GOP Paid White House's Priebus Almost $500,000, Filing Shows
- Trump’s chief of staff served as national committee chairman
- Party also paid for rent on Washington-area home: disclosure
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus waves during the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016.
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White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus received almost $500,000 from the Republican National Committee in 2016 as he led the party to wins at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, according to a financial disclosure form released Friday.
Priebus served as chairman of the RNC from 2011 until joining the Trump administration in January. He was paid a base salary of $225,000 in 2016 plus two bonuses totaling $175,000. The party also spent just over $57,000 on rent for a Washington-area home. At the beginning of 2017, the committee paid him an additional $33,000.