Trump Ambassador Directed Business to His Hotel

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Trump Ambassador Directed Business to His Hotel

September 2, 2021 at 10:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 84 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/02/trump-ambassador-directed-business-to-his-hotel/

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“Kelly Craft, who was appointed to two ambassadorships under President Donald Trump, directed government business to Trump’s hotel in Washington while in office, emails released by the State Department show,” the Washington Post reports.

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[applegrove]

1. The only policy platforms they have are transferring wealth to the wealthy,

from the less powerful, powerlust and corruption. They want America to be Mexico. Or Saudi Arabia. Or Russia.

[StevieM]

2. Could you imagine if Bill Clinton had done this?

He would have been gone from office within days and Ken Starr would have indicted him.

[UpInArms]

3. More from the WP link

During Trump’s term, millions of government and GOP dollars flowed to his properties, and high-ranking Republican officials and newsmakers could often be seen at his luxury hotel in Washington, less than a mile from the White House. Even after leaving office, Trump has continued to direct taxpayer dollars to his businesses, in May charging the Secret Service nearly $10,200 for agents’ rooms at his Florida resort.

Trump appointed Craft to two ambassadorships while in office: as ambassador to Canada in 2017 and as ambassador to the United Nations in 2019. Craft has since continued to tout her connections to the Trump administration and to praise the former president as she reportedly eyes a run for Kentucky governor.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Adding a link:

Politics

Trump-appointed ambassador directed government business to his hotel, emails show

By Amy B Wang and David A. Fahrenthold
Yesterday at 10:20 p.m. EDT

Kelly Craft, who was appointed to two ambassadorships under President Donald Trump, directed government business to Trump’s hotel in Washington while in office, emails released by the State Department show.

In November 2018, Craft — then the U.S. ambassador to Canada — received an email about an upcoming conference in Washington for ambassadors and other chiefs of missions. The email included a list of five recommended hotels in Washington that had blocks of rooms set aside for conference attendees, along with specially negotiated rates of between $119 and $181 per night. ... Craft apparently ignored those recommendations.

“Is this a meeting I should attend? If so, I would prefer the TRUMP HOTEL,” Craft wrote after forwarding the email to a staffer, referring to the Trump International Hotel, which was owned by Trump’s company and in a building leased from the federal government. ... The staffer replied saying the conference was one Craft would “definitely” want to attend. ... “I’ll make reservations at the Trump Intl Hotel,” the staffer added.

Craft’s emails were obtained from the State Department by the nonprofit legal watchdog group American Oversight through a records request under the Freedom of Information Act, and they were reported earlier Thursday by Forbes. The watchdog group accused Craft of using her position as an American diplomat “to line the president’s pockets” and said it was “an example of the casual corruption that permeated the Trump administration and undermines confidence in the United States.”

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By Amy B Wang
Amy B Wang is a national politics reporter. She joined The Washington Post in 2016 after seven years with the Arizona Republic. Twitter https://twitter.com/amybwang

By David Fahrenthold
David A. Fahrenthold is a reporter covering the Trump family and its business interests. He has been at The Washington Post since 2000, and previously covered Congress, the federal bureaucracy, the environment and the D.C. police. Twitter https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. And the graft and corruption keeps going.