“Trump used the US Secret Service as his personal government ATM”: House Democratic panel report claims

A report released by a group of US House Democrats on Friday said former US President Donald Trump used the US Secret Service as his “personal government ATM” because he overcharged the government agency at his hotels, sometimes more than for guests. NBC Newswho first reported the news, said the House Oversight Committee obtained documents from Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars, that Donald Trump’s hotel charged his Secret Service a $1,185 room fee during a November 2017 stay. which exceeded the government-approved amount of $201. daily rate.

“(Lawmakers) must put legal guardrails in place now to prevent the corruption that our Founding Fathers so strongly opposed,” Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, who has focused on Trump’s finances since becoming the commission’s chairman.

The U.S. House Oversight Committee investigates the government, ensuring accountability and efficiency by examining issues such as fraud, waste and abuse in federal agencies.

“While this is an extremely small window into the opaque web of more than 500 corporations, limited liability companies and trusts… it is sufficient to reveal hundreds of unconstitutional and ethically suspect payments he accepted while in office from inside sources,” it said. report. This is stated in the conclusions reached by his team.

The report was compiled using data from guest logs at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., between September 2017 and August 2018.

Earlier this year, Raskin released a report alleging that Trump received at least $7.8 million from foreign countries, including China, for his properties during his presidency.

The results showed that Trump’s hotel charged the Secret Service nearly twice as much money for hotel stays as it charged other guests, including representatives of foreign governments and companies.

“Given the need to enforce the U.S. Constitution against corruption both foreign and domestic, I will be working with my Democratic colleagues on legislative changes in the coming days and hope that my Republican colleagues will join us in these efforts,” he added. He.

A representative of the Republican Party responded to the accusations in an interview with an American news agency. Axios: “Ranking Member Raskin and the Democrats continue to expose their hypocrisy as they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Unlike the Bidens, the Trumps actually own a business and make money from the services they provide. “Today’s report is yet another piece of trash from the Democrats’ fruitless, near decade-long investigation into President Trump.”