Secret Service paid Trump’s Doonbeg resort $15k for Pence’s stay

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   During Pence's official Ireland trip, he stayed at Trump's Doonbeg resort roughly 181 miles from meetings in Dublin. Records obtained by CREW show the Secret Service paid the Trump property $15,144.94 and the government paid $599,454.36 for a limousine contract. Pence's office said the location accommodated ancestral-family plans and Trump had only suggested it. The resort payment benefited a Trump property; the larger transport contract went to a separate contractor.

   March 13 report and linked records: $15,144.94 Secret Service payments, $599,454.36 limousine contracts, and September 2–4 itinerary

   Pence's Ireland itinerary routes public spending to Trump's Doonbeg resort · Documented public expenditure; no finding that Pence personally received money

2. documented

   Official travel generated federal lodging revenue for a Trump property, while the available record preserves competing logistics and cost explanations and does not show that Trump ordered the stay.

   FOIA payment record and limits on total trip cost

   Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: Audit finding · Cited analysis

3. documented

   Vice President Pence's delegation stayed at Trump International Golf Links and Hotel in Doonbeg during an official Ireland visit.

   FOIA payment record and limits on total trip cost

   Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: The record · The record

4. documented

   Trump retained the beneficial interest in Doonbeg while federal protectors paid the property.

   FOIA payment record and limits on total trip cost

   Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: The record · The record

5. reported

   FOIA records documented Secret Service payments to the Trump property associated with the stay.

   FOIA payment record and limits on total trip cost

   Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: Outcome · Outcome