Trump gave six months extra Secret Service protection to his kids, three officials. It cost $1.7M

[Nevilledog]

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David Fahrenthold
@Fahrenthold
In his last hours as POTUS, Trump gave 6 months’ extra Secret Service protection to his adult kids and 3 aides.

Now we know the cost: $1.7 million, as agents followed the 7 to weekends in Cabo, ski trips to Utah, and business trips to the UAE.

Trump gave six months extra Secret Service protection to his kids, three officials. It cost...
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin traveled repeatedly to the Middle East and Mexico while protected by agents.
washingtonpost.com
5:51 AM · Sep 17, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-secret-service-children-cost-mnuchin/2021/09/16/b9aa6348-156a-11ec-a5e5-ceecb895922f_story.html

In June, former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin visited Israel to scout investments for his new company, then flew to Qatar for a conference. At the time, Mnuchin had been out of office for five months.

But, because of an order given by President Donald Trump, he was still entitled to protection by Secret Service agents. As agents followed Mnuchin across the Middle East, the U.S. government paid up to $3,000 each for their plane tickets, and $11,000 for rooms at Qatar’s luxe St. Regis Doha, according to government spending records.

In all, the records show U.S. taxpayers spent more than $52,000 to guard a multimillionaire on a business trip.

These payments were among $1.7 million in additional government spending triggered by Trump’s highly unusual order — which awarded six extra months of Secret Service protection for his four adult children and three top administration officials — according to a Washington Post analysis of new spending documents.

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[DURHAM D]

1. I assume someone has sent Trump a bill. nt

[jimfields33]

4. This is standard. All presidents get this for six months after and other bennies too.

[Varaddem]

2. First thing in my head

Is that Jared Kushner did not need Secret Service in Saudi Arabia.

[leftieNanner]

3. Guessing some of those hotel dollars were spent

at Trump properties.

Once a grifter...........

[Blue Owl]

5. Man, that's over $560,000 per swollen testicle

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215863371

And another $560,000+ for Jarvunka...

[moondust]

6. By executive order?

Are there no rules governing this?

[Grasswire2]

8. yeah, what else did he order?

What else did he tag on to his retirement benefits?

[Grasswire2]

7. The family charged SS for staying on Trump-owned properties!!

So it was a money-making grift to have protection for those extra months. For more than one household.

The Kushners even required taxpayers paying a neighbor for SS to use the bathroom at the neighbor's place because they didn't want an officer using their toilet.

[keithbvadu2]

9. "because they didn't want an officer using their toilet."

"because they didn't want an officer using their toilet."

Think of the movie 'The Help'

Ivanka outside the bathroom door listening for the tinkling.