Secret Service Costs for the Trump Sons' UAE Business Trip: The record

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump traveled to the United Arab Emirates for the opening of a Trump-branded golf club with Secret Service protection.

   • U.S. Government Accountability Office: Presidential Travel: Secret Service and DOD Need to Ensure That Expenditure Reports Are Prepared and Submitted to CongressPages 20-23; Uruguay, Dominican Republic and UAE protection costs; reporting limits
   • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW gets Trump family business Secret Service spending documentsBusiness-purpose travel examples and FOIA spending records
2. documented

   Trump's adult sons traveled as Trump Organization executives to promote the family licensing business while Trump retained its beneficial interest.

   • U.S. Government Accountability Office: Presidential Travel: Secret Service and DOD Need to Ensure That Expenditure Reports Are Prepared and Submitted to CongressPages 20-23; Uruguay, Dominican Republic and UAE protection costs; reporting limits
   • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW gets Trump family business Secret Service spending documentsBusiness-purpose travel examples and FOIA spending records
   • Time: Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of InterestSheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits