Trump Got ‘Unusual’ Payments From Vegas Hotel in 2016, NYT Says

  • Latest revelation from two decades of Trump tax records
  • White House calls it a ‘politically-motivated hit piece’

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Donald Trump received $21 million in “highly unusual” payments from a Nevada hotel in 2016 as his presidential campaign was struggling for cash, the New York Times reported.

Tax records recently obtained by the newspaper show a series of transactions that flowed to the president from a hotel he owns in Las Vegas with casino mogul Phil Ruffin, at a time his campaign had as little as $1.3 million in the bank, according to the report published on Friday. The Times said experts characterized the payments as unusual.