T-Mobile Hotel Spending During the Sprint Merger Review

2018-04-30

T-Mobile Hotel Spending During the Sprint Merger Review

unresolved

Promised: 2017-01-11At 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.Open cited record · 2 sources
The record: 2018-04-30T-Mobile executives booked rooms at the Trump hotel immediately after the Sprint merger announcement and returned during the federal review period.Open cited record · 2 sources2019-03-05T-Mobile disclosed substantial hotel spending in response to congressional questions while saying employees chose the hotel for convenience and service.Open cited record · 1 source
Who gained: T-Mobile US
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.
Who paid: United States wireless consumers
T-Mobile US
Audit finding: unresolved
The hotel spending and merger-review overlap are documented, but the evidence does not establish that the patronage affected the government's decision.
Causal strength: temporal association

Evidence chronology

promise2017-01-11documented
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
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action2018-04-30documented
T-Mobile executives booked rooms at the Trump hotel immediately after the Sprint merger announcement and returned during the federal review period.
- U.S. Congress: Congressional letters concerning T-Mobile executives' Trump hotel stays2019-01-16 · Questions concerning bookings following the Sprint merger announcement
- The Washington Post: T-Mobile acknowledges it spent more at Trump hotel after Sprint merger announcement2019-03-05 · Company letter, reported hotel spending and merger-review chronology
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outcome2019-03-05reported
T-Mobile disclosed substantial hotel spending in response to congressional questions while saying employees chose the hotel for convenience and service.
- The Washington Post: T-Mobile acknowledges it spent more at Trump hotel after Sprint merger announcement2019-03-05 · Company letter, reported hotel spending and merger-review chronology
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administration response2019-03-05reported
The company denied an influence purpose, and the record does not connect any stay to a specific approval action.
- The Washington Post: T-Mobile acknowledges it spent more at Trump hotel after Sprint merger announcement2019-03-05 · Company letter, reported hotel spending and merger-review chronology
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Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

administration response
The company denied an influence purpose, and the record does not connect any stay to a specific approval action.