AHRI Annual Meeting at Trump Doral: The record

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   AHRI held its annual meeting at Trump National Doral, listed the resort in its event materials and later disclosed the resort as a major vendor in its tax filing while lobbying the federal government on industry policy.

   • Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute: AHRI's 2017 Annual Meeting: Event InformationEvent information naming Trump National Doral and program beginning Sunday, November 12
   • Internal Revenue Service filing via Foundation Center: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 2017 Form 990Part VII and Schedule J/vendor disclosure identifying Trump National Doral as an event vendor
   • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Special interest paid Trump's resort while lobbying the administration2017 annual meeting, Form 990 payment, lobbying disclosures, policy chronology and express causation limitation
2. documented

   The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.

   • 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
   • Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute: AHRI's 2017 Annual Meeting: Event InformationEvent information naming Trump National Doral and program beginning Sunday, November 12
   • Internal Revenue Service filing via Foundation Center: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 2017 Form 990Part VII and Schedule J/vendor disclosure identifying Trump National Doral as an event vendor
   • Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Special interest paid Trump's resort while lobbying the administration2017 annual meeting, Form 990 payment, lobbying disclosures, policy chronology and express causation limitation