In just two days, @realDonaldTrump’s campaign pumped $380K into Trump’s private business, in 43 separate payments. Trump Org says this was for a weeklong “donor retreat,” held in early March at Mar-a-Lago.
Campaign donations turned into private revenue for POTUS
David Fahrenthold
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Investigative reporter for the New York Times, focused on nonprofits. Tips? [email protected]
- NEW: A federal judge in DC has ruled that 200 Dem members of Congress have standing to sue @realDonaldTrump for allegedly violating the "Emoluments Clause" of the Constitution, b/c he's still doing business w/ foreign govts. Story coming...
- BREAKING: Federal judge denies @realDonaldTrump's attempt to stop discovery process in "Emoluments Clause" lawsuit by DC/MD A.G.'s. Will allow AGs to get documents showing foreign-government customers at Trump Hotel D.C. Story coming soon...
- When a fire broke out at a seniors’ home in DC today, Marines from a nearby barracks ran over to rescue residents.Marines from 8 and I running towards the fire raging in SE DC.
00:00 - NEW: What happened before @realdonaldtrump called for re-evaluating lockdowns? His company had to close 6 of its top 7 revenue-generating clubs and hotels.
- NEW: We got leaked documents detailing 1,200+ different stays at @realDonaldTrump's hotel. Here's the guest who stayed the longest: a sheikh who wants to be president of Iraq, and who wants the U.S. to strike Iran. He spent 26 nights in a suite.
- NEW: @realDonaldTrump’s company charges Trump’s own Secret Service agents while they protect him — at rates as high as $650/night for a room and $17,000/month for a cottage. Taxpayers pay.
- The state of Georgia made it look like its covid cases were going down ***by putting the dates out of order on its chart*** May 5 was followed by April 25, then back to May again, whatever made it look like a downslope.Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued an apology after a Georgia Public Health Department chart wrongly reported a downward trend in #coronavirus cases. The error was at least the third in as many weeks: bit.ly/3dMXwQ2
00:00 - BREAKING: Federal judge gives go-ahead to lawsuit alleging that @realDonaldTrump is violating the Constitution b/c he still does business with foreign govts. Could open a window into secretive Trump Org.'s books and customers.
- How did the US lose two months of preparation time? It wasn’t for lack of intelligence.U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic wapo.st/3dkqTcH
- UPDATE: @time has asked the @realdonaldtrump's businesses to remove the phony magazine covers from their walls.
- NEW: @realDonaldTrump's campaign promised "shocking" proof of fraud in Michigan. Instead, they provided a list of small-bore complaints from GOP poll-watchers about the ballot-counting room in Detroit, including: --Loud noises --Mean stares --A big man
- Charity events planned at @realDonaldTrump's Mar-a-Lago, per season. 2013/2014: 45 2014/2015: 52 2015/2016: 43 2016/2017: 38 2017/2018: 6
- NEW: @realDonaldTrump’s Bedminster golf course employed so many undocumented immigrants that there’s an entire town in Costa Rica built on Trump paychecks. We found it. “My whole town practically lived there,” one said of the Trump course.





