President Trump continued to Shift Money from his Donors to his Business, as his Re-Election Campaign Paid his Private Companies for Rent, Food, Lodging, and other Expenses, according to a Review of the Latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) Filings. The President has yet to Donate or Loan to his 2020 Campaign, but has moved $2.3 Million of Donor Contributions into his Private Companies.
The President accepted $38,000 in Rent last month through Trump Tower Commercial LLC, the Entity that Owns his Fifth Avenue Skyscraper. Since Trump took Office, his Campaign has Paid that Company $1.5 Million, more than any other Property in the Trump Empire, according to an Analysis of Federal Filings. The Republican National Committee (RNC) also Coordinated with the Campaign to Pay Trump Tower Commercial LLC an Additional $225,000.
Trump got another $8,000, in July, via the Trump Corporation, a Management Company that he Owns. The precise reason for those Payments is unclear. Campaign Filings describe the Rationale as “legal & IT consulting” but it’s still a Mystery why Trump’s Management Company is providing such Services. The Trump Corporation has now taken in $281,000 from the Campaign since the President entered the Oval Office.
More Money went to Trump Restaurants LLC, another Company the President owns Outright. Those Payments may be Connected to a Kiosk in the Basement of Trump Tower that Sells Campaign Memorabilia. It’s hard to imagine that the Kiosk has been doing much Business amid the Coronavirus Crisis, but the Campaign has continued to Pay its Rent, $3,000 per Month. Trump Restaurants LLC has gotten $117,000 since its Owner became President.
Trump Hotel Collection, in which Trump also Owns a 100% Interest, received another $1,000 in July. The Campaign has Paid Trump’s Hotel Properties $226,000 since Inauguration Day, according to the Analysis of Federal Filings.
Not every Company Cashed in last month. Forbes found No Payments to Mar-a-Lago, the President’s Golf Clubs, or Trump Plaza LLC, an Entity that Controls Property on Third Avenue in Manhattan, and previously Collected Regular Rent from the Re-Election Effort.
Trump’s machinations have been going on for years now. Forbes First Reported on Money Moving from his Reelection Campaign to his Business in 2018. The Amount has more than Doubled since then.
In addition to the Campaign, the RNC and the President’s Joint-Fundraising Committees have also Paid Millions of Dollars to Trump’s Businesses.
Last month, Forbes reported on $4.7 Million of Payments from those Entities since Trump took Office. The President’s Total Haul, from his Campaign, Party, and Joint Fundraising Committees, now stands at more than $6.9 Million.
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