Public Protection for Donald Trump Jr.'s India Sales Trip: Audit finding

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   The government paid protection and support costs for private family-business travel. Those costs are not payments to Trump entities, and not project profit.

   • 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
   • American Oversight: State Department records concerning Donald Trump Jr.'s India tripFOIA production concerning February 2018 India travel
   • The Washington Post: Taxpayers' cost for Trump Jr.'s business trip to India nearly $100K, documents showDHS FOIA records, business itinerary, cost categories and limitations