The Washington Post is reporting that Saudi-backed lobbyists rented a whole bunch of rooms at a Washington D.C. hotel owned by President Trump shortly after his election.
According to the report, the lobbyists paid for about 500 nights’ worth of rooms over about three months after Trump’s election in 2016, spending about $270,000.
Some of those rooms were used by groups of military veterans who were brought to D.C. to lobby against a law allowing victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue foreign governements, which could potentially include Saudi Arabia.
The news comes as Maryland and D.C. authorities are bringing a lawsuit accusing Trump of illegally profiting off his D.C. hotel, which they say violates the U.S. Constitution.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi-funded-lobbyist-paid-for-500-rooms-at-trumps-hotel-after-2016-election/2018/12/05/29603a64-f417-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html
