Let's ask ourselves one simple question: If there's nothing he wants hidden from the public, why wait until after the 2020 election to reveal this figure?
The secretary is seeking a delay as Democrats push him to release the price of travel within 120 days after passing a bill that would bring the Secret Service back under the Treasury Department’s authority.
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Mnuchin has been negotiating legislation with the Senate to move the agency from the Department of Homeland Security. He has supported the publication of Secret Service funding but says the first report should come out in December 2020 at the earliest.
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Democrats are arguing that the public has a right to know how much the president’s travel costs as he frequents his properties in Florida and New Jersey.
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Trump, who promised to “rarely leave the White House” was estimated to have spent $13.6 million in one month in 2017 on Secret Service and defense needs during travel. His sons have also traveled internationally, but it is unknown how much their total travel has cost.
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The president is designated one primary residence to be protected by the Secret Service with semiannual cost reports to Congress. These were not submitted in 2016 or 2017, and the following were delayed by months.
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The White House declined to tell the Government Accountability Office (GAO) how much the president’s travel costs.
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