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Six states, including KSA, UAE & Qatar, spent $700K+ in Trump’s hotel

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: CNN
  • 14 Nov 2022 23:06

Newly issued accounting documents in the US reveal that the governments of 6 foreign countries spent huge sums of money in the hotel of former US President Donald Trump in Washington.

  • The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Source: Julio Cortez / AP
    The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. (AP)

In a CNN report, according to newly released accounting documents, the governments of six foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, spent more than $700,000 at former US President Donald Trump's hotel in Washington during his first two years in office.

According to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, the new documents raise new concerns about potential attempts to influence Trump through his companies while he was in the White House. The documents provide tangible evidence of the uncommon practice of foreign governments spending money directly with businesses owned by a sitting president.

The six nations explicitly stated are China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates, according to CNN. 

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The report revealed that "the spending in the records included more than $250,000 by Malaysia, more than $280,000 by Qatar, more than $90,000 by the Saudis, and more than $74,000 by the UAE. In addition, lobbyists and other businesses with connections to foreign governments spent tens of thousands more at Trump’s Washington property."

Additionally, lobbyists and other businesses with ties to foreign governments have spent tens of thousands of dollars at Trump's Washington properties.

Read more: Trump Organization charged Secret Service up to $1,185 per night

At the same time, the network stated that “there’s no evidence that the foreign spending at Trump’s hotel, which the Trump Organization sold earlier this year, directly affected US policy. But many of the hotel stays coincided with significant foreign policy events, including meetings between Trump and other foreign leaders and US efforts to resolve the 2017 Middle Eastern blockade of Qatar."

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