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Watchdogs: Trump's Independence Day gala in 2019 cost $13M

by Associated Press
| June 25, 2020 11:03 AM

President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July gala in the nation’s capital last year cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations, government watchdogs reported Thursday. Trump’s desire to have Department of Defense military vehicles participate helped drive up the cost, as did the president's attendance near the Lincoln Memorial.

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