Special interest groups likely spent more than $13 million at Trump properties
Reporting cited here
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The payday-lending industry held a conference at Trump National Doral while the CFPB was reconsidering its underwriting rule.
Payday-lender conference and CFPB rule chronology; express causation limitationPayday Lenders at Doral and the CFPB Rule Reversal: The record · The record
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The industry's patronage of a Trump property and the CFPB reversal are documented, but the causal link is not established and the rule had an administrative record independent of the conference venue.
Payday-lender conference and CFPB rule chronology; express causation limitationPayday Lenders at Doral and the CFPB Rule Reversal: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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The watchdog source expressly treated the sequence as evidence of a conflict risk rather than proof that the conference caused the rule.
Payday-lender conference and CFPB rule chronology; express causation limitationPayday Lenders at Doral and the CFPB Rule Reversal: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit