U.S. Military Stays at Trump Turnberry
What happened
promisedocumented 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
actiondocumented 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
outcomedocumented 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
administration responsereported 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
People and organizations
- United States taxpayersaffected party
- Trump Turnberrybeneficiary
- U.S. Department of Defensepayer
- Trump Turnberryrecipient
Assessment
Federal travel spending reached a Trump-owned resort. The cited evidence does not establish that Trump directed the stays, or that the reported gross lodging spend became personal net profit.