Defense Department employees spent more than $138,000 at President Donald Trump's branded properties during the first six months he was in office, a nonprofit group that advocates for government transparency says.
The employees stayed in Trump properties stretching from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C., from last January to June, according to travel document and receipts obtained by the group, Property of the People.
Military personnel spent over $58,000 while staying at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla., and more than $9,500 at Trump's property in Bedminster, N.J., in May, the group says.
Additionally, employees charged $35,652.44 at Trump's Las Vegas Hotel and over $17,100 at the president's Ocean Club in Panama.
The payments were made using their government-issued credit cards, the group added.
Property of the People got the records after suing the Defense Department through the Freedom of Information Act.
The group says the employees may have violated the domestic emoluments clause of the Constitution.
