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Donald Trump’s Campaign Is Writing Out Strange Checks

Courtesy of Pam Martens

President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump

One would think that if you are the President of the United States and the subject of a criminal investigation; and your former campaign chief is currently on trial for tax evasion and bank fraud; and your former personal attorney for a decade had his office, hotel room, home and safety deposit box raided by the FBI – you would make sure that your campaign committee would be crossing every T and dotting every I so that you didn’t land in more hot water.

But if you are Donald Trump, living close to the edge is what you do best.

A review at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) of the checks written from the Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. account, the principal campaign committee for Trump’s reelection, produces some doozies. Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2017 so we looked at the period from January 1, 2017 up to the most recent date available at the FEC, June 30, 2018.

Over the past year and a half, Trump’s campaign committee has paid over $1 million to Trump-related businesses. It is apparently allowing Trump Tower in New York to charge the campaign rent. FEC records show $627,371 was paid to Trump Tower Commercial LLC and earmarked as “rent.” More than $100,000 was paid to the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. for lodging, catering, etc.; over $38,000 to Trump Restaurants; and $30,800 to Trump Plaza LLC.

But here’s where things get really weird. Trump’s campaign account paid The Trump Corporation a total of $173,131 in eight checks that ran from June 2017 through May 4, 2018. Each check was designated as “legal consulting.” But the Trump Corporation is not a law firm. How can it provide legal advice to a campaign?

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