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April 25, 2017

State Dept. Used Taxpayer Money to Promote Trump's Private Mar-a-Lago
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The State Department is facing criticism after using taxpayer money to
promote President Trump's private, for-profit Florida resort Mar-a-Lago.
On a State Department website, a promotional article offers an "inside
look at the Winter White House"-that's Mar-a-Lago. The watchdog group
American Oversight says it will file an ethics complaint with the State
Department and the Office of Government Ethics. Oregon Democratic
Senator Ron Wyden criticized the promotion, tweeting, "Yes, I am curious
@State Dept. Why are taxpayer dollars promoting the President's private
country club?"


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