Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has directed nearly one-fifth of his campaign cash to
companies that are part of his vast business empire, new
federal records show.
Trump, hurting for cash after he suddenly stopped self-funding
his campaign last month, has mixed his public campaign and his private ventures
for nearly the entire 2016 race. He has promoted Trump products at campaign
events, publicly litigated a federal civil suit he's facing over Trump
University on talk shows, and, this week, will bring the political press to
Scotland for a tour of a Trump golf course.
And it shows in his latest campaign finance report, filed
Monday: Trump-linked businesses account for 17% of all campaign expenses to
date. He's paid almost $11 million to Trump organizations since launching his
campaign a year ago.
He's paid $420,000 to Mar-a-Lago, the private Florida club where
Trump has led many an Election Night celebration, and $4.6 million to TAG Air,
so he can use his private jets. Even about $5,000 to Eric Trump Winery
Manufacturing LLC, the Virginia producer owned by his son.
That spending has created fodder for Hillary Clinton.
"What is Trump spending his meager campaign resources on?
Why, himself, of course," she tweeted Tuesday.
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