David Fahrenthold

David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold

@migilmor @StateDept @WhiteHouse It’s a great courthouse, tho a bitter reminder that Johnson City stole the county seat. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Amy_Siskind @realDonaldTrump Thanks for asking! It’s $2.5M from taxpayers and $5.6M from his campaign donors. — PolitiTweet.org

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And may be much more out there we haven’t found! The @StateDept hasn’t released the majority of records showing its payments. The @whitehouse has released nothing at all. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s what $2.5 million in receipts looks like — the result of our year digging up records of US government payments to @realDonaldTrump’s businesses. https://t.co/x0S8BvgIaq — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Z_Everson: @1100Penn @EricTrump Eric Trump also said that his charity was able to use Trump “assets 100% free of charge." And yet— In… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Z_Everson: @1100Penn After his father's election, @EricTrump said he'd cease "all direct fundraising efforts." And yet— via @1100penn… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Z_Everson: @1100Penn NEW— Trumps keep scoring with Curetivity Former Eric Trump Foundation’s playing only Trump courses in latest cam… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ilyamarritz Ausgezeichnet. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @taykuy: NYTimes: As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science https://t.co/mUGeCx9YTk — PolitiTweet.org

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One detail that didn’t make it in the story: when Xi Jinping visited Mar-a-Lago, @FLOTUS gave Xi’s wife a “welcome basket.” Mar-a-Lago charged taxpayers $30.75 for the basket. I haven’t found a photo of it, so I don’t know if we got a good deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @myhlee: The massive number has stunned election officials and campaign operatives. It equals close to half of the total turnout in 2016… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sarahkaplan48: NYT: NOAA's acting chief scientist was removed after he sent some new political appointees a message that asked them to… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pkcapitol: Make sure to buy the print edition of today’s @seungminkim Post. It’s her paper now. The rest of us report to her. https://… — PolitiTweet.org

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It's wild to read these stories about @realdonaldtrump's campaign pulling TV ads in key states. The campaign has still found cash to pay Trump's company $40K/month for little-used office space in Trump Tower. https://t.co/fubxgjRPFH — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll be on @MSNBC in about 20 minutes to talk about this story. Tune in! — PolitiTweet.org

David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold

RT @amybwang: On this point, I will note that in a lot of Asian cultures, white & yellow flowers are for funerals only. That said, $6,000… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HoustonChron: Abbott’s move to send troops to cities — still unexplained — would be rare to the point of extraordinary https://t.co/Ygc… — PolitiTweet.org

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I would really like to know why Mar-a-Lago’s florist charged taxpayers to remove white and yellow flowers from the club before the Japanese PM arrived! I tried the florist. But she had had signed a non-disclosure agreement. — PolitiTweet.org

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We reached out to @realDonaldTrump’s company for this story — summarizing the big findings from these new documents, and asking them to tell their side of the story. Here are the questions. No response. https://t.co/tmj9ltFk0U — PolitiTweet.org

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Try to guess the price of: -A rented, potted palm tree -A four-room rental cottage in New Jersey -A hotel room in Palm Beach. -A hard-liquor drinking session for White House aides. Then click and see what @realdonaldtrump' company charged taxpayers: https://t.co/8fi7f0lP64 — PolitiTweet.org

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The $3 water sums up what we've found this year: @realdonaldtrump set up a hidden business relationship with his own govt, where he could act as both buyer & seller, but let somebody else pay. Here, Trump sold the water. Trump drank the water. But taxpayers somehow got the bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@realdonaldtrump's business repeatedly charged taxpayers to feed @potus himself. For some reason, I thought that would be on the house. But no: --$150 for Trump's steak & cake w/Xi. --$375 total for 3 dinners he ate w/Abe. --$3 for Trump's water. https://t.co/fubxgjRPFH — PolitiTweet.org

David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold

In 2016, @realdonaldtrump put $56 million of his own money into his campaign. In 2020, he's only taken other people's money out. Trump has used campaign donations to pay $5.6 million to his own businesses. https://t.co/fubxgjRPFH — PolitiTweet.org

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I wish! Sadly, when @realdonaldtrump's club billed taxpayers for votive candles, floating candles, candelabras and floral arrangements during a summit with Japan's Shinzo Abe, it was lumped into one looong $6,000 bill. You can read the bill here: https://t.co/g5yV7oGhMl — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's video from the meeting where @realdonaldtrump's club charged taxpayers $3 for POTUS' own glass of water. I wish I could tell you if it was tap, bottled, sparkling, or perhaps flecked with gold. But in the video, no water appears. https://t.co/RG2KovoJEd — PolitiTweet.org

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@portereduardo Good question! I've scoured all the pictures and video I can find of that meeting, trying to see if Mar-a-Lago was charging for tap or bottled water. So far, though, I haven't found a single picture that shows the water. https://t.co/RG2KovoJEd — PolitiTweet.org

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REMEMBER when @statedept said they had 448 pages of records showing what they'd paid to @realdonaldtrump's businesses...but nobody could see them until after Election Day? We got their receipts, anyway. Here's what they wanted to keep hidden. https://t.co/fubxgjRPFH — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Previously un-released documents show the government has paid $2.5 million to @realdonaldtrump's businesses. Far more than we knew. Trump Org charged $7,700 for a dinner, $6,000 for floral arrangements…and $3 for POTUS’s own glass of water. https://t.co/fubxgjRPFH — PolitiTweet.org

David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold

Hello! We’re trying to answer a simple question: How much taxpayer money has the government paid to @realdonaldtrump’s businesses? Now, we know a lot more of the answer. Stand by for news! — PolitiTweet.org