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Why isn't this fat dotard in jail???

How Trump's business empire is cashing in on the 2020 campaign

Peter Stone in Washington DC - March 9, 2020

On the night of February 12, a group backing Donald Trump’s re-election hosted a glitzy gala for large donors at the Trump International hotel that featured the president. The Super Pac, dubbed America First Action, is no stranger to Trump’s Washington DC hotel.

The Super Pac, which has raised almost $48 million since 2017, has spent over $540,000 to host events at Trump’s hotel, making it a top source of campaign revenues for the hotel and the Trump family business, according to public data and 1100 Pennsylvania, which tracks Trump hotel events.

Meanwhile, in mid-December, some mega-donors rented pricey rooms at the hotel for a two-day event hosted by Trump Victory, a fundraising committee for the president’s 2020 campaign, which also drew Trump and the vice-president, Mike Pence. The hotel also seems to have capitalized with high rates: the cheapest rooms on Saturday December 14 during the two-day meeting went for a whopping $6,719 compared with the usual rate of $500, according to the watchdog group Crew.

Such lavish spending by pro-Trump political committees and their wealthy donors at his hotel highlights how the president, and his Republican allies in Congress, are using the hotel and other Trump properties to woo big donors as the 2020 money chase heats up.

Thus Trump’s aggressive fundraising gives a nice boost to his real estate empire – which he never divested from – according to campaign watchdogs and public records. Trump’s businesses are literally making money off the 2020 campaign.

Nor is it the first time. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), Trump-allied political committees and the Republican party have spent a whopping $18.1 million at Trump properties since he launched his 2016 campaign. Republican candidates, elected officials and Pacs have ponied up another $1.2 million in the same period.

Donald J Trump for President leads the pack, having spent a total of $14.5 million since he began his 2016 campaign, with the Republican National Committee in second place at $1.8 million and Trump Victory ranking third at $1.6 million, Center data shows.

“The Trump era has given birth to a whole new level of political access and influence in Washington,” said Robert Maguire, the research director at Crew. “Wealthy donors and special interests get access to powerful people in President Trump’s orbit, including Trump himself, and in return, the donors not only boost Trump’s campaign, but enrich him personally by spending money at properties he still profits from.”

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