Questions raised over Trump profiting off his Secret Service detail while he campaigns
Accusations that Donald Trump has taken advantage of taxpayers by overcharging for lodging and travel for his Secret Service detail are once again being raised as he travels across the country running for the presidency again.
In 2022, NBC News reported that a House investigative report showed that the former president was charging as much as $1,185 per night for agents to stay in his hotels, "more than five times the recommended government rate."
On Sunday, Forbes reported now there are now questions about airfare charges for his government-supplied security detail with over $800,000 paid by taxpayers this election cycle and another $361,000 still owed.
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According to Zach Everson of Forbes, "New filings raise the question of whether Trump is also using his campaign to convert Secret Service funds into business revenue."
He went on to note that the biggest recipient of air travel reimbursements is to Tag Air which is solely owned by Trump.
According to the report, "The Secret Service has long reimbursed campaigns for airfare, dating back at least as far as 2004. But no candidate has charged as much to the Secret Service as Trump, whose three presidential campaigns have collected a combined $10.1 million from the agency tasked with protecting him."
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