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Time2017-01-11

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Trump denied it flatly in 2017. He had signed a letter of intent in 2015, and a named Moscow licensing effort ran through the campaign. The project never left the proposal stage and no payment is established.
Trump statement that he had no dealings and no deals that could happen in Russia
The Russian Money Test — Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The post-election fee increase is documented and financially relevant to a Trump-owned club, but the record supports temporal association rather than a quantified office-derived profit.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Mar-a-Lago's Post-Election Membership Fee Increase: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump retained the beneficial interest in Mar-a-Lago under the announced business arrangement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Mar-a-Lago's Post-Election Membership Fee Increase: The record · The record
documented
The trip set a documented pattern of public cost supporting private business. It does not establish that protection spending was paid to a Trump entity or produced a quantified profit.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Uruguay Business Trip: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Eric Trump traveled as a Trump Organization executive to a family-branded project while Trump retained the business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Uruguay Business Trip: The record · The record
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
A White House Endorsement of Ivanka Trump's Products: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
AHRI Annual Meeting at Trump Doral: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
API's Trump-Hotel Event and White House Meeting: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Afghan Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Albanian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
America First Action Spending at the Trump Hotel: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
China Embassy Delegation Deposit at the Trump Hotel: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Chinese Financing Around the Trump-Branded Indonesia Project: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Chinese State Bank Rent at Trump Tower: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Congolese Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Cypriot Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Hungarian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Indian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kazakh Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kosovar Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kuwait's 2017 National Day Payment at the Trump Hotel: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Latvian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Lebanese Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
MacArthur Fundraiser at Trump Bedminster: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Malaysian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
The arrangement separated day-to-day management but did not separate Trump from the financial performance of the business, leaving the public-private conflict mechanism in place.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Management Transfer Without Divestment: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The plan did relinquish day-to-day management and announced compliance controls; it did not promise a sale of the assets.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Management Transfer Without Divestment: Counterevidence · Counterevidence
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Management Transfer Without Divestment: Promised · Promised
documented
The announced arrangement transferred management and limited information rights but kept the business interests in a trust for Trump's benefit.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Management Transfer Without Divestment: The record · The record
documented
Trump was the beneficiary whose interests were placed in the announced trust structure.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Management Transfer Without Divestment: The record · The record
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Mar-a-Lago's Post-Election Membership Fee Increase: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Mongolian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Northern Cyprus-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Philippine Embassy Independence Reception at the Trump Hotel: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Public Protection for Donald Trump Jr.'s India Sales Trip: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Qatar Mission Charges at Trump World Tower: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
RNC Winter Meeting at Trump Doral: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Republican Attorneys General Association Reception at Mar-a-Lago: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Republican Governors Association Summit at Trump Doral: Promised · Promised
reported
Trump's first-term ethics presentation said his business would be managed through a trust and that he would sharply limit business-specific information.
Counsel Sheri Dillon's ethics-plan statement
Sale of the Washington Hotel Lease: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Saudi Government Payments at Two Trump Properties: Promised · Promised
reported
Trump's first-term counsel said no new foreign deals would be made during that presidency.
Sheri Dillon ethics-plan statement
Second-Term Trump Organization Ethics Plan: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Dominican Republic Business Trip: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Uruguay Business Trip: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for the Trump Sons' UAE Business Trip: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
State Department Rooms at the Trump Vancouver Opening: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
State-Owned Hainan Airlines at Trump Las Vegas: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
T-Mobile Hotel Spending During the Sprint Merger Review: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Thai Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The FBI Headquarters Rebuild and the Nearby Trump Hotel: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Foreign-Profit Identification Gap: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The G7 at Doral Selection and Withdrawal: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Government Lease Beneath the Trump D.C. Hotel: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Official POTUS Account and the Nordstrom Dispute: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Philippine Embassy's Stated Trump-Hotel Rationale: Promised · Promised
documented
Trump said he had no dealings with Russia and no deals that could happen there.
Trump statement that he had no dealings and no deals that could happen in Russia
The Russian Money Test — Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The State Department's Mar-a-Lago Web Page: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: Promised · Promised
reported
Trump's counsel said no new foreign deals would be made during his first presidency because they could be perceived as conflicts or exploitation of office.
Sheri Dillon statement beginning 'No new foreign deals'
Trump-Branded Oman Development Agreement: Promised · Promised
reported
Trump's counsel previously said new foreign deals would be avoided during his first presidency because of conflict perceptions.
Sheri Dillon no-new-foreign-deals statement
Trump-Branded Riyadh Projects: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Turkish Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
U.S. Military Stays at Trump Turnberry: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
UAE Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: Promised · Promised
documented
At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Virginia GOP Fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club: Promised · Promised
documented
The government paid protection costs tied to private business travel. The cited record does not establish a new deal, a project profit, or protection funds reaching the Trump business.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Dominican Republic Business Trip: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Eric Trump's business role and the retained family business interest provide the Trump-root trace.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for Eric Trump's Dominican Republic Business Trip: The record · The record
documented
An official presidential communications channel amplified a message defending the president's daughter's private brand, against the announced separation of office and family-business communications.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Official POTUS Account and the Nordstrom Dispute: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The White House product endorsement conflicted with the announced separation between public office and family business promotion; OGE recommended discipline, while the White House said Conway was counseled.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
A White House Endorsement of Ivanka Trump's Products: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Public protection spending supported a private Trump Organization business trip. The record does not show that spending reaching the Trump business as revenue.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for the Trump Sons' UAE Business Trip: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump's adult sons traveled as Trump Organization executives to promote the family licensing business while Trump retained its beneficial interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Secret Service Costs for the Trump Sons' UAE Business Trip: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kuwait's 2017 National Day Payment at the Trump Hotel: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kuwait's 2017 National Day Payment at the Trump Hotel: The record · The record
documented
Government spending covered security logistics around a private business opening. The hotel was a licensed property, and the record does not establish how much room revenue reached the Trump Organization.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
State Department Rooms at the Trump Vancouver Opening: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The lease remained in place while Trump retained a beneficial interest, and the GSA inspector general found the agency's review improperly ignored constitutional questions; the report did not decide whether an Emoluments Clause violation occurred.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Government Lease Beneath the Trump D.C. Hotel: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump retained the beneficial business interest in the tenant while serving as president.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Government Lease Beneath the Trump D.C. Hotel: The record · The record
documented
The application sets a documented slogan against a business practice. It does not establish illegality, a shortage of willing U.S. workers, or a personal hiring decision by President Trump.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Trump Winery's 2017 Guest-Worker Applications: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump announced that his administration would follow Buy American and Hire American rules.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Hire American Rhetoric and Trump-Business Guest Workers: Promised · Promised
documented
Trump said the administration would buy American and hire American.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Trump Winery's 2017 Guest-Worker Applications: Promised · Promised
documented
The government page promoted attention to a Trump-owned property and was then removed with an explanation that the department regretted the perception it created.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The State Department's Mar-a-Lago Web Page: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The official page concerned a private club in which Trump retained a beneficial interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The State Department's Mar-a-Lago Web Page: The record · The record
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Republican Governors Association Summit at Trump Doral: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Republican Governors Association Summit at Trump Doral: The record · The record
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Virginia GOP Fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Virginia GOP Fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club: The record · The record
documented
The identification policy could not comprehensively identify foreign-government patronage, which leaves the announced donation promise unauditable against the full customer base.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Foreign-Profit Identification Gap: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump announced the donation policy while retaining the beneficial interests whose receipts were subject to it.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Foreign-Profit Identification Gap: The record · The record
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
MacArthur Fundraiser at Trump Bedminster: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
MacArthur Fundraiser at Trump Bedminster: The record · The record
documented
The business hiring record contrasts with the political slogan. Legal use of H-2 programs did not violate the stated executive policy, and nothing establishes that qualified U.S. applicants were unlawfully rejected.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Hire American Rhetoric and Trump-Business Guest Workers: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
China Embassy Delegation Deposit at the Trump Hotel: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
China Embassy Delegation Deposit at the Trump Hotel: The record · The record
documented
A federal contractor and political contributor patronized a resort in which Trump retained a beneficial interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: The record · The record
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Republican Attorneys General Association Reception at Mar-a-Lago: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Republican Attorneys General Association Reception at Mar-a-Lago: The record · The record
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
AHRI Annual Meeting at Trump Doral: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
AHRI Annual Meeting at Trump Doral: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
State-Owned Hainan Airlines at Trump Las Vegas: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
State-Owned Hainan Airlines at Trump Las Vegas: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Qatar Mission Charges at Trump World Tower: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Qatar Mission Charges at Trump World Tower: The record · The record
documented
Trump's participation and the revised government plan are documented. The official record does not establish that protecting the nearby Trump hotel drove the decision.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The FBI Headquarters Rebuild and the Nearby Trump Hotel: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump participated in the cited meeting while retaining the nearby hotel interest; motive is not established.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The FBI Headquarters Rebuild and the Nearby Trump Hotel: The record · The record
documented
The government paid protection and support costs for private family-business travel. Those costs are not payments to Trump entities, and not project profit.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Public Protection for Donald Trump Jr.'s India Sales Trip: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Donald Trump Jr. traveled as a Trump Organization executive for projects benefiting the retained family business.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Public Protection for Donald Trump Jr.'s India Sales Trip: The record · The record
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.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
API's Trump-Hotel Event and White House Meeting: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump retained the hotel interest and led the administration whose officials received the API delegation.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
API's Trump-Hotel Event and White House Meeting: The record · The record
documented
A private Trump business dispute was taken straight to a foreign head of state while Trump held office, against the announced separation of office and business. The record does not show presidential direction or Panamanian intervention.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
America First Action Spending at the Trump Hotel: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
America First Action Spending at the Trump Hotel: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Saudi Government Payments at Two Trump Properties: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Saudi Government Payments at Two Trump Properties: The record · The record
documented
The hotel spending and the merger review overlap, both documented. The evidence does not establish that the patronage affected the government's decision.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
T-Mobile Hotel Spending During the Sprint Merger Review: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump retained a beneficial interest in the hotel patronized during his administration's merger review.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
T-Mobile Hotel Spending During the Sprint Merger Review: The record · The record
documented
The financing announcement created a documented foreign-state/conflict exposure around an existing Trump-branded project, but the cited sources do not establish that funds were paid to Trump, that Trump arranged the financing or that it caused U.S. policy.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Chinese Financing Around the Trump-Branded Indonesia Project: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Philippine Embassy Independence Reception at the Trump Hotel: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Philippine Embassy Independence Reception at the Trump Hotel: The record · The record
documented
A foreign embassy intentionally selected a Trump-owned hotel in part because of its association with the president, directly engaging the office-to-business value mechanism identified in the ethics pledge.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Philippine Embassy's Stated Trump-Hotel Rationale: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The reception was held at the Washington hotel in which Trump retained a beneficial interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The Philippine Embassy's Stated Trump-Hotel Rationale: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Afghan Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Afghan Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Albanian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Albanian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Congolese Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Congolese Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Cypriot Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Cypriot Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Hungarian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Hungarian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Indian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Indian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kazakh Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kazakh Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kosovar Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Kosovar Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Latvian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Latvian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Lebanese Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Lebanese Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Malaysian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Malaysian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Mongolian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Mongolian Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Northern Cyprus-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Northern Cyprus-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Thai Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Thai Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Turkish Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Turkish Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
UAE Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
UAE Government-Linked Payments in the Mazars Records: The record · The record
documented
Trump retained the Doral interest while his administration's CFPB conducted the rulemaking.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Payday Lenders at Doral and the CFPB Rule Reversal: The record · The record
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.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump retained the beneficial interest in Doonbeg while federal protectors paid the property.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Vice President Pence's Doonbeg Stay: The record · The record
documented
Federal travel spending reached a Trump-owned resort. The cited evidence does not establish that Trump directed the stays, or that the reported gross lodging spend became personal net profit.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
U.S. Military Stays at Trump Turnberry: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump retained the beneficial interest in Turnberry while federal agencies paid the resort for lodging.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
U.S. Military Stays at Trump Turnberry: The record · The record
documented
The expansion continued a preexisting foreign property, so it fell inside the company's own reading of its pledge. Whether that reading matched the public meaning of no new foreign deals stayed disputed.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The expanded resort was owned by the Trump family business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The No-New-Foreign-Deals Pledge and the Scotland Expansion: The record · The record
documented
The initial selection would have directed official summit activity to a Trump-owned resort; withdrawal prevented the planned event from occurring there.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
The G7 at Doral Selection and Withdrawal: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The available records document foreign-government-linked spending at a business in which Trump retained a beneficial interest, but they do not establish a policy exchange or permit a complete reconciliation of payments, profit and Treasury donations.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Chinese State Bank Rent at Trump Tower: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
Trump remained the beneficial owner of the business interest through the trust arrangement described in his financial disclosures and January 2017 ethics announcement.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
Chinese State Bank Rent at Trump Tower: The record · The record
documented
The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
RNC Winter Meeting at Trump Doral: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The payment recipient was a Trump property, and the January 2017 ethics announcement left Trump as the beneficial owner of the underlying business interest.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
RNC Winter Meeting at Trump Doral: The record · The record
documented
Trump was the candidate and retained the beneficial interests in the businesses paid by his political committees.
Sheri Dillon remarks: no new foreign deals, limited information rights, compliance counsel, and donation of foreign-government hotel profits
2020 Campaign Money Paid to Trump Businesses: The record · The record
documented
The lease sale converted the Washington hotel interest into a documented business transaction; the cited reporting does not allocate the proceeds to Trump personally after debt, taxes, and other obligations.
Counsel Sheri Dillon's ethics-plan statement
Sale of the Washington Hotel Lease: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The Oman agreement reopened a foreign licensing and management revenue channel after Trump's first-term no-new-foreign-deals pledge; public disclosures document income but do not establish a policy exchange.
Sheri Dillon statement beginning 'No new foreign deals'
Trump-Branded Oman Development Agreement: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The announcements expanded Trump's foreign licensing pipeline with a Saudi developer during the transition; public materials did not disclose the complete fee structure or establish a policy exchange.
Sheri Dillon no-new-foreign-deals statement
Trump-Branded Riyadh Projects: Audit finding · Cited analysis
documented
The plan kept management and foreign-government-payment safeguards while loosening the first-term restriction on new private foreign deals.
Sheri Dillon ethics-plan statement
Second-Term Trump Organization Ethics Plan: Audit finding · Cited analysis