of GSA's Revised Plan for the FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project2018-08-27 · January 24 Oval Office meeting, revised plan and information-access limitations
outcomedocumented The GSA inspector general documented the meeting and gaps in information about the White House discussions.
- General Services Administration Office of Inspector General: Review of GSA's Revised Plan for the FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project2018-08-27 · January 24 Oval Office meeting, revised plan and information-access limitations
limitationdocumented The nearby-hotel competitive theory was raised by watchdogs, but the cited official record does not establish it as Trump's motive.
- General Services Administration Office of Inspector General: Review of GSA's Revised Plan for the FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project2018-08-27 · January 24 Oval Office meeting, revised plan and information-access limitations
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: President Trump's 3,400 conflicts of interest2020-09-24 · FBI headquarters discussion and nearby Trump hotel context
People and organizations
- Federal Bureau of Investigationaffected party
- United States taxpayersaffected party
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.beneficiary
- United States taxpayerspayer
Assessment
Trump's participation and the revised government plan are documented. The official record does not establish that protecting the nearby Trump hotel drove the decision.