FILE – A view of The Trump International Hotel is seen, March 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) FILE- The north entrance of the Trump International is seen in Washington, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File) FILE – A view of The Trump International Hotel is seen, March 4, 2021, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Judges seeking appointments to the federal bench. Wealthy Republicans hoping for ambassadorships. Criminals who wanted pardons.
They were among the big spenders at Donald Trump ’s Washington, D.C., hotel while he was president.
And many got what they wanted, according to a report released Friday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. The 57-page report said spending at Trump’s luxury hotel by those seeking favors helped him turn the presidency into a “money-making opportunity,” raising the specter of more “pay to play” schemes should the GOP presidential nominee be re-elected next month. But the report, which focused on spending by U.
S. officials rather than foreign governments, offered few new revelations from earlier findings as it was limited in scope. The committee’s Democrats, who are in the minority, documented $300,000 of such spending in just 11 months of Trump’s presidency spanning 2017 and 2018.
Records examined by the committee also did not always include whether the money was personal or from taxpayer sources. That distinction is necessary to show whether the payments amou.
