{"id":39804,"date":"2019-01-16T17:17:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T22:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=39804"},"modified":"2019-01-16T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T22:17:15","slug":"the-trump-inauguration-where-did-all-that-money-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=39804","title":{"rendered":"The Trump inauguration: where did all that money go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-inauguration-spending.html\">The Times has a stomach-churning piece about this. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>On your behalf &#8212; and as an ex-office administrator who knew where all the money went, to the penny and who filled out federal government expense reports &#8212; I&#8217;ve sacrificed myself to compile an accounting summary so you don&#8217;t have to read the entire story. Because I have a strong stomach and know how to cope.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve highlighted my absolute fave item.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blocks of hotel rooms for guests who didn&#8217;t use them because they booked their own accommodations. Miscommunication? Cost: $6.4 million.<\/li>\n<li>Melania&#8217;s (ex)pal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/politics\/a19486009\/stephanie-winston-wolkoff-melania-trump-rise-fall\/\">Stephanie Winston Wolkoff<\/a>, [warning: if you click on this link you&#8217;ll have a UGE picture of Trump smiling in your face; you may not be able to take it, so&#8230;] formed a company, WIS Media, specifically to [mis]manage inaugural affairs. Fee paid to WIS: $20 million.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brad_Parscale\">Brad Parscale&#8217;s<\/a> firm paid to do online advertisements to &#8220;drum up inaugural crowds.&#8221; [We have seen photos attesting to his success.][Given his &#8220;expertise&#8221; in online ads &amp; digital crap, I think he&#8217;s a great candidate for Russian Troll Farm connection to Trump campaign. Indictment in the works with his name on it?] Cost: $2 million.<\/li>\n<li>Trump Int&#8217;l Hotel, for services &#8220;including the use of a ballroom, an &#8216;annex&#8217; and a space called the townhouse. Cost: $1.5 million +.<\/li>\n<li>WIS (remember them? See above) flew in 3 dozen staff members who stayed in DC for weeks, including a party planner, David Monn, who charged: $3.7 million.<\/li>\n<li>Decorations for Union Station 1,500-guest candlelight dinner were determined not to be elegant enough so Monn (see above) did 7-foot-high wreaths, moss-covered obelisks, flowers, etc. to dress up Union Station [a landmark American treasure that does not need Trumpian &#8220;decoration&#8221;]. Cost for wreaths, moss, obelisks, etc: $924,000.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Makeup for 20 WIS staff members. Cost: $10,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Table menus, numbers, place cards and on-site calligrapher to &#8220;correct last-minute mistakes&#8221; for one inaugural dinner. Cost: $91 per person.<\/li>\n<li>Aside from fixed per diems, WIS employees also got expenses for room service, cab rides (&#8220;for assistants who dropped off laundry&#8221;) and an order of McDonald&#8217;s. Cost: $227,511.<\/li>\n<li>WIS hotel rooms for one partner. Cost: $31,000, including $18,000 at Trump Int&#8217;l Hotel.<\/li>\n<li>Same partner Amtrak train ticket from NYC to DC. Cost: $560.<\/li>\n<li>Same partner Amtrak first-class upgrade. Cost: $251.<\/li>\n<li>Same partner Uber ride to get to plane of Trump pal. Cost: $100.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Times has a stomach-churning piece about this. 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