The State Department's Mar-a-Lago Web Page: Audit finding
Entities and roles
- America First Audit: The State Department's Mar-a-Lago Web Pageaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject
Claims and evidence
- analysisdocumented
The government page promoted attention to a Trump-owned property and was then removed with an explanation that the department regretted the perception it created.
- 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
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Oversight Committee Requests Documents on Trump Organization's Treatment of Foreign Government PaymentsBipartisan committee letter describing the January pledge and requesting implementation records
- U.S. Court of Appeals filing via Maryland Attorney General: District of Columbia and Maryland v. Trump addendumRecord describing official promotion and removal of the Mar-a-Lago post
- CBS News: State Department removes Mar-a-Lago post amid outcryPost content, removal and State Department explanation