Trump’s Adult Children Cost Taxpayers Over $140,000 In Secret Service Charges In One Month Post-Presidency, Watchdog Finds

Topline Former President Donald Trump’s last-minute decision to grant six months of post-presidency Secret Service protection to his adult children has already come at a big cost to taxpayers, with a watchdog group finding just their travel in the first 30 days after Trump left office cost at least $140,000—but that’s probably just a fraction of the true price tag. Family members of former President Donald Trump, wife Melania Trump, daughter Ivanka Trump and sons … [+] Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. listen to the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis on October 9, 2016. TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP via Getty Images Key Facts According to records obtained by the nonpartisan watchdog Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the Secret Service spent more than $52,000 in transportation costs and nearly $90,000 in hotel bills for… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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