Protection forced taxpayers through Trump's own cash registers
Reporting and findings
- reported
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
- reported
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.
- reported
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
Summary and current status
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.
Congressional investigation reported incomplete payment records
People and organizations
- Donald J. Trumpowner of paid business
- The Trump Organizationrecipient business
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpowned business paid by Secret ServiceThe Trump Organization
Money trail
public costListed Secret Service expenditures$1.4 million across 669 listed expenditures - Public spending source
- U.S. Secret Service
- Funds recipient
- Trump Organization and Trump-owned properties
- Loss or cost borne by
- U.S. taxpayers