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• Trump faces huge legal costs amid multiple civil and criminal cases
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• Gov. DeSantis announces free entry to all Florida State Parks over Memorial Day weekend
• Campaign spending at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Doral in Miami
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Trump has been doing it for years, shifting millions in campaign cash into his sprawling business empire to pay for expenses such as using his personal aircraft for political events, rent at Trump Tower and events at his properties, which has included hotels and private clubs. While the practice is legal, some campaign finance experts believe it raises ethical concerns when a candidate is generating personal revenue off running for office. America Democracy Legal Fund filed a complaint with the FEC in 2016 alleging “Mr. Trump is using funds from his presidential campaign to further his business and personal interests." The complaint was dismissed, but concerns remain in the minds of some campaign finance experts. "People should be running for office because they want to serve the public, not because they want to enrich themselves," Ports said.

Trump faces huge legal costs amid multiple civil and criminal cases

Other GOP candidates also have been spending considerable campaign cash at Trump properties. The payments Trump’s campaign has made to his businesses are small compared to his large court-ordered financial judgements, but have been growing in recent months. The Doral Open and WGC-Championship hosted pre-Masters spring events at the club from 1962 to 2016, when the PGA Tour moved the WGC event to Mexico. He posted a $91.6 million bond in a defamation case brought by the writer E.

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Spending money on legal issues is not unusual for a campaign, but campaign finance experts say Trump has pushed the boundaries of what is allowable. The primary thing Trump’s businesses need to do is charge his campaign and PACs the same amount they would charge any other paying customer for the services. But there’s also an ethical question of whether the campaign and PACs could get a better deal somewhere else.

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Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago on March 5 with a large group of supporters to watch the Super Tuesday primary election results from 16 states. He also held a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago in October that drew hundreds of supporters, including U.S. Reps Marjorie Taylor Green and Byron Donalds, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton and the actress Roseanne Barr. The bulk of the campaign spending at Trump's properties since the start of 2023 — $663,000 — has been at Mar-a-Lago, and most of it occurred in February. Questions about how Trump’s businesses have benefited from his political career have swirled around him throughout the former president’s three campaigns and his four years in the White House. Trump lists TAG Air, Inc among his assets on his latest financial disclosure required of presidential candidates, with a value of between $5 million and $25 million.

"Seems like your misses go in the right spots and feels like the next week your misses go in the wrong spots. It's worked out in my favor over those couple years and those couple moments." Given the layoff, Watson, a two-time Masters champion, cited NCAA Final Four underdog NC State in emphasizing the importance of LIV Golf players performing well individually this weekend. Six Masters champions — Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Rahm, Bubba Watson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia and Charl Schwartzel — are among those competing in this weekend's LIV Golf event. The Blue Monster's distance will be the most significant difference compared with LIV Golf's first events of 2024.

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A PAC called Giuliani Defense spent $2,400 on fundraising expenses and food at Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey in January. Trump hosted a fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani at Bedminster in September to help with the former New York mayor's legal costs, which stem in part from the criminal charges Giuliani faces in Fulton County, Georgia, for trying to help Trump overturn the 2020 election. Federal law and FEC regulations allow donor funds to be spent at a candidate’s business so long as the campaign pays fair market value, experts say.

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Jean Carroll, and a $175 million bond in a fraud case involving falsifying business records. The New York attorney general is challenging whether the deal Trump made to post the larger bond payment is financially sound. WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Florida International University bestowed a special honor to a security guard, weeks after he was killed on the job, and loved ones say this merit is a dream come true. He was the head of security at the Doral bar and stepped into action on April 6th after a dispute between people at the venue. Castellanos’ parents and several family members attended the graduation ceremony where he was also honored publicly before the degrees were conferred to all graduates.

With Augusta National Golf Club touting a 7,555-yardage this year — and an extra round compared with LIV Golf's format — golfers such as five-time major champion Brooks Koepka said they'd be honing themselves individually this week. DORAL — LIV Golf may be attempting to build the future with its focus on team golf but for many players this weekend's Miami event seems to have restored a historic South Florida stop in Masters Tournament preparation. Trump has been hit with a pair of large financial judgements after losing two civil lawsuits.

“When voters see something like this happening it contributes to their distrust of the political system and their elected officials' motives,” said Shanna Ports, senior legal counsel with the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit government accountability group. “Tragic, when a life is lost so senselessly, a life that was full of hope and promise. FIU President Kenneth Jessell spoke to family members about a life that was taken far too soon. Castellanos’ loved ones received the 23-year-old’s posthumous degree in interdisciplinary studies. "It's just playing well at the right time," Watson said of his Masters success.

"This is a great place to get ready for Augusta," six-time major champion Mickelson said. "It gives you an opportunity to get momentum if you play well but also gives you a chance to play every shot you're going to need into Augusta.

Briffault said the only comparable political candidate with such a sprawling business may be former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who ran for president as a Democrat, but even then, they’re not an exact comparison. Lawsuits accusing Trump of violating the emoluments clauses in the Constitution during his presidency were unsuccessful. Critics said those seeking to influence Trump's administration funneled money into his businesses, including a hotel near the White House in Washington, D.C. Another fundraiser at Trump National Doral in March was hosted by former Ambassador Carlos Trujillo, with the money benefiting the Make America Great Again, Inc. super PAC. Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Jim Marchant's campaign spent about $67,000 at Mar-a-Lago on "event venue rental and catering" in November and December. Trump backed Marchant in his unsuccessful bid to be Nevada's secretary of state in 2022.

The Trump campaign and affiliated political committees paid businesses owned by Trump at least $4.9 million since the start of 2023, according to an analysis by USA TODAY. Since days after the 2020 election, the leadership PAC Save America spent more than $72.5 million on legal bills to many of the same firms that are representing him in his civil and criminal cases. That fund accounts for the bulk of his legal spending, but his affiliated committees have spent millions more. Trump's leadership PAC also has been spending vast sums on attorneys as the president faces four criminal cases. He currently is on trial in New York City in a case involving alleged payments to an adult film star during the 2016 presidential campaign to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual affair. Trump's various campaign committees and a super PAC controlled by his supporters also spent at least $809,000 at his properties since the beginning of last year.