Secret Service spent over $250,000 at Trump properties in first half of 2017 alone

A single Trump golf outing brought Trump's club $28,800 in Secret Service spending.

The U.S. Secret Service spent over $250,000 taxpayer bucks at Trump golf courses and hotels just in the first half of 2017 alone, reveal new FOIA docs obtained by Property of The People.

From Natasha Bertrand's coverage at Politico:

The expenditures -- amounting to $254,020.94 in total -- raise new questions about the extent to which Trump is personally profiting from the federal government, which is prohibited by the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause. The president has called the provision "phony," and his lawyers have argued that it only bars him from receiving compensation as part of "an employment-type relationship" with a foreign or domestic government.

Trump refused to divest from his businesses upon taking office, choosing instead to hand off control of his organization to his two oldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. Ethics advocates warned at the time that the arrangement raised conflict of interest and Emoluments Clause concerns.

This stunned me. A single golf outing by @realdonaldtrump in April 2017 appears to have brought Trump's club $28,800 in spending by the Secret Service agents who protect Trump.
Thanks to @propotp for obtaining these documents. https://t.co/TpzSeLcdqv

- David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) November 21, 2019

Trump golf cart rentals have now cost US taxpayers more than half a million dollars -- and rising. Trump has spent about 20% of his work days on the golf course, and almost always his own golf courses. @JustinRohrlich https://t.co/oxef9ufnTP via @qz

- Craig Holman (@CBHolman) November 21, 2019

Just terrific #FOIA work and reporting from @PropOTP @_rshapiro and @NatashaBertrand. Can't wait to see what the figure comes to for the entire first (and hopefully only) term. https://t.co/3jDjkCjpvt

- Lauren Harper (@LaurenLeHarper) November 21, 2019