Taxpayers at Trump Properties — Outcome
Reporting and findings
- documented
GAO estimated $13.6 million in federal operating costs for four trips; that total is not the amount paid to Mar-a-Lago.
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: Presidential Travel: Secret Service and DOD Need to Ensure That Expenditure Reports Are Prepared and Submitted to CongressGAO-19-178 highlights, total operating costs
- U.S. Government Accountability Office: Presidential Travel: Secret Service and DOD Need to Ensure That Expenditure Reports Are Prepared and Submitted to CongressHighlights and costs for four trips, February 3-March 5, 2017
People and organizations
- America First Audit — Taxpayers at Trump Propertiesaudit case
- Donald J. Trumpcomparison subject
Money trail
public costFour Mar A Lago Trip Cost$13.6 million total federal trip cost - Estimated public spending source
- United States taxpayers
- Loss or cost borne by
- U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies incurring the cited costs
Figures
Four presidential trips: federal costabout $13.6 million Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Federal agencies supporting four presidential trips to Mar-a-Lago
- Period
- 2017-02-03 to 2017-03-05
- As of
- 2019-02-05
- Method
- Use GAO's rounded estimate of operating and temporary-duty costs. This observation indexes the same cost already recorded in measurement:audit:24:01; it is not an additional expense.
- Uncertainty
- Excludes classified costs and regular salaries and benefits. Covers four trips only; not a full-term total or revenue paid to Trump's business.