Here are some examples of how Trump is making money on his hotel in Washington. He should be forced to get rid of it. Other people could spend money there and buy influence with him (or appear to). Even if he isn’t doing anything wrong, it sure looks bad.
.@RepHankJohnson to @johnlegere on Trump Hotel stays: "Do you understand the optics of that, what it looks like? It looks like what’s happening is that T-Mobile is trying to curry favor with the White House."
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 12, 2019
Also, "It's looks like you're trying to purchase influence." pic.twitter.com/uoT1QEGivp
Looks like T-Mobile is being grilled on Capitol Hill about its execs' repeated stays at @realDonaldTrump's hotel, during the time when they've been asking Trump admin to approve their merger.https://t.co/zNB3GOpDJ8 https://t.co/FGzPiEtwGf
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 12, 2019
Follow @b_fung for updates on the @TMobile hearing… https://t.co/Ywbp4yraLh
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 12, 2019
One of these guys is Jason Johns, who organized the Saudi-funded trips that brought U.S. vets to the Trump Hotel in 2016/17 (where many vets said they didn't know they were staying on the Saudi dime). https://t.co/R6g1vUVgOe https://t.co/ePFECX8T4t
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 6, 2019
"The president has created this private channel where while you're lobbying him publicly, you can also pay him privately." – David Fahrenthold, Washington Post reporter pic.twitter.com/wqlETXEmJZ
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 6, 2019
Interesting look at the energy industry’s spending spree at @realDonaldTrump’s DC hotel — how it’s tapered off https://t.co/eLa5Ln7wxe
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 20, 2019
The former governor of Maine spent $22,000 at Trump's DC hotel in 2 yearshttps://t.co/XlbGUN2ceA
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 19, 2019
Before the merger, T-mobile execs had spent 2 nights at @realdonaldtrump’s DC hotel.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 5, 2019
Since: at least 52 nights, and $195,000. https://t.co/WZbMFXMuEM
Earlier this yr, we reported that — the day after @TMobile announced a huge merger that requires Trump admin approval — 9 top T-Mobile execs had reservations at @realDonaldTrump's D.C. Hotel.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 5, 2019
Today, we learned a little more about that…https://t.co/SOvG0tLBL8
Since @TMobile announced a huge merger that needs Trump admin approval, T-Mobile execs have spent at least 52 nights at @realDonaldTrump's DC hotel — even more than was previously known.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 7, 2019
In one case, the room cost $2,246 per night. https://t.co/JJldJMOsv1
Pretty galling move on the day he refused to answer q’s from Congress about the emoluments clause by citing litigation over this exact hotel. https://t.co/G0mnH2JaKt
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 9, 2019
Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space. https://t.co/eFCCgTm0gE
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 8, 2019
On half the days of the 2018 cycle, a political committee spent money at a Trump property. https://t.co/PZWv7amusr
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 8, 2019
We have, as the kids say, the receipts.@thisdog and @KevinMillerPPH with the story they've been on for a long, long time.https://t.co/bZNsylFDXt
— Portland Press Herald (@PressHerald) February 17, 2019
"There’s a private channel of influence that Trump has built up where he makes money selling access to himself. You can’t understand Trump’s presidency unless you understand that." –@Fahrenthold is Diane's guest on the Friday podcast. https://t.co/EJE8JLWfj0
— Diane Rehm: On My Mind (@drshow) March 8, 2019
Romanian Prime Minister Is Staying at Trump’s D.C. Hotel — ProPublica https://t.co/qAr3lHl0Nm
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) March 25, 2019
I still can't get over how normalized it is that everyone, including reporters, spends money in Trump's hotel, benefiting Trump personally. Can you imagine how outraged Fox and the Hill GOP would be if reporters were spending money eating in restaurants owned by Obama or Hillary? https://t.co/mnLmyf0RT7
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) May 23, 2019
President Trump's financial disclosure with the OGE shows that he had income of $41 million last year from the Washington hotel he and his children own. That's the hotel near the White House favored by certain foreign diplomats, lobbyists, etc. https://t.co/6CQtw4XqT0 pic.twitter.com/TnOgqumn9O
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 16, 2019
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel warned foreign officials that they are “facilitating” Trump’s alleged emoluments violations by spending money at properties owned by Trump’s sprawling business empire https://t.co/0coZ1pkCPe
— POLITICO (@politico) August 13, 2019
Sad! 