Trump family Secret Service costs piling up: report [View all]

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$35,185 on golf cart rentals in Palm Beach County, Florida. $64,000 for "elevator services" at Trump Tower. $4,029.85 for Eric Trump's limousines in Dublin. $700,000 for every Air Force One round trip to Mar-a-Lago.

CBS News is keeping track of Secret Service costs for President Donald Trump and his family's travels, and reports that the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office is working on it own research.

The president's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, have made multiple international trips related to properties owned by the Trump Organization, according to the report. Secret Service protection has accompanied them each time.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/04/trump_family_secret_service_co.html

Secret Service costs for Trump family protection continue to mount

With Eric Trump’s trip to the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland this week, the international hotel and car rental costs for the Secret Service agents who protect him and his brother Donald Trump Jr. have topped $190,000 since January 1st, according to a review of purchasing orders by CBS News.

All of those bills are paid by taxpayers.

Documents for Eric Trump’s trip this week to Dublin show that $4,029.85 was spent on limousines for his visit and $11,261 to cover the hotel costs of the Secret Service agents who protect him.

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“The Trump family’s frequent travel to international destinations purely to promote the Trump family business is burning through taxpayer dollars at an unprecedented rate and stretching the Secret Service increasingly thin,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-costs-for-trump-family-protection-continue-to-mount/