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House staff estimated $5.57 million in Chinese payments to Trump businesses

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Reporting and findings

  1. estimate

    House Democratic staff estimated that Chinese government and state-owned entities spent at least $5,572,548 at Donald Trump's businesses during his first presidency.

Summary and current status

The estimate covered Chinese government and state-owned entities during Trump's first presidency and used disclosed extrapolations where records were incomplete.

Historical estimate based on partial Mazars and public records

People and organizations

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpreceived estimated Chinese government-linked business paymentsChinese government-linked payments to Trump businesses

Money trail

  1. revenueChinese government-linked spending at Trump businessesat least $5,572,548
    Estimated revenue source
    Chinese government and state-owned entities
    Estimated revenue recipient
    Trump-owned businesses
    estimated · 2021-01-20 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation Chinese government and state-owned entity spending identified during Trump's first presidencyPeriod 2017-01-20 to 2021-01-20Basis Use the lower-bound country aggregate estimated by House Democratic staff from partial Mazars and public records.Limits Partial records make this a lower-bound estimate; the Hainan Airlines lodging figure is nested within the China total.