Secret Service ‘spending US$34,140’ to rent portable toilets near Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf club
- Donald Trump is spending the summer at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey
- He previously charged Secret Service agents to use a room at his Mar-a-Lago resort
The Secret Service is spending US$34,140 to rent portable toilets in Bedminster, New Jersey, where former president Donald Trump is staying over the summer, according to federal data obtained by The Daily Beast.
The expense report reviewed by the news outlet says the rental bathroom trailers are from Imperial Restrooms of Saugerties, New York, cost about US$8,500 a month, and will remain in Bedminster through September.
Trump, who spent his first few months out of the White House at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, plans to stay at his Bedminster golf club until autumn, Trump advisers said in April.
The Washington Post reported in January that Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner did not allow their Secret Service detail to use any of the six bathrooms at the couple’s home in the wealthy Kalorama neighbourhood in Washington DC.
The report said that since September 2017, taxpayers spent about US$140,000 to rent a nearby basement studio flat so the agents could use the bathroom.
While former US presidents enjoy Secret Service protections for the rest of their lives, it’s uncommon for them to charge rent to their security details.
Since he left office, Trump has charged the US government at least US$40,000 for Secret Service agents to use a single room at his Mar-a-Lago resort, The Washington Post reported.
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