Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties
2/7/20
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from The Washington Post,
2/7/20:
President Trump’s company charges the Secret Service for the rooms agents use while protecting him at his luxury properties — billing U.S. taxpayers at rates as high as $650 per night, according to federal records and people who have seen receipts.
Those charges, compiled here for the first time, show that Trump has an unprecedented — and largely hidden — business relationship with his own government. When Trump visits his clubs in Palm Beach, Fla., and Bedminster, N.J., the service needs space to post guards and store equipment.
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Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties