The Inaugural Committee's Trump Hotel Contract: Audit finding

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   The contract and the internal warnings are documented. The characterization of unlawful nonprofit waste began as a civil allegation and stays one unless paired with the later final disposition.

   • Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: District of Columbia v. 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee complaintParagraphs 1-61; hotel event-space rates, warnings, payments and nonprofit-purpose allegations
   • ProPublica: Donald and Ivanka Trump Were Involved in Inauguration's Inflated Payments to Family Business, New Suit SaysComplaint context, warnings to Donald and Ivanka Trump, and defendants' position
   • Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia: AG Racine Sues Presidential Inaugural Committee and Trump EntitiesAllegations, payment categories and Prayer Breakfast comparison