Despite Trump’s promises that costs to the Secret Service would be low or sometimes “free,” at his properties, they were often overcharged by as much as five times the government-accepted rate.
in known expenses for the federal agency, in order to protect Trump, his family members, and other dignitaries staying at Trump’s properties.
Much of what was spent could have cost less for the same amount of protection — in at least 40 instances, the Trump Organization billed the government well past the government rate. In one example, Secret Service agents were charged $1,185 per night for a stay at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., a cost that was five times higher than what the government rate is supposed to be for such protection services.
Details of the costs the agency incurred were laid out in a letter from Rep. Carolyn Maloney , who chairs the Oversight Committee in the House of Representatives. “The exorbitant rates charged to the Secret Service and agents’ frequent stays at Trump-owned properties raise significant concerns about the former president’s self-dealing and may have resulted in a taxpayer-funded windfall for former President Trump’s struggling businesses,”Trump famously campaigned on being able to provide frugality to the White House, including in personal travel expenses.
while president, according to an analysis from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington .
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