Officials from six nations spent more than $750,000 at former President Trump’s hotel in Washington when they were seeking to influence his administration, renting rooms for more than $10,000 per night, according to documents.
Trump International Hotel in Washington, not long before the Trump family sold it, May 6, 2022.
The new documents cover only a period of months, but they provide a revealing window into how foreign governments spent heavily at the hotel during key months when they were trying to influence Trump’s administration. The documents also show that Republican lobbyists working on behalf of these countries — some operating without registering as foreign agents, as required by law — spent tens of thousands more at the Trump hotel during the same periods.
The committee disclosed the latest documents as it released a letter from Maloney to the National Archives seeking additional documents about the Trump hotel and communications with foreign governments. The National Archives confirmed Monday that it had received the letter. Among the services the Malaysians paid for were more than $9,000 for delegation coffee breaks; more than $8,000 for three in-room lunches; and the $1,500 charge for a personal trainer for the prime minister, who stayed in the hotel’s $10,000-a-night presidential suite.
From late 2017 through mid-2018, government officials from Saudi Arabia and the Emirates spent at least $164,000 at the Trump hotel, while Qatari officials and connected companies spent at least $307,000, the Oversight Committee found.
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