State Department Rooms at the Trump Vancouver Opening

2017-02-28

State Department Rooms at the Trump Vancouver Opening

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: 2017-02-28State Department personnel booked rooms at the Trump-branded Vancouver hotel while assisting security for an opening attended by Trump's adult children.Open cited record · 1 source2017-07-12FOIA-derived reporting documented the public expenditure and the separate licensing relationship.Open cited record · 2 sources
Who gained: Trump Vancouver licensing and management business
Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver
Who paid: United States public
U.S. Department of State
Audit finding: unresolved
Government spending supported security logistics around a private business opening, but the hotel was a licensed property and the record does not establish how much of the room revenue reached the Trump Organization.
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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action2017-02-28reported
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
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outcome2017-07-12reported
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
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limitation2017-07-12reported
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
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Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

limitation
The hotel was not owned by the Trump Organization; the supported relationship was management and licensing.