The Inaugural Committee's Trump Hotel Contract
What happened
promisedocumented The inaugural committee was organized as a nonprofit to support the public purposes of the presidential inauguration.
- Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: District of Columbia v. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee complaint2020-01-22 · Paragraphs 1-61; hotel event-space rates, warnings, payments and nonprofit-purpose allegations
actiondocumented The committee contracted for Trump Hotel event space after internal concerns about pricing and optics were communicated to Trump family members and committee officials.
- Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: District of Columbia v. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee complaint2020-01-22 · Paragraphs 1-61; hotel event-space rates, warnings, payments and nonprofit-purpose allegations
- ProPublica: Donald and Ivanka Trump Were Involved in Inauguration's Inflated Payments to Family Business, New Suit Says2020-01-22 · Complaint context, warnings to Donald and Ivanka Trump, and defendants' position
outcomedocumented The District sued the committee and Trump entities, alleging that the hotel payments wasted nonprofit funds for private benefit.
- Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: District of Columbia v. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee complaint2020-01-22 · Paragraphs 1-61; hotel event-space rates, warnings, payments and nonprofit-purpose allegations
- Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: AG Racine Sues Presidential Inaugural Committee and Trump Entities2020-01-22 · Allegations, payment categories and Prayer Breakfast comparison
limitationalleged The claim was a civil allegation at filing; defendants disputed wrongdoing and the filing did not itself adjudicate liability.
- ProPublica: Donald and Ivanka Trump Were Involved in Inauguration's Inflated Payments to Family Business, New Suit Says2020-01-22 · Complaint context, warnings to Donald and Ivanka Trump, and defendants' position
People and organizations
- 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee donorsaffected party
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.beneficiary
- 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee donorspayer
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.recipient
Assessment
The contract and the internal warnings are documented. The characterization of unlawful nonprofit waste began as a civil allegation and stays one unless paired with the later final disposition.