Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Energy Sector CEOs

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   The patronage and the official access happened in sequence. The record does not establish that one caused the other, or that a specific policy result followed the hotel spending.

   Participant remarks identifying the American Petroleum Institute

   API's Trump-Hotel Event and White House Meeting: Audit finding · Cited analysis

2. documented

   API also had ordinary institutional access as a major trade association; no causal link to the hotel event is established.

   Participant remarks identifying the American Petroleum Institute

   API's Trump-Hotel Event and White House Meeting: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit