Pro-Trump groups paid tens of thousands to Trump's D.C. hotel and former campaign aides

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee January 25 at 4:42 PM

A super PAC supporting President Trump spent tens of thousands of dollars on events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington and for consulting work by a handful of former Trump campaign aides, according to a new federal filing.

The super PAC, America First Action, raised roughly $4 million and spent about half of it during the second half of 2017, according to the group’s latest report to the Federal Election Commission.

An affiliated advocacy group, America First Policies, raised $26 million and spent about $14 million — leaving the two groups about $14 million in cash on hand, officials said.

Together, the groups pulled in a total of $30 million in their first year, surpassing the $26.3 million raised in its first year by Organizing for Action, a nonprofit group founded in 2013 that backed then-President Barack Obama.

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