GOP Emoluments Blotter
'Conservatives' think open bribery of Trump is fine. Because you know, liberals bad. China is throwing money at Trump.
WSJ:
WASHINGTON—China and Saudi Arabia topped a list of 20 countries whose governments or state-linked entities pumped millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s properties while he was president, according to a new report and previously undisclosed records that shed light on Trump’s potential business conflicts as he seeks a second term.
Public documents and internal financial records obtained by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee and seen by The Wall Street Journal showed that countries spent lavishly at Trump’s hotels in Washington and Las Vegas. They also shelled out for payments at his New York properties, spending a total of at least $7.8 million during his time in office.
The Chinese government and entities linked to it spent more than $5.5 million, or nine times that of Saudi Arabia, the next biggest spender, according to the report published Thursday by the panel’s Democratic minority. It argued that the foreign payments identified are “likely only a small fraction” of the true total because of incomplete disclosures.
Newly disclosed receipts also show that Hainan Airlines Holding, which then had connections to China’s leadership, incurred $195,662 in charges at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas
after Democrats lost control of the chamber in 2023, they said the panel’s new chairman, Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.), effectively shut down the flow of documents from Mazars. As such, there could be countries that spent heavily but for whom receipts weren’t provided, and the spending of countries featured in the report may not be fully captured.
