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Twitter started the #TrumpSoPoor after abysmal fundraising in May for the Trump campaign. USA TODAY
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump(Photo: Lynne Sladky, AP)
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump may not be raising and spending huge sums yet in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>his presidential campaign, but a chunk of that early<span style="color: Red;">*</span>money is staying close to home.
More than $1 million of the $6.7 million Trump's campaign spent last month went to Trump<span style="color: Red;">*</span>companies<span style="color: Red;">*</span>or to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>relatives<span style="color: Red;">*</span>his campaign<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reimbursed for travel and other expenses, a review of his latest campaign-finance reports shows.
One of the biggest line-items: The $423,372 paid to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mar-a-Lago Club, Trump's posh Palm Beach, Fla., resort,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for facility rental and catering.
Another Trump business, TAG<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Air, Inc., received $349,540 for providing the campaign with private-jet service, while<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Trump Restaurants LLC took in more than $125,000 last month from the campaign.
Trump's sons, Eric and Donald Jr., were reimbursed $13,913 for their travel expenses, and nearly $4,000 went to Eric Trump's wine business.
On Tuesday, Democrats<span style="color: Red;">*</span>seized on Trump's spending to paint him as self-serving.
"He’s simply moving money from one pocket to the next," said Brad Woodhouse, president of Correct the Record, a super PAC aiding Democrat Hillary's Clinton's presidential bid.
Clinton's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>camp also<span style="color: Red;">*</span>weighed in on Twitter, tweeting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>out an accounting of Trump-related expenses by ProPublica's Derek Willis with this comment:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"What is Trump spending his meager campaign resources on?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Why, himself, of course."
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