The Washington Post Quotes Lisa Gilbert On Trump Businesses’ $1.1 Million Charge to Secret Service
By David A. Fahrenthold and Josh Dawsey
“‘The waste inherent in this is appalling,” Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president at the watchdog group Public Citizen, said of the Trump Organization’s charges. Gilbert said the costs were especially galling during a pandemic that has brought economic ruin and stretched federal budgets. ‘They’re nickel-and-diming the American people. At a moment when every penny counts.’”