Inaugural Committee and Trump Hotel Settlement
What happened
promisereported The Presidential Inaugural Committee was organized to plan and support inauguration activities.
- Democracy in Action: President-Elect Trump Announces Presidential Inaugural Committee Leadership2016-11-15 · Committee purpose and leadership announcement
actiondocumented The parties executed a settlement covering allegations that nonprofit inaugural funds had improperly benefited Trump businesses and related private interests.
- Superior Court of the District of Columbia: District of Columbia v. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee et al., Settlement Order2022-05-03 · Consent motion, payment provisions, and no-admission clause
outcomedocumented The defendants agreed to make a payment that the District said would be directed to two nonprofit organizations.
- PBS NewsHour and Associated Press: Trump businesses, inaugural committee settle D.C. lawsuit for $750,0002022-05-03 · Settlement amount, defendants, allegations, and disposition
- Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: AG Racine Claws Back $750K in Misspent Nonprofit Funds From Trump Organization & Presidential Inaugural Committee2022-05-03 · Opening paragraphs and payment destination
limitationdocumented The agreement expressly stated that the settling defendants did not admit wrongdoing or unlawful conduct.
- Superior Court of the District of Columbia: District of Columbia v. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee et al., Settlement Order2022-05-03 · No admission of wrongdoing or liability provision
People and organizations
- 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee and Trump business defendantspayer
- Youth nonprofit recipients designated by the Districtrecipient
Assessment
The settlement sent money to charitable purposes and closed the case with no merits adjudication and no admission by the defendants.