From The Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON ― After bragging for a year about how cheaply he was running his campaign, Donald Trump is spending more freely now that other people are contributing ― particularly when the beneficiary is himself.
Trump nearly quintupled the monthly rent his presidential campaign pays for its headquarters at Trump Tower to $169,758 in July, when he was raising funds from donors, compared with March, when he was self-funding his campaign, according to a Huffington Post review of Federal Election Commission filings. The rent jumped even though he was paying fewer staff in July than he did in March.
The Trump campaign paid Trump Tower Commercial LLC $35,458 in March ― the same amount it had been paying since last summer ― and had 197 paid employees and consultants. In July, it paid 172 employees and consultants.
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I can’t even.
I guess we’ve kinda known his entire campaign was a money-making enterprise, but still. It’s interesting that the RNC doesn’t have alert accountants to check this stuff. Unless they let this happen and then leaked it in order to embarrass him. Nah, Just more comedy-level grifting and ineptitude, I think.
Update 1:
From igualdad, in the comments:
Where’s AdamB?
If Trump is charging more than market value I believe he is in violation of campaign finance laws. Hmmm….
Update 2:
From stone clearing, in the comments:
I especially like this photo from the Huff Post article on Trump’s grift:
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Some of the unfinished office space in Trump Tower that the Trump campaign had been paying $35,000 a month for until May. The campaign paid nearly $170,000 for its Trump Tower space in July.
