Article 6HK9P Trump businesses received millions in foreign payments while he was in office

Trump businesses received millions in foreign payments while he was in office

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Martin Pengelly in Washington and agencies
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Countries including China and Saudi Arabia spent $7.8m, often lavishly', at Trump properties, report by House Democrats finds

Donald Trump repeatedly and willfully" violated the US constitution by allowing his businesses to accept millions of dollars from some of the most corrupt nations on Earth", prominently including China, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee charged on Thursday, unveiling a 156-page report on the matter.

Four businesses owned by Trump's family conglomerate received at least $7.8m in payments in total from 20 countries during his four years in the White House, the report said. It added that the payments probably represented just a fraction of foreign payments to the Republican president and his family during his administration, which ran from 2017 to 2021.

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