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Staff writer @Forbes focused on money and politics • Reported on Trump Hotel DC for @1100penn • Tip? Mobile/SMS/Signal 202.804.2744 or zeverson @forbes .com
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Ted Cruz published a book in September 2020.
In the next three months,
@tedcruz
’s campaign spent more than $150,000 on books at Books-a-Million.
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Summons for
@realDonaldTrump
in his official and individual capacities was signed today by the clerk of court in DC and MD attorneys general's emoluments lawsuit.
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@GOPLeader
Reminder: Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R–CA) has spent more than $245,000 at Trump properties since
@realDonaldTrump
was elected.
Before Trump was elected: $743.93.
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@1100penn
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Last night I was banned for life from the Trump Hotel DC.
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Just in—
Biden announced his intent to nominate
@chefjoseandres
to co-chair the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.
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New: Ivanka Trump ditches attorneys in fraud suit, splitting from Don Jr. and Eric
me for
@Forbes
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will testify Tuesday before a 12-member Senate committee.
11 of those senators have accepted campaign contributions from
@Facebook
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Update: Ferry Point is the latest Trump golf course that appears to be using the presidential seal on tee markers.
Federal law prohibits displaying the presidential seal in a manner that may convey the impression of government sponsorship or approval.
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@GOPLeader
Fact: Kevin McCarthy's spending at Trump’s properties increased 32,000 percent after
@realDonaldTrump
was elected.
@GOPleader
's campaign and committees have spent more than $245,000 at the president's businesses,
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@1100Penn
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@realDonaldTrump
@1100Penn
@anitakumar01
@politico
Mick Mulvaney was spot on when he proclaimed
@realDonaldTrump
was in the hospitality business.
And even though he’s pulled the G7 from Doral, Trump’s still profiting from his presidency. Just look at his DC hotel.
By me, for
@thedailybeast
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NEW—
A Trump club appears to be using the presidential seal on a golf marker
That may be illegal.
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@forbes
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“But if this is an embarrassing moment for Ivanka, it’s a mortifying one for the people who are paying for her trip there, the American people.”
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NEW: Former Mexican ambassador to US says ex-USG official has indicated State Dept. instructed to suggest Trump Hotel DC for foreign leaders
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Rep. Barry Loudermilk is a member of the right-wing umbrella group the Council for National Policy. He uses campaign funds to pay his membership dues.
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Just last night,
@realDonaldTrump
shared a Trump Org tweet promoting—
Ferry Point.
Via
@1100Penn
At Ferry Point, he's made about $500K per year, after paying expenses. That number's likely to shrink next year, tho: until now, Trump hasn't had to pay NYC a *dime* to operate a course on public land. Next yr, tho, a fee of several hundred thousand kicks in.
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NEW: A Trump political committee bought $131,000 worth of books.
Four days later, Jared Kushner’s hit the
@nytimesbooks
Best Seller list.
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@Forbes
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NEW: This weekend at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump and Vice President Pence posed for a photo with a Brazilian government official who, according to a local media report, has since developed coronavirus-like symptoms.
via
@1100penn
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A Facebook whistleblower is about to testify before a Senate subcommittee on protecting kids online.
11 of the panel's 12 members have accepted political contributions from
@Facebook
.
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The past 24 hours seen an insane amount of news break about the Trump Org. To recap 1/
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A Florida GOP group fights against vaccine mandates and for election integrity.
It just told the FEC it might miss a campaign-filing deadline because its bookkeeper died from Covid-19.
for
@Forbes
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Power tripping in the swamp: How Trump’s DC hotel swallowed Washington
The MAGA social scene is a movable feast, but its dark heart resides within the Old Post Office Building, where the Trump Org operates under a mercenary charter
by me for
@VanityFair
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New: Why Cornel West Is Broke
Newly uncovered divorce filings reveal allegations of a “secret life” & help explain why the presidential candidate, who has earned millions of dollars over the years, has hardly anything left
w/
@denham_jemima
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@Forbes
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Guess it was only a matter of time:
@bellvisuals
is projecting "shithole"— with poop emojis (💩)—on the Trump Hotel DC. Video at
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UPDATE: "Trump Hosted All These People In His Mar-A-Lago Office Where He’d Stashed Government Secrets"
Now includes Eduardo Bolsonaro (h/t and big thank you to
@the_peetape
)
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@realDonaldTrump
@1100Penn
Eric Trump just used today's impeachment hearing to promote Trump wine.
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Donald Trump Jr.'s alleged mistress, Aubrey O'Day, has a lot of thoughts about
@realDonaldTrump
. Executive summary: not a fan!
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@bradheath
@USATODAY
Rep. Jackie Speier (D–CA) told
@NewDay
she thinks President Trump’s real estate dealings violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which governs U.S. businesses’ dealings with foreign investors. 5/
"I have thought for a very long time that the President, as a real estate developer, had violated what's called the Foreign Corrupt Practices act," says Rep.
@JackieSpeier
.
Speier says she's focusing on 3 Trump hotel projects: Toronto, Soho and Panama
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Just in—
“Attorney General James Files Motion to Hold Donald J. Trump
in Contempt for Failure to Comply with Judge’s Order”
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UPDATE: Zampolli said as a longtime family friend, he was a guest of the Trumps and the Commonwealth of Dominica did not pay Mar-a-Lago for him to attend. Which means that the US president's business gave a ticket valued at $1,000 to a foreign ambassador.
Foreign emoluments clause violated?
U.N. ambassador for Dominica among Mar-a-Lago’s NYE celebrants.
Read, subscribe, and share
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Just in--
Today NY AG Letitia James filed a motion for a preliminary injunction "seeking several measures to stop Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization’s ongoing fraudulent scheme and ensure funds are available to satisfy any disgorgement award..."
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Reminder: The money
@realDonaldTrump
tweeted about three year ago today didn't get to veterans until a journalist (
@Fahrenthold
) followed up.
Iowa was amazing last night. The event could not have worked out better. We raised $6,000,000 for our great vets. They were so happy & proud
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Trump's nonprofit Inaugural committee paid the Trump Hotel DC $175,000 (!) per day for event space—that could violate tax laws prohibiting self-dealing. 2/
by
@ilyamarritz
of
@wnyc
and
@JustinElliott
of
@ProPublica
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Updated--
Just got off the phone with Don Hankey, chair of the firm that provided Trump with the $175 million bond.
He explained how the deal came about and what Trump used for collateral.
BREAKING: "Trump Posts $175 Million Bond In New York Civil Fraud Lawsuit"
A company backed by Don Hankey, the California billionaire who made his fortune on high-interest car loans, comes to Trump’s rescue.
me, for
@Forbes
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Just in—
New York Attorney General Letitia James Responds to Trump Lawsuit
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@bradheath
@USATODAY
@NewDay
.
@SenWarren
wrote to three Mar-a-Lago members who've been hugely influential in VA decisions to verify the men were not VA employees or contractors, discover if they ever received the VA’s ethics training, & find out what companies they’ve invested in. 6/
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@realDonaldTrump
"No new foreign deals will be made whatsoever during the duration of President Trump’s presidency."
– Trump Org attorney Sherri Dillon, Jan. 11, 2017
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Fore!
A fourth Trump golf course appears to be violating law by using presidential seal
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@forbes
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Patronize
@realDonaldTrump
’s Sterling, VA golf course.
Have your photo taken with him by the official White House photographer.
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Scoop: Trump's ambassador Kelly Craft steered U.S. government business to her boss’ hotel, State Department emails show
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@forbes
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Scoop—
Sarah Huckabee Sanders routes another $48,000 To Donald Trump via her gubernatorial campaign 1/
(for
@forbes
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Lost between Nevada & India, yet still important—
💰RNC has spent > $2 million at Doral since
@realDonaldTrump
's election. Before his nomination: $0.
💰RNC has spent > $640K at Trump Hotel DC
💰33 GOP Senators have supported Trump Hotel DC
via
@1100penn
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“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
- Donald Trump, Dec. 19, 2020
“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
Crazy that the Trump Hotel knew to jack up its lowest rate for 1/6 to $8,000, but law enforcement was caught off guard.
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@tedcruz
UPDATE
Per campaign finance atty, "to do this legally, the Cruz campaign would have had to buy the books directly from the publisher—not Books-a-Million—and have any royalties Cruz would have earned on the sale given to charity."
Ted Cruz published a book in September 2020.
In the next three months,
@tedcruz
’s campaign spent more than $150,000 on books at Books-a-Million.
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Ivanka's new, and apparently only attorney is Bennet Moskowitz.
He previously represented the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.
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Video of
@RudyGiuliani
, Lev Parnas, and Igor Fruman saying hello from—
the Trump Hotel DC.
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"Since he took office, Trump has appointed at least eight people who identified themselves as current or former members of [Mar-a-Lago] to senior posts in his administration." 4/
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@bradheath
for
@USATODAY
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In Feb. 2017, Don Jr. and Eric traveled to the Trump Hotel Vancouver for its grand opening.
US taxpayers spent at least $20,000 at the Trump Hotel for Secret Service agent's rooms.
Receipts via
@CREWcrew
#FOIAfriday
NEW: The company that owns
@realdonaldtrump
’s Vancouver hotel has filed for bankruptcy.
The hotel has been closed since April b/c of covid.
Owner now says it’s unclear if it will ever reopen.
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Rohrabacher's campaign has spent $12,545 at Trump's properties.
Congratulations to Dana Rohrabacher on his big California win. We are proud of you Dana!
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Area hotelier lacks evidence, goes with looks and feels
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New: Mar-a-Lago sought 380 foreign workers during time Trump had access to classified documents
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@GOPLeader
@RepFredUpton
@RepTomEmmer
Even before this photo was taken at the Trump Hotel D.C., Kevin McCarthy's (R–CA) campaigns and committees have spent more than $245,000 at Trump properties.
A great night with the president indeed.
via
@1100penn
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Tucker Carlson has dined at Millie’s in DC’s Spring Valley neighborhood at least twice in the past few weeks.
Tucker Carlson says he can't go to restaurants anymore
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16 men and women from Costa Rica and other Latin American countries (!)...said they were employed at Trump Bedminster. All said they worked without legal status — and their managers knew.
by
@partlowj
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@NickMiroff
,
@Fahrenthold
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@washingtonpost
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Trump's inauguration planner got a discount at the Trump Hotel D,C yet was told to submit her receipts to Reince Preibus (for reimbursement?!) 7/
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@emilyjanefox
for
@VanityFair
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"The Manhattan district attorney can enforce a subpoena seeking President Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns, a federal appeals panel ruled on Wednesday."
@BenWeiserNYT
,
@WRashbaum
for
@nytimes
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Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric are co-defendants with their father and the Trump Org in the NY AG's fraud lawsuit.
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WWE cofounder Linda McMahon is a former Trump cabinet member, Trump Hotel DC resident, and current chair of a pro
@realDonaldTrump
super PAC.
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@RyanLizza
@politico
Is the Trump Org reimbursing DC taxpayers for the extra police protection provided to the Trump Hotel over the past few days?
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump donor allegedly used embezzled money to support the former President’s campaign and lead a lavish lifestyle
for
@Forbes
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@1100Penn
@Jim_Jordan
@RepMarkMeadows
@VP
@davelevinthal
Yesterday the official Trump Store debuted its cherry-blossom collection.
Four items on sale showcase the White House.
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It’ll never be too late to hold a hearing on the emoluments clauses.
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"This is the second civil case in which Trump’s business is now subject to discovery, after...defamation lawsuit brought by former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos." (by
@OConnellPostbiz
@amarimow
@Fahrenthold
for
@washingtonpost
)
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The break became clearer last week.
On Tues, the attorneys rep'ing just Ivanka withdrew.
Three days later, a new lawyer told the court he was taking over as Ivanka’s counsel and the attorneys she shared with her brothers were no longer doing so.
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@tedcruz
The Cruz campaign's latest filing—showing more than $150,000 spent on books at Books-a-Million in the months after his own book was published—does *not* appear to show any offsetting charitable donations.
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@GOPLeader
Kevin McCarthy’s PAC has spent more than $220,000 at the Trump Hotel DC.
via
@1100Penn
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A judge cited Maine Gov. LePage's (R) stay at the Trump Hotel DC when deciding the DC and MD AGs' emoluments lawsuit against
@realDonaldTrump
can go forward.
LePage called the judge an "absolute imbecile."
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But wait, there’s less! At Trump Hotel DC, which
@IvankaTrump
co-owns
-Trump soaps are from 🇨🇦
-Trump towels are from 🇮🇳
-Trump comfy robe is from 🇨🇳
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G7 to Doral is hardly today's only news about
@realDonaldTrump
profiting from his presidency:
An evening of prayer for the Kurds is scheduled for Trump Hotel DC.
Trump will profit from people praying for a remedy to a crisis he instigated.
via
@1100Penn
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A U.S. Army regiment held its annual ball last night at the Trump Hotel DC— so soldiers were potentially sending money up the chain of command. And pics of them in dress uniform in front of the hotel's logo made it to social media.
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@1100Penn
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@realDonaldTrump
@1100Penn
@Twins
@CREWcrew
This map shows what
@realDonaldTrump
's travel looked like in February when Air Force One flew him back to his Las Vegas hotel every night of a four-state swing
Red arrow = taxpayer funded flight
via
@1100penn
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Related?—
"How Payday Lenders Spent $1 Million at a Trump Resort — and Cashed In"
by
@anjalitsui
,
@Alice_Wilder
for
@propublica
,
@WNYC
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@atrupar
Since Chinese officials first reported what's now known as the COVID-19,
@realdonaldtrump
visited four different Trump businesses a total of at least 20 times.
via
@1100penn
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Trump Hotel DC received an estimated $3.75 million from foreign governments, according to a House committee on Friday.
The committee didn't name the countries though.
Thankfully, there are photos.
for
@Forbes
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Why not just call his golf partner that day, Lindsey Graham? Everyone has his number.
“The video remained on the president’s Twitter page for more than three hours because White House officials couldn’t reach him to ask him to delete it, the two officials said. The president was at his golf club in Virginia and had put his phone down”
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Don Jr. and Eric Trump quickly lawyered up. A month later, Ivanka hired the same attorneys.
But she also hired two other attorneys independently of her brothers.
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Jamal Khashoggi’s final column proudly on display in the National Press Club’s lobby.
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Trump Hosted All These People In His Mar-A-Lago Office Where He’d Stashed Government Secrets
Here are just some of the 30 people
@Forbes
spotted there
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Last month, a sign of a split in the siblings’ defense emerged.
An attorney repr'ing just Ivanka asked the judge to delay the trial. The letter claimed, "The complaint affirmatively alleges that other individuals were responsible for those tasks.”
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New: Trump’s SPAC Now Says Its 2021 Financial Statements ‘Should No Longer Be Relied Upon’
me, for
@Forbes
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NEW:
@PayPal
is still processing payments for the Michael T. Flynn Legal Defense Fund.
Flynn is a major Qanon promoter and has advocated for overturning the election.
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Donald Trump has taken six businesses into bankruptcy.
Guilfoyle: Paying off loans for people they want to have some bizarre basket weaving degree and they want all of us to subsidize their laziness and their inability to even try to contribute to society
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@1100Penn
@Jim_Jordan
@RepMarkMeadows
@VP
@davelevinthal
In February 2019, the Republican National Committee spent another $1,085.60 at the D.C. hotel owned by the party’s head, bring its total since 2017 to—
$404,077.57.
Via
@1100Penn
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.
@GOPLeader
Kevin McCarthy
Mar-a-Lago
Jan. 28, 2021
22 days after Trump instigated the riot at the Capitol
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@nytimesbooks
@Forbes
8/23--Jared Kushner's memoir is released
9/7--Trump's Save America JFC pays Books-A-Million $131,000 for books
9/11--Jared's book makes its first appearance on the NYT best-seller list
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DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C unanimously supported the complaint to revoke the Trump Hotel DC's liquor license because
@realDonaldTrump
"is not a person of good character"
(via
@joshlevyesq
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@realDonaldTrump
@1100Penn
@GSAEmily
At a hearing in January, GSA administrator Emily Murphy (
@GSAEmily
) repeatedly refused to answer questions about the Trump Hotel DC—a USG tenant—from a House subcommittee with GSA oversight.
Just see the handy chart!
via
@1100penn
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Nine GOP senators and one Senate candidate are having a two-day "Save the Senate" retreat at the Trump Hotel DC next month.
.
@realDonaldTrump
is scheduled to attend too. He owns the hotel and will profit from this event.
by
@akela_lacy
for
@theintercept
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President Trump’s businesses received nearly $3.8 million from political committees during the two-year 2018 campaign cycle, The top political customers: Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican Party. 9/
by
@misswilson
for
@BGOV
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Trump Hotel DC sale news‚—
"People familiar with the deal talks said none of the bids came close to the asking price, and several were for less than $250 million."
Trump Org was hoping for $500 million.
@robtfrank
for
@CNBC
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For three years, Emily Murphy has refused to provide House Dems with financial statements from the Trump Hotel DC—even failing to comply with a subpoena.
She's got experience in holding out.
via
@1100penn
House Democrats summon
@GSAEmily
on “her ongoing refusal to grant the Biden-Harris Transition Team access to critical services and facilities specified in the Presidential Transition Act”
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Goodbye To Trump’s Easy-Access, President-Ingratiating, Emoluments-Busting Washington Hotel
for
@Forbes
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@1100Penn
Guessing we'll see more Dem candidates make this pledge...
As President, I pledge that my Vice President will never stay at my resort. Oh that’s right, I don’t own a resort.
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Last night Trump Hotel DC hosted:
-Fox News's Jeanine Pirro's book signing
-Turning Point USA's high school summit's dinner
-dinner for the Committee to Unleash Prosperity
But remember,
@realDonaldTrump
is not profiting off the presidency.
(via
@Politico
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Do you have anything to substantiate that claim,
@EricTrump
? Lots of instances of USG employees staying at Trump properties since 1/20/17, but first I've heard of your policy to just charge them cost. Thanks.
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