Protection forced taxpayers through Trump's own cash registers
Secret Service records obtained by a House committee listed 669 expenditures totaling $1.4 million at Trump-owned U.S. properties from January 2017 through September 2021. The committee warned that the records were incomplete and documented at least 40 rates above government per diem.
Entities and roles
- Donald J. Trumpowner of paid business
- The Trump Organizationrecipient business
Claims and evidence
- factreported
Secret Service records produced to the House committee listed 669 expenditures totaling $1.4 million at Trump-owned U.S. properties from January 20, 2017 through September 15, 2021, but the committee said the production was incomplete.
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Letter to U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle concerning charges at Trump propertiesPages 4 and 7, expenditure totals and completeness limitation
- factreported
The committee reported at least 40 instances in which Trump properties charged the Secret Service more than the government per diem rate, including rates as high as $1,185 per room per night.
- factreported
The House Oversight Committee reported that whenever the Secret Service purchased rooms at Trump properties, the Trump Organization and its owner, Donald Trump, were paid with taxpayer funds.
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Letter to U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle concerning charges at Trump propertiesPage 2, discussion of payments to Trump Organization and its owner
Measurements
Listed Secret Service expenditures$1.4 million across 669 listed expenditures USD - Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Secret Service spending records for Trump-owned properties in the United States from January 20, 2017 through September 15, 2021 that were produced to the House committee.
- Period
- 2017-01-20 to 2021-09-15
- Method
- Report the committee's count and rounded total for the produced Secret Service records; do not treat the figure as complete government spending or as a dashboard total.
- Uncertainty
- The committee said the production omitted identifiable stays and foreign-property payments and could not establish a complete total.