Richard Grenell spent nearly $10,000 at Trump's hotel

Date: Date not published
Entry type: official-property-spending
Current status: Historical official-linked stays documented in hotel records
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

A House staff report found nineteen nights of stays from 2017 through 2019, with roughly half occurring before his Senate confirmation as ambassador.

Entities and roles

Richard Grenell stays at Trump International Hotel Washingtonofficial-linked hotel payments
Donald J. Trumppresident and hotel business beneficiary

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
House Democratic staff found that Richard Grenell spent nearly $10,000 for nineteen nights at Donald Trump's Washington hotel from 2017 through 2019, about half before his Senate confirmation as ambassador.
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Democratic Staff: The Trump Hotel: A Pipeline for Presidential Patronage and ProfitsRichard Grenell case study and hotel folio analysis