Sanford Nowlin
11/18/24
(San Antonio Current) End Citizens United’s Muller said controversies surrounding Trump’s first inauguration mean his second demands serious scrutiny.
In 2022, Trump’s businesses and inaugural committee struck a $750,000 deal to resolve a lawsuit brought by the District of Columbia’s attorney general that accused the committee of overpaying for events at Trump’s hotel to enrich his family. In a statement released at the time, Trump said the settlement included no admission of guilt.
Trump’s 2017 presidential inauguration was the most expensive in U.S. history, running some $200 million — or twice that of previous record-holder Barack Obama.
“After his last inaugural committee got caught misusing funds and self-dealing, which led to a $750,000 fine, it’s clear Trump wants to use the millions and millions in undisclosed donations they’ll raise from billionaires and corporations as a corrupt slush fund,” Muller said. “While the first Trump administration was the most corrupt in history, the second one is already saying, ‘hold my beer.’”