Inaugural Funds and the Trump Family's Private Reception

2017-01-20

Inaugural Funds and the Trump Family's Private Reception

unresolved

Promised: 2016-12-14The committee's stated nonprofit purpose was to support public inaugural activities.Open cited record · 1 source
The record: 2017-01-20The District alleged that the committee paid for a private Trump family reception at the Trump hotel.Open cited record · 2 sources2020-01-22The private-reception payment formed a separate part of the District's nonprofit-enforcement action.Open cited record · 2 sources
Who gained: Trump family private reception beneficiaries
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.
Who paid: 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee donors
58th Presidential Inaugural Committee donors
Audit finding: unresolved
The cited complaint supports a discrete nonprofit-purpose allegation concerning a private family event, but the filing must not be represented as a final liability finding.
Causal strength: source attributed

Evidence chronology

promise2016-12-14documented
The committee's stated nonprofit purpose was to support public inaugural activities.
- 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
Open underlying ledger entry
action2017-01-20alleged
The District alleged that the committee paid for a private Trump family reception at the Trump hotel.
- 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
Open underlying ledger entry
outcome2020-01-22documented
The private-reception payment formed a separate part of the District's nonprofit-enforcement action.
- 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
- 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
Open underlying ledger entry
limitation2020-01-22documented
The complaint states allegations; a final legal classification requires the later settlement or judgment record.
- 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
Open underlying ledger entry

Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

limitation
The complaint states allegations; a final legal classification requires the later settlement or judgment record.