How Donald Trump Shifted $1.1M Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business

[tulc]

How Donald Trump Shifted $1.1M Of Campaign-Donor Money Into His Business

Trump Tower Commercial LLC, an entity owned 100% by the president, has charged the reelection campaign $665,000 in rent, according to federal filings. The Republican National Committee also coordinated with the campaign to pay an additional $225,000 in rent. Campaign representatives did not respond to requests for comment, and an RNC official declined to answer questions about the payments, leaving it unclear exactly how much space they leased inside Trump Tower.


But it appears to be plenty. Leading up to the 2016 election, the president’s campaign paid an average of $2,700 in monthly Trump Tower rent for every person listed in campaign filings as receiving a “payroll” payment. The 2020 operation, by contrast, is shelling out an average of $6,300 in monthly rent for every such person.

Then there are the payments flowing into Trump Plaza LLC, a Trump-owned entity that has taken in $42,000 of campaign money since November 2017. Although federal filings list the purpose of those payments as “rent,” it is difficult to tell what the campaign is actually renting. Trump Plaza LLC controls a retail space, garage and two brownstones near Third Avenue in New York City. The retail space at Trump Plaza shows no signs of campaign activity, and a non-Trump company seems to sub-lease the garage from Trump Plaza LLC—leaving just the two brownstones. But they are not open to the public, making it difficult to see who the tenants are, and whether they include the president’s campaign.

tulc(thought this was interesting)

 

[Hank77]

Well it's not taxpayer money so if his donors and donors to the RNC don't have a problem with it.....

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Follow the money...see whether it does good, or evil.

 

[The Barbarian]

This is kind of like catching a murderer and then tacking on a charge for littering because he didn't pick up the brass.

Interesting, but not really a major thing right now.