Did you know the cost of Donald Trump's Fourth of July celebration was $2.45 mn?
The Interior Department disclosed the estimate in a letter to lawmakers.
By PTI |
Agencies
The democrats feel that public funds were used to 'celebrate President Trump'.
WASHINGTON: The Interior Department has estimated its share of costs for President Donald Trump's Fourth of July extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial at USD 2.45 million.
The administration disclosed the estimate in a letter from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to lawmakers, made public Thursday. Fireworks over Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol, at the National Mall, during America's Independence Day celebrations in Washington. Bernhardt tells lawmakers that the use of public funds for Trump's Salute to America was justified, and comparable to costs for other, past parades and festivities in and around the National Mall.
Donald Trump (R) and Melania Trump at the 'Salute to America' Fourth of July event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Democratic lawmakers continue to condemn the extra expenditures for the Independence Day celebrations. Arizona Democrat Raul Grijalva, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, says the public funds were used to "celebrate President Trump."
Trump Isn't The First! Here Are Other US Presidents Caught In Lawsuits
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Donald Trump is being sued by a former porn actress over a “hushed settlement” about their relationship. Trump, however, is not the first US President at the end of litigations.
Donald Trump is being sued by a former porn actress over a “hushed settlement” about their relationship. Trump, however, is not the first US President at the end of litigations.
In 2002, a woman from Texas, Marie Schoedinger, had accused Bush of allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping her. The woman also filed a $50 million lawsuit against him after her statements made headlines. However, in what is debated as the Bush administration’s biggest cover-up, Schoedinger was found dead with a suicide note just months after filing the lawsuit.
In 2002, a woman from Texas, Marie Schoedinger, had accused Bush of allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping her. The woman also filed a $50 million lawsuit against him after her statements made hea..
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Reagan was sued by members of Congress several times over his decisions to use force or approve US involvement in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Grenada. The largest suit against him was filed by 110 members of the House against the Reagan administration in 1987 during the Persian Gulf war between Iraq and Iran.
Reagan was sued by members of Congress several times over his decisions to use force or approve US involvement in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Grenada. The largest suit against him was filed by 110 mem..
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More than four years after its publication, five disgruntled readers filed a $5 million class-action lawsuit against Carter and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, alleging that his 2006 book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid contained “numerous false and knowingly misleading statements intended to promote the author’s agenda of anti-Israel propaganda and to deceive the reading public instead of presenting accurate information as advertised”.
More than four years after its publication, five disgruntled readers filed a $5 million class-action lawsuit against Carter and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, alleging that his 2006 book Palestine ..
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Nixon’s legacy might be marred by the Watergate scandal, but he also had a lawsuit to his name. Arthur Ernest Fitzgerald, a former US government employee, sued Nixon in 1968 after he was fired for testifying before Congress a cost discrepancy worth $2.3 billion in an aircraft program. Though Fitzgerald lost the suit, his case was instrumental in drafting the Whistle-blower Protection Act.
(Text: Viandra D'souza)
Nixon’s legacy might be marred by the Watergate scandal, but he also had a lawsuit to his name. Arthur Ernest Fitzgerald, a former US government employee, sued Nixon in 1968 after he was fired for te..
