U.S. Military Stays at Trump Turnberry

2019-09-18

U.S. Military Stays at Trump Turnberry

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: 2019-09-18Partial DOD records showed taxpayer-funded military lodging at Trump Turnberry across more than three dozen stays after inauguration.Open cited record · 2 sources2020-08-28The House memorandum said DOD's production was incomplete, limiting a full accounting and explanation of the lodging decisions.Open cited record · 1 source
Who gained: Trump Turnberry
Trump Turnberry
Who paid: United States taxpayers
U.S. Department of Defense
Audit finding: unresolved
Federal travel spending reached a Trump-owned resort, but the cited evidence does not establish that Trump directed the stays or that the reported gross lodging spend became personal net profit.
Causal strength: documented mechanism

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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action2019-09-18documented
Partial DOD records showed taxpayer-funded military lodging at Trump Turnberry across more than three dozen stays after inauguration.
- Axios: Pentagon spent at least $184,000 on Trump Turnberry Resort stopovers2019-09-18 · DOD spending, number of stays and Committee request
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Mazars subpoena memorandum2020-08-28 · Turnberry investigation and partial DOD production discussion
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outcome2020-08-28documented
The House memorandum said DOD's production was incomplete, limiting a full accounting and explanation of the lodging decisions.
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Mazars subpoena memorandum2020-08-28 · Turnberry investigation and partial DOD production discussion
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administration response2019-09-18reported
Trump denied knowing about the stays; the sources do not establish that he selected the hotel.
- Axios: Pentagon spent at least $184,000 on Trump Turnberry Resort stopovers2019-09-18 · DOD spending, number of stays and Committee request
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Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

administration response
Trump denied knowing about the stays; the sources do not establish that he selected the hotel.