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Bad take. For the 2016-2017 transition, Trump collected $6.5 million in private funds. Presidential transitions were traditionally supported only by private funds. The Presidential Transition Act and its 7 amendments were intended to supplement private funds with public money. https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1329918957269245957
Here's the breakdown of how the Trump team claims it spent the private funds it raised for the transition. (I say "claims" because GAO did not audit or otherwise validate the Trump team's statements regarding how it spent the money.)
Here's the breakdown of how the Trump team spent the public funds it received for the transition.
In addition to those expenditures, GSA picked up the following expenses:
People are asking about travel by transition team members. Here is how it was handled during the Trump transition. Notice the active roll GSA played in coordinating travel. @GSAEmily is refusing to provide that assistance now.
When GAO auditors asked the Trump White House and the Trump transition team questions about their expenditures and activities, they refused to respond to GAO.
But Trump is uniquely corrupt, and I doubt anyone reasonably fears that happening this time.
