Trump overcharging Secret Service cost taxpayers $1.4M, records show

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Trump overcharging Secret Service cost taxpayers $1.4M, records show
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Secret Service agents were charged by the Trump Organization as much as five times over the average rate, records indicate.

An investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform said that despite claims by the Trump Organization that Secret Service agents traveling with

"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," Maloney wrote. Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America Rally to support Republican candidates running for state and federal offices in the state at the Covelli Centre on September 17, 2022 in Youngstown, Ohio. The Trump Organization allegedly charged Secret Service five times the average rate to stay in the organization's properties, according to new documents obtained by Congress.

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