Trump Inaugural Committee ‘Grossly’ Overpaid Trump Hotel, Lawsuit Says
- DC attorney general sues 2017 inaugural committee, hotel
- Committee, Trump family agreed to ‘grossly overpay’ for space
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee violated nonprofit laws by “grossly” overpaying for events held at a hotel owned by his family business, according to a lawsuit by the District of Columbia’s attorney general.
Trump’s inaugural committee made an “unfair and unjustified” payment of more than $1 million to the Trump hotel in downtown Washington for events from Jan. 17 to 20, 2017, after failing to consider less expensive alternatives, according to the complaint by Attorney General Karl Racine made public on Wednesday.