The Art of the Self-Deal
It’s nice work if you can get it—only it’s not work, and you can’t get it.
The epicenter of corruption in the Trump administration was not at the White House, but at the Old Post Office, a dramatic Romanesque landmark a few blocks down Pennsylvania Avenue from the presidential residence.
The building, which operated for several years as the Trump International Hotel, became a hot place to see and be seen for a certain set, especially Trump hangers-on (Rudy Giuliani was a regular) and foreign diplomats eager to curry favor—a clear ethical problem. But a new investigation from the House Oversight Committee shows that the problems with the arrangement didn’t end there.
The Trump Organization also charged the Secret Service as much as $1,185 per night for agents protecting Trump family members—nearly six
