Trump's campaign spends $6 million with Trump companies

[DonRedwood]

Source: AP

Donald Trump is one of the wealthiest people to ever run for president, but his campaign appears to be flat broke. What's more, fundraising reports show he's used about $6 million in campaign money to pay his own companies and family members.


Trump's campaign expenses are hardly inspiring confidence among people whose money he's pursuing. The spending includes a $423,000 May payment to Mar-a-Lago, the private club in Florida that serves as his vacation home, and enough Trump-branded bottled water to fill a bathtub.

For instance, FEC reports show the campaign making about $400,000 in payments to Trump. But that's a campaign finance accounting quirk. What's actually happened is that Trump donated $400,000 in campaign office space and some salaries of company employees who have been working on his presidential bid.
The campaign has paid about $4.7 million for hats and T-shirts purchased from Ace Specialties. That company is owned by a board member of Eric Trump's charitable foundation.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9f7412236962464f9f2c0a8d2696ba25/trumps-campaign-cycles-6-million-trump-companies

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This AP article has much more information than was released yesterday.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. The RNC can't be too pleased with $6 million of Trump's self dealing

that could have been used for the campaign.

[TeamPooka]

2. Filling a bathtub isn't that much bottled water.nt

[DonRedwood]

4. I saw in the report that the Trump water doubled its sales..all billed to the Trump's campaign

which is "loan" that Trump gets back from the RNC once he is the candidate. So, he borrowed money that he paid to himself...then he gets paid back by RNC and pays himself again... so he pockets the money twice.

[TeamPooka]

6. Oh he's a con man for sure. I expected enough water to fill a pool for that $$$

[Iliyah]

3. Typical GOPer.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. The trump campaign is like Brewster's Millions in reverse

[TeamPooka]

7. but now Richard Pryor is orange and not funny.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Like I said

Reverse.

[plcdude]

8. Is this not

a conflict of interest?

[tanyev]

10. Or an extremely coordinated interest?

If it's not illegal, it sure seems unethical.

[niyad]

11. k and r