U.S. military spent nearly $150,000 at Trump properties, documents show

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US Military Overpaid For Stays At Trump Properties
March 25, 2022

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The U.S. military spent nearly $150,000 at Trump properties while he was president -- sometimes paying far more than federal officials are typically permitted. via
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U.S. military spent nearly $150,000 at Trump properties, documents show
The United States military spent at least $147,000 at Former President Donald Trump’s properties during his presidency, according to documents obtained by

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U.S. military spent nearly $150,000 at Trump properties, documents show

Trump’s company charged the military for stays at his New Jersey golf club, Las Vegas hotel and Mar-a-Lago resort

By Jonathan O'Connell and Josh Dawsey
Yesterday at 1:54 p.m. EDT

The United States military spent at least $147,000 at former president Donald Trump’s properties during his presidency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. ... The military often booked rooms or cottages at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J., and at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida for weeks at time at rates of $566.64 and $396.15 per night, respectively, the documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show. Some of the dates appear to correspond to Trump’s stays at the properties. Military aides usually accompany the president wherever he goes.

The newly released documents show again how Trump personally benefited from government spending at his properties, as Secret Service agents, military officials and others followed him as he frequently visited his hotels, clubs and golf courses. As some of those properties struggled during the coronavirus pandemic and because of the polarizing nature of his presidency, that government spending became a stable source of income.

As The Post previously reported, Trump’s luxury properties charged the Secret Service more than $1.1 million in private transactions while Trump was in office — including for room rentals at his Bedminster golf club in the spring of 2020 while it was closed for the coronavirus pandemic.

[Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties]

But until 237 pages of documents from the U.S. military were provided to The Post earlier this week — more than two years after the newspaper requested them — it was unknown what the military had spent. The documents include spending from the start of Trump’s presidency until early 2020; it’s not clear how much the military spent over the rest of his final year in office. ... The documents include invoices from Trump properties to the White House Military Office and the Navy for military stays at four Trump properties: the Bedminster golf club, his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., his hotel in Las Vegas and his golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland. ... The documents show the Navy at times agreeing to rent cottages, or rooms, for an entire month.

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By Jonathan O'Connell
Jonathan O'Connell is a reporter focused on business investigations and corporate accountability. He has covered economic development, commercial real estate and President Donald Trump's business. He joined The Post in 2010. Twitter https://twitter.com/jocwapo

By Josh Dawsey
Josh Dawsey is a political enterprise and investigations reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 2017 and previously covered the White House. Before that, he covered the White House for Politico, and New York City Hall and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the Wall Street Journal. Twitter https://twitter.com/jdawsey1

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1. Should have to pay it back.