Saudi Government Payments at Two Trump Properties
- Promised
- 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.Open cited record · 2 sources
- The record
- The limited Mazars records cover a government delegation hotel stay and charges associated with a Saudi-owned floor at Trump World Tower.Open cited record · 1 sourceThe House report concluded that its Mazars-derived records captured only two years of the presidency and four Trump businesses, so the full amount and final profit reconciliation remained unavailable.Open cited record · 2 sources
- Who gained
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. and Trump World Tower
- Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. and Trump World Tower
- Who paid
- United States public
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Audit finding
- unresolved
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Causal strength: not established