State Department Rooms at the Trump Vancouver Opening
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
actionreported State Department personnel booked rooms at the Trump-branded Vancouver hotel while assisting security for an opening attended by Trump's adult children.
- Axios: State Dept. booked rooms at Trump Vancouver hotel for grand opening2017-07-12 · FOIA-derived room count, spending and licensing limitation
outcomereported FOIA-derived reporting documented the public expenditure and the separate licensing relationship.
- ProPublica and USA Today: Trump's 10 Troubling Deals with Foreign Power-Players2017-01-19 · Philippines, Indonesia, Panama and other project records with corporate documents
- Axios: State Dept. booked rooms at Trump Vancouver hotel for grand opening2017-07-12 · FOIA-derived room count, spending and licensing limitation
limitationreported The hotel was not owned by the Trump Organization; the supported relationship was management and licensing.
- Axios: State Dept. booked rooms at Trump Vancouver hotel for grand opening2017-07-12 · FOIA-derived room count, spending and licensing limitation
People and organizations
- United States publicaffected party
- Trump Vancouver licensing and management businessbeneficiary
- U.S. Department of Statepayer
- Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouverrecipient
Assessment
Government spending covered security logistics around a private business opening. The hotel was a licensed property, and the record does not establish how much room revenue reached the Trump Organization.