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IcyPeas

(22,653 posts)
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 01:01 PM Aug 2020

Trump's D.C. Hotel Jacked Up Its Prices as Trump Began Plotting a D.C.-Based Convention

Hatch Act doesn't apply to the president they say. Rachel Maddow mentioned this at the start of one of her shows last week.

....the hotel bearing his name down the street is making a power play of its own: spiking its room rates by more than 60 percent for those convention dates.

Listings for rooms at the Trump International Hotel in D.C., via Hotels.com, show rooms for one adult on the night of the address starting at $795 and running as high as $2,070.

That price tag represents a massive increase from the $495 starting rate currently offered for the dates one week following and one week prior.

Ethics experts have questioned the move as a potential violation of the Hatch Act which prohibits federal government employees from engaging in some forms of political activity. But Trump, later in the day, defended the idea of a White House convention speech by noting the president isn’t subject to the law.

There is no Hatch Act because it doesn’t pertain to the president,” he said.

... coming to D.C. to be part of the festivities. Those people would need accommodations and hotels would stand to benefit. So would Trump. The president earned $40.5 million last year from the luxury lodgings inside the federally owned Old Post Office building.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dc-hotel-jacked-up-its-prices-as-trump-began-plotting-a-dc-based-republican-national-convention
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Trump's D.C. Hotel Jacked Up Its Prices as Trump Began Plotting a D.C.-Based Convention (Original Post) IcyPeas Aug 2020 OP
If I remember correctly, Ivanka was supposed to get the proceeds from the hotel. Frustratedlady Aug 2020 #1
1000-1500 guests are expected to attend the President's live acceptance speech IcyPeas Aug 2020 #2
Emoluments Clause? Hatch Act? PFFFFT. nt crickets Aug 2020 #3

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
1. If I remember correctly, Ivanka was supposed to get the proceeds from the hotel.
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 02:14 PM
Aug 2020

I think she was in charge of setting the pricing.

Then, again...I might have had a dementia moment.

IcyPeas

(22,653 posts)
2. 1000-1500 guests are expected to attend the President's live acceptance speech
Wed Aug 26, 2020, 06:44 PM
Aug 2020

how many are staying at trump's DC hotel?




Weijia Jiang @weijia
.@CBSNews has learned 1000-1500 guests are expected to attend the President’s live acceptance speech on the South Lawn Thursday night.
That’s on top of the production crews and White House staffers.

Not sure if masks will be required.
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