Talk:The Trump Organization/Archives/2020
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Bribes, through middlemen, to lower its property tax bills for several Manhattan buildings in the 1980s and 1990s; add ?
Two city employees said they personally took bribes to lower the assessment on a Trump property, while three others said they had indirect knowledge of the payments.
- Heather Vogell, ProPublica and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say; Five former city employees and a former Trump Organization employee say the company used middlemen to pay New York City tax assessors to lower building assessments and pay less taxes in the 1980s and 1990s. March 11 Propublica.org
(increasing) cost to taxpayers, add?
The Trump Organization charged the Secret Service $157,000 more than was previously known and billed taxpayers for rooms at his clubs at much higher rates than the company claimed. Newly obtained documents show Trump’s company charged the Secret Service more than $628,000 since he took office in 2017. The full scope of the Trump Organization’s business relationship with the Trump administration is still unknown because the only publicly available records are mostly from 2017 and 2018 — the rest are still hidden. The new documents show charges for 177 additional nightly room rentals in 2017, 2018, and 2019 at a rate of $396.15 per night per room. They also reveal that Trump charged the Secret Service $17,000 per month to rent a cottage near Trump’s in Bedminster, New Jersey (see Trump National Golf Club (Bedminster, New Jersey)). There is no requirement that presidents charge the Secret Service for using space on their properties, and most presidents have provided space for free.
- Patrick Llewelyn How We Used FOIA To Hold Trump’s Secret Service Accountable March 5, 2020 Public Citizen
- Newly obtained documents show $157,000 in additional payments by the Secret Service to Trump properties March 5, 2020 WaPo
The House Oversight Committee has asked the Secret Service to provide a full accounting of its payments to Trump’s private company, per
- House Democrats ask Secret Service for details about its payments to Trump's company Feb 12, 2020 WaPo
Trump Organization charged Trump’s Secret Service rates as high as $650 a night and $17,000 a month for a cottage, which contradict Eric Trump’s own statements that "If my father travels, they stay at our properties for free." At the Mar-a-Lago Club, the Secret Service was charged the $650 rate dozens of times in 2017, and a different rate ($396.15) dozens more times in 2018. Relatedly, at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, the Secret Service was charged $17,000 a month to use a cottage in 2017. The Trump Organization also billed the government for days when Trump wasn’t there. The full extent of the Secret Service’s payments to Trump’s company is not known.
effects/response to SARS-2, add?
The Trump Organization has explored whether it can delay payments on some of its loans as the coronavirus outbreak has cost the properties more than a million dollars in lost revenue daily.
Officials from the Trump Organization have asked Deutsche Bank – Trump’s largest creditor – about the possibility of postponing payments on at least some of its loans. And, while other companies can tap into the $500 billion rescue fund, the economic bailout package specifically barred the president and his family from access to that money.
Pay less for building rent, add?
The Trump Organization asked the Trump administration for rent relief on the (federally owned building) Trump International Hotel Washington because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump Organization inquired with the General Services Administration about changing the nearly $268,000 per month lease payments on the 60-year lease the company signed in 2013.
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Removed construction and civil engineering category
There is no reference to "civil engineering" in the page material itself. This is an inappropriate categorization. There may be a more appropriate construction reference but, not civil engineering. I removed the category. Cheers Risk Engineer (talk) 16:51, 12 December 2020 (UTC)