Trump Still Charging Secret Service For FL Workspace

The Washington Post reports:

Former president Donald Trump charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 this spring for rooms that Trump’s own protective detail used while guarding him at his Mar-a-Lago Club, according to federal spending records. The records show that Trump’s club charged the Secret Service $396.15 every night starting Jan. 20, the day he left the White House and moved full-time into his Palm Beach, Fla., club.

The charges were for a single room used as a workspace by Secret Service agents. They are the first evidence that Trump has continued a controversial and lucrative practice — charging rent to his own protectors — into his post-presidency. While he was president, Trump’s properties charged the U.S. government more than $2.5 million, often so that Secret Service agents could use rooms near him.

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Since leaving office, Trump has charged the Secret Service more than $40,000 to use space at Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/dyDS5Kq9Gb

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