[…] was due, buying an 11-bedroom house in Maine for $3.3 million, purchasing a wine locker at Morton’s Steakhouse and hiring the chief steward from the then-Trump International Hotel to be his personal wine buyer. Nonprofit organizations operate under strict conflict of interest rules barring people tied to the organization from using them as vehicles […]
[…] when Blagojevich appeared on Trump’s reality show Celebrity Apprentice in 2010. Moreover, Trump “personally donated $7,000 to Blagojevich’s campaigns ($5,000 in 2002 and $2,000 in 2007) before his conviction, and his hotel and casino organization donated another $2,000 in 2003.” Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in February 2020 before fully pardoning him in February 2025.
[…] ingratiate themselves with him. Politicians have long justified their patronage of Trump properties as free-market choices. But as was powerfully demonstrated after the sale of Trump’s D.C. hotel, these decisions seem to be driven by the Trump brand—once the D.C. property was under new ownership, business from GOP political groups dried up. Historical numbers […]
[…] of which have Trump-branded properties or ongoing developments. The United Arab Emirates has one existing Trump-branded golf course, with three more golf courses and three residential and hotel projects in development in UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. This trip, where Trump will meet with foreign officials who have the ability to make decisions affecting […]
[…] to restrict them enough to mitigate potential conflicts, however. Many Trump developments have unnervingly close relationships to foreign governments where they’re being developed. In Oman, a Trump hotel, golf course and residences are being developed on land owned by the government as part of a development in which an official tourism agency is a […]
[…] as virtual handbags, VR headsets, “downloadable image files of Donald J. Trump authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs),” “irtual training services in the field of public service, civics, hotel management, construction and hospitality,” “imulated transport by limousine” and much more. The second, filed the next day, is for “TRUMP THE GAME” and appears to be […]
[…] his first term, the Secret Service likely paid Trump’s properties close to $2 million, and potentially much more. What’s happening this time? This time, with no Trump Hotel in DC, Mar-a-Lago has become newly important, with Trump referring to it as “the Center of the Universe.” Trump nominee for Secretary of Health and Human […]
[…] According to Forbes, LIV spent $796,000 on one tournament alone at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club in 2022. During Trump’s first term, his downtown Washington, D.C. hotel was the center of the world for his allies and those looking to influence his administration, with CREW tracking over 1,000 visits in four years. Foreign […]
[…] to a complaint filed by Campaign for Accountability. He also reportedly purchased a wine locker at Morton’s Steakhouse and hired the chief steward at the then-Trump International Hotel to be his personal wine buyer. Then, in 2020, Leo took over a firm formed in the late 1980s called CRC Advisors, formerly Creative Response Concepts. […]
[…] $5.7 million from Chinese government sources. According to the House Oversight report, Trump took in $5,572,548 from China through the Chinese government’s patronage of Trump Tower, Trump Hotel DC and Trump Hotel Las Vegas. This number includes a $19,391 “advance deposit” to Trump’s DC Hotel by an “Embassy of China Delegation” for an August […]
[…] his business if he secures the presidency again or that he will request permission from Congress to accept foreign emoluments. Despite his sale of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., which served as a free-for-all opportunity for foreign and state governments to funnel money to him, Trump’s businesses are expected to receive millions […]
[…] Senatorial Committee have spent more than $366,000 at Trump properties, and House campaigns have spent more than $256,000. Despite the Trump Organization’s sale of his eponymous DC hotel, which served as a hub for Republican political fundraising events during Trump’s presidency, Trump’s profiteering off of his political operation has not missed a beat this […]
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