Officials from six foreign governments spent more than $750,000 in a matter of months on stays at former President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel as they sought to influence Trump’s foreign policy decisions.
Officials from six foreign governments spent more than $750,000 in a matter of months on stays at former President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel as they sought to influence Trump’s foreign policy decisions, according to newly released documents, the latest revelations about the financial benefits the former president’s businesses appeared to reap during his time in office.
Former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak and his entourage spent at least $259,724 at the hotel when they were in town for Razak’s September 2017 White House visit, at the same time Razak was under investigation by the Department of Justice for an alleged money laundering scheme,Officials from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates spent at least $164,929 at the hotel in 2017 and 2018, at the same time that the two countries lobbied Trump for support over their decision to sever diplomatic...
Republican lobbyists working on behalf of the six countries, “some operating illegally without registering as foreign agents,” also spent “tens of thousands more” at the hotel over the same time period, Committee Chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney wrote into the National Archives and Records Administration seeking additional documents as the committee eyes legislative action to prevent future conflicts of interest.
The documents offer a snapshot of the $3.75 million the committee estimates foreign officials spent over three years at Trump’s hotel in Washington—a practice Maloney said calls into question “the extent to which President Trump was guided by his personal financial interest while in office.”Eric Trump, the former president’s son and the vice president of the Trump Organization, told thethe company returned profits from the hotel stays to the Treasury Department.
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