The Secret Service stayed at a Trump hotel in Vancouver while protecting Donald Trump Jr. on a hunting trip to Canada.
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, flew to Canada for one of his regular visits to the Yukon mountains to hunt stone sheep with friends. He was accompanied by Secret Service agents on that August 2017 trip, just as he had been since his father was sworn in as president six months earlier.
Congress hasn’t launched a formal investigation into federal spending at Trump properties, but some House Democrats are eyeing it as a future area for congressional examination. In June, the House passed a spending bill that would bar the White House and other federal entities from doing business with Trump-affiliated establishments. Though it is not likely to pass the Senate, it does indicate House Democrats’ interest.
But there’s no way to determine how much in total the administration is spending because no single entity tracks that money. Federal agencies, including the Secret Service, have disclosed some documents in response to public records requests. The Secret Service spent a total of $16,600 on the August 2017 trip, including $5,700 at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, $8,500 at other hotels and $2,300 on undisclosed expenses, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
The Secret Service declined to comment on any details of the Canada trip. “For operational security reasons, the Secret Service cannot discuss specifically nor in general terms the means, methods, resources, costs or numbers utilized to carry out our protective responsibilities,” said Melissa McKenzie, a Secret Service spokeswoman.
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