WASHINGTON – The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service hundreds or thousands of dollars above the government rate for stays at its hotels while protecting the 45th president and his family …
on dozens of trips, according to receipts released Monday in a report by the House Oversight Committee.
Government rates refer to the maximum amount federal employees can spend on hotels for work purposes and are based on the average hotel rate for a given area during a certain time of year. Expenses that rise above that threshold are typically subjected to additional scrutiny, but the Trump administration in early 2017 gave the Secret Service additional flexibility for such costs if incurred during protective missions.
But Secret Service records obtained by the committee revealed the agency was charged rates far above the government per diem amount at least 40 times between Jan. 20, 2017 and Sept. 15, 2021, according to the report. “In addition, records show that on at least six occasions when former President Trump stayed at his Mar-a-Lago Club, the property charged his Secret Service detail nightly rates that were nearly double the government per diem rate, including a nearly month-long stay where ‘the government rate could not be negotiated for this purpose,’ according to Secret Service records,” Maloney said.
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