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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa084.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/politics/trump-hotel-sale.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/politics/trump-hotel-sale.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html","crawl_time":1770133053,"first_indexed_time":1636940116,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,nytimes!www,\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html s443","src_root_hash":"4566504020376537684","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Trump to Sell Marquee Washington Hotel for at Least $375 Million - The New York Times","meta_descriptions":["The pending deal to sell the Trump International Hotel, often the subject of controversy during his presidency, comes after years of financial losses at the property."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Advertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\nThe pending deal to sell the Trump International Hotel, often the subject of controversy during his presidency, comes after years of financial losses at the property.\nThe Trump International Hotel in Washington. With the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.\nCredit...\nStefani Reynolds for The New York Times\nNov. 14, 2021\nDonald J. Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee Washington hotel, reaching a deal to fetch at least $375 million for a property that prompted ethical scrutiny and struggled to make money even as it drew steady crowds of lobbyists, lawmakers and Trump loyalists.\nThe deal so far is what is known as a purchase and sale agreement, meaning a final sale of the Trump International Hotel has not taken place and may not happen until early next year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.\nThe sale of the lease of the hotel, which operates out of a landmark federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue, comes after years of financial losses at the property, which opened in 2016, shortly before Mr. Trump was elected president.\nStill, with the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.\nThe buyer of the lease is CGI Merchant Group, a minority-owned real estate investment firm in Miami, according to the people briefed on details of the pending transaction, which was\nreported earlier by The Wall Street Journal\n.\nCGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the\nOld Post Office building\n, under the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand.\nThe sale must first be approved by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that controls the property.\nFrom the time of its opening, the hotel immediately drew crowds of Trump supporters and favor-seekers. For a businessman president, it was the ideal bridge between his two worlds: a Trump hotel five blocks from the Trump White House.\nThis blurring between Mr. Trump’s business and his presidency fueled attacks from congressional Democrats who charged that he used the property as the hub of an influence-peddling operation.\nMr. Trump’s critics filed lawsuits against him, arguing that business that the hotel received from foreign governments violated the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from taking gifts or payments from other governments.\nMr. Trump’s company said that it voluntarily did not solicit business from foreign embassies, given the potential accusations of influence peddling. Mr. Trump also donated profits received from visits by foreign government officials, including those from Saudi Arabia, to the Treasury Department.\nThe controversies put a crimp in the hotel’s profits, people with knowledge of its finances have said, which worsened as the coronavirus pandemic dragged on, limiting travel and gatherings. Even as the hospitality industry has recovered, Mr. Trump’s departure from Washington sucked some of the energy out of the property.\nBut during Mr. Trump’s presidency, the hotel served as a\nmagnet for his allies and top administration officials\n, who were often seen at the lobby bar, as well as Christian conservative groups and Republican congressional candidates who wanted his support.\nThe political operations run by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as the Republican National Committee, also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the hotel, as it became a frequent spot for fund-raising events. In total, more than $3 million in payments from political committees came in since early 2020 to the Washington hotel,\nFederal Election Commission records\nshow.\nThe hotel, according to audits turned over to House investigators, still\nlost about $5 million to $10 million\na year before depreciation losses were accounted for, meaning a total loss of about $74 million from 2016 to 2020, the audits showed.\nBut if the reported price for the purchase of the lease is completed as planned, it appears that the Trumps will gain a considerable profit on the sale, as the payment is higher than the capital investment the family made when renovating and opening the hotel. The sale of the lease allows the Trumps to pay off a loan they obtained for the property.\nThe company initially\nexplored a sale of the property in 2019\n, but was unable to secure a deal before the pandemic.\nCGI did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment.\nThe deal with CGI comes as Mr. Trump faces numerous costly and distracting criminal investigations, including by prosecutors in New York, who this year\nindicted the Trump Organization\nand its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg.\nThe prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Trump and his company\nartificially inflated his property values to obtain loans\n. Mr. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing and called the investigation from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, a politically motivated fishing expedition.\nCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington,\nwhich sued Mr. Trump\nclaiming that he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments at the hotel, said the pending sale did not resolve the ethics issues associated with his ownership of the hotel while he was president.\n“Selling it now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late,” said Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization.\nThe lawsuit claiming constitutional violations by Mr. Trump in running the hotel while in office was\nultimately dismissed\nafter he lost his re-election bid and left the White House; the matter was then deemed moot by the Supreme Court.\nBen Protess\nis an investigative reporter covering the federal government, law enforcement and various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies.\nEric Lipton\nis a Washington-based investigative reporter. A three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he previously worked at The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant.\nA version of this article appears in print on\nNov. 15, 2021\n, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Hotel to Be Sold  For at Least $375 Million\n.\nOrder Reprints\n|\nToday’s Paper\n|\nSubscribe\nRelated Content\nMore in Politics\nVictor J. Blue for The New York Times\nNicole Craine for The New York Times\nDesiree Rios for The New York Times\nPool photo by Ricky Carioti\nEditors’ Picks\nCassidy Araiza for The New York Times\nAshley Landis\/Associated Press\nTrending in The Times\nMeridith Kohut for The New York Times\nNeilson Barnard\/Getty Images\nHayley Watson\nMatthew Williams\nBarry Reeger\/Associated Press\nRyan Pfluger for The New York Times\nSeth Herald\/Reuters\nNathan Congleton\/NBC, via Getty Images\nMario Anzuoni\/Reuters\nAlamy\nAdvertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html#site-content)[Skip to site index](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html#site-index)\n\nSearch & Section Navigation\n\nSection Navigation\n\nSearch\n\n[Politics](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/politics)\n\n[Log in](https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2021%252F11%252F14%252Fus%252Fpolitics%252Ftrump-hotel-sale.html&asset=masthead)\n\nTuesday, February 3, 2026\n\n[Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper)\n\nTrump Administration\n\n- live[Updates](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/02\/03\/us\/trump-news)\n  \n  Feb. 3, 2026, 10:20 a.m. ET17m ago\n- [Epstein Files](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/01\/us\/trump-epstein-files.html)\n- [A Year of Tariffs](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/02\/business\/trump-tariffs-one-year-later.html)\n- [Partial Government Shutdown](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us\/politics\/government-shutdown-what-to-know.html)\n- [Kennedy Center Renovations](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us\/politics\/kennedy-center-trump-construction.html)\n- [Policy Lawsuits](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/us\/trump-administration-lawsuits.html)\n- [Tariff Tracker](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/07\/28\/business\/economy\/trump-tariff-tracker.html)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html#after-top)\n\nSupported by\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html#after-sponsor)\n# Trump to Sell Marquee Washington Hotel for at Least \\$375 Million\nThe pending deal to sell the Trump International Hotel, often the subject of controversy during his presidency, comes after years of financial losses at the property.\n\n- Share full article\n\n![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/11\/14\/multimedia\/14dc-trumphotel\/14dc-trumphotel-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nThe Trump International Hotel in Washington. With the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times\n\nBy [Ben Protess](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/ben-protess) and [Eric Lipton](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/eric-lipton)\n\nNov. 14, 2021\n\nDonald J. Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee Washington hotel, reaching a deal to fetch at least \\$375 million for a property that prompted ethical scrutiny and struggled to make money even as it drew steady crowds of lobbyists, lawmakers and Trump loyalists.\n\nThe deal so far is what is known as a purchase and sale agreement, meaning a final sale of the Trump International Hotel has not taken place and may not happen until early next year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.\n\nThe sale of the lease of the hotel, which operates out of a landmark federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue, comes after years of financial losses at the property, which opened in 2016, shortly before Mr. Trump was elected president.\n\nStill, with the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.\n\nThe buyer of the lease is CGI Merchant Group, a minority-owned real estate investment firm in Miami, according to the people briefed on details of the pending transaction, which was [reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal](https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trumps-selling-prized-washington-d-c-hotel-for-375-million-11636923944?mod=hp_lead_pos4).\n\nCGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the [Old Post Office building](https:\/\/historicsites.dcpreservation.org\/items\/show\/450), under the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand.\n\nThe sale must first be approved by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that controls the property.\n\nFrom the time of its opening, the hotel immediately drew crowds of Trump supporters and favor-seekers. For a businessman president, it was the ideal bridge between his two worlds: a Trump hotel five blocks from the Trump White House.\n\nThis blurring between Mr. Trump’s business and his presidency fueled attacks from congressional Democrats who charged that he used the property as the hub of an influence-peddling operation.\n\n## Editors’ Picks\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/02\/03\/multimedia\/00trav-maui-recovery-06-hlfq\/00trav-maui-recovery-06-hlfq-thumbLarge.jpg)Revisiting a Changed Maui, Nearly 3 Years After a Firestorm](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/03\/travel\/maui-fires-tourism.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/31\/magazine\/31mag-ethicist\/31mag-ethicist-thumbLarge.jpg)Should I Let My Family Know That Our Cherished ‘Origin Story’ Is Bogus?](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/31\/magazine\/family-origin-story-ethics.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/28\/business\/00Biz-Financial-Quiz-33\/00Biz-Financial-Quiz-33-thumbLarge.jpg)How Strong Is Your Financial Knowledge? Take Our Quiz.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/30\/business\/financial-knowledge-quiz.html)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-sale.html#after-pp_edpick)\n\nMr. Trump’s critics filed lawsuits against him, arguing that business that the hotel received from foreign governments violated the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from taking gifts or payments from other governments.\n\nMr. Trump’s company said that it voluntarily did not solicit business from foreign embassies, given the potential accusations of influence peddling. Mr. Trump also donated profits received from visits by foreign government officials, including those from Saudi Arabia, to the Treasury Department.\n\n## [Trump Administration: Live Updates](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/02\/03\/us\/trump-news)\nUpdated\n\nFeb. 3, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET5 hours ago\n\n- [Democrats call on ICE watchdog to speed up use of force inquiry.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/02\/03\/us\/trump-news#democrats-ice-watchdog-use-force-inquiry)\n- [Trump will meet with Colombia’s president at the White House.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/02\/03\/us\/trump-news#colombia-petro-trump-meeting)\n- [Pirro threatens jail time for lawful gun owners who travel to Washington with a firearm.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/02\/03\/us\/trump-news#pirro-dc-guns)\n\nThe controversies put a crimp in the hotel’s profits, people with knowledge of its finances have said, which worsened as the coronavirus pandemic dragged on, limiting travel and gatherings. Even as the hospitality industry has recovered, Mr. Trump’s departure from Washington sucked some of the energy out of the property.\n\nBut during Mr. Trump’s presidency, the hotel served as a [magnet for his allies and top administration officials](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html), who were often seen at the lobby bar, as well as Christian conservative groups and Republican congressional candidates who wanted his support.\n\nThe political operations run by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as the Republican National Committee, also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the hotel, as it became a frequent spot for fund-raising events. In total, more than \\$3 million in payments from political committees came in since early 2020 to the Washington hotel, [Federal Election Commission records](https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&recipient_name=BLT+PRime&recipient_name=Benjamin+Bar+and+Lounge&recipient_name=OPO+Lounge&recipient_name=TRUMP+INTERNATIONAL+HOTEL&recipient_name=Trump+Hotel&recipient_name=Trump+Old+Post+Office&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=12%2F31%2F2021) show.\n\nThe hotel, according to audits turned over to House investigators, still [lost about \\$5 million to \\$10 million](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/08\/us\/trump-hotel-washington.html) a year before depreciation losses were accounted for, meaning a total loss of about \\$74 million from 2016 to 2020, the audits showed.\n\nBut if the reported price for the purchase of the lease is completed as planned, it appears that the Trumps will gain a considerable profit on the sale, as the payment is higher than the capital investment the family made when renovating and opening the hotel. The sale of the lease allows the Trumps to pay off a loan they obtained for the property.\n\nThe company initially [explored a sale of the property in 2019](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html), but was unable to secure a deal before the pandemic.\n\nCGI did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment.\n\nThe deal with CGI comes as Mr. Trump faces numerous costly and distracting criminal investigations, including by prosecutors in New York, who this year [indicted the Trump Organization](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/01\/nyregion\/allen-weisselberg-charged-trump-organization.html) and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg.\n\nThe prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Trump and his company [artificially inflated his property values to obtain loans](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/22\/nyregion\/trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html). Mr. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing and called the investigation from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, a politically motivated fishing expedition.\n\nCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, [which sued Mr. Trump](https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/20\/20-330\/153532\/20200909192349667_Trump%20v.%20CREW%20Cert%20Petition.pdf) claiming that he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments at the hotel, said the pending sale did not resolve the ethics issues associated with his ownership of the hotel while he was president.\n\n“Selling it now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late,” said Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization.\n\nThe lawsuit claiming constitutional violations by Mr. Trump in running the hotel while in office was [ultimately dismissed](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/25\/us\/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html) after he lost his re-election bid and left the White House; the matter was then deemed moot by the Supreme Court.\n\nThe Trump International Hotel\n\n[![]()Trump Hotel Lost Money, Despite Lobbyist Spending, Documents Show Oct. 8, 2021](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/08\/us\/trump-hotel-washington.html)\n\n[![]()After Presidency, Trump Hotel in Washington Is a Limited Draw Jan. 28, 2021](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html)\n\n[![]()Trumps Put Their Washington Hotel on the Market Oct. 25, 2019](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html)\n\n[![]()Trump Hotel at Night: Lobbyists, Cabinet Members, \\$60 Steaks Aug. 25, 2017](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html)\n\n[Ben Protess](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/ben-protess) is an investigative reporter covering the federal government, law enforcement and various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies.\n\n[Eric Lipton](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/eric-lipton) is a Washington-based investigative reporter. A three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he previously worked at The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on Nov. 15, 2021, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Hotel to Be Sold For at Least \\$375 Million. 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property.\n\n![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/11\/14\/multimedia\/14dc-trumphotel\/14dc-trumphotel-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nThe Trump International Hotel in Washington. With the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times\n\nNov. 14, 2021\n\nDonald J. Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee Washington hotel, reaching a deal to fetch at least \\$375 million for a property that prompted ethical scrutiny and struggled to make money even as it drew steady crowds of lobbyists, lawmakers and Trump loyalists.\n\nThe deal so far is what is known as a purchase and sale agreement, meaning a final sale of the Trump International Hotel has not taken place and may not happen until early next year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.\n\nThe sale of the lease of the hotel, which operates out of a landmark federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue, comes after years of financial losses at the property, which opened in 2016, shortly before Mr. Trump was elected president.\n\nStill, with the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.\n\nThe buyer of the lease is CGI Merchant Group, a minority-owned real estate investment firm in Miami, according to the people briefed on details of the pending transaction, which was [reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal](https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/trumps-selling-prized-washington-d-c-hotel-for-375-million-11636923944?mod=hp_lead_pos4).\n\nCGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the [Old Post Office building](https:\/\/historicsites.dcpreservation.org\/items\/show\/450), under the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand.\n\nThe sale must first be approved by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that controls the property.\n\nFrom the time of its opening, the hotel immediately drew crowds of Trump supporters and favor-seekers. For a businessman president, it was the ideal bridge between his two worlds: a Trump hotel five blocks from the Trump White House.\n\nThis blurring between Mr. Trump’s business and his presidency fueled attacks from congressional Democrats who charged that he used the property as the hub of an influence-peddling operation.\n\nMr. Trump’s critics filed lawsuits against him, arguing that business that the hotel received from foreign governments violated the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from taking gifts or payments from other governments.\n\nMr. Trump’s company said that it voluntarily did not solicit business from foreign embassies, given the potential accusations of influence peddling. Mr. Trump also donated profits received from visits by foreign government officials, including those from Saudi Arabia, to the Treasury Department.\n\nThe controversies put a crimp in the hotel’s profits, people with knowledge of its finances have said, which worsened as the coronavirus pandemic dragged on, limiting travel and gatherings. Even as the hospitality industry has recovered, Mr. Trump’s departure from Washington sucked some of the energy out of the property.\n\nBut during Mr. Trump’s presidency, the hotel served as a [magnet for his allies and top administration officials](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html), who were often seen at the lobby bar, as well as Christian conservative groups and Republican congressional candidates who wanted his support.\n\nThe political operations run by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as the Republican National Committee, also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the hotel, as it became a frequent spot for fund-raising events. In total, more than \\$3 million in payments from political committees came in since early 2020 to the Washington hotel, [Federal Election Commission records](https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/disbursements\/?data_type=processed&recipient_name=BLT+PRime&recipient_name=Benjamin+Bar+and+Lounge&recipient_name=OPO+Lounge&recipient_name=TRUMP+INTERNATIONAL+HOTEL&recipient_name=Trump+Hotel&recipient_name=Trump+Old+Post+Office&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=12%2F31%2F2021) show.\n\nThe hotel, according to audits turned over to House investigators, still [lost about \\$5 million to \\$10 million](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/08\/us\/trump-hotel-washington.html) a year before depreciation losses were accounted for, meaning a total loss of about \\$74 million from 2016 to 2020, the audits showed.\n\nBut if the reported price for the purchase of the lease is completed as planned, it appears that the Trumps will gain a considerable profit on the sale, as the payment is higher than the capital investment the family made when renovating and opening the hotel. The sale of the lease allows the Trumps to pay off a loan they obtained for the property.\n\nThe company initially [explored a sale of the property in 2019](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-washington.html), but was unable to secure a deal before the pandemic.\n\nCGI did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment.\n\nThe deal with CGI comes as Mr. Trump faces numerous costly and distracting criminal investigations, including by prosecutors in New York, who this year [indicted the Trump Organization](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/01\/nyregion\/allen-weisselberg-charged-trump-organization.html) and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg.\n\nThe prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Trump and his company [artificially inflated his property values to obtain loans](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/22\/nyregion\/trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html). Mr. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing and called the investigation from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, a politically motivated fishing expedition.\n\nCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, [which sued Mr. Trump](https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/20\/20-330\/153532\/20200909192349667_Trump%20v.%20CREW%20Cert%20Petition.pdf) claiming that he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments at the hotel, said the pending sale did not resolve the ethics issues associated with his ownership of the hotel while he was president.\n\n“Selling it now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late,” said Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization.\n\nThe lawsuit claiming constitutional violations by Mr. Trump in running the hotel while in office was [ultimately dismissed](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/25\/us\/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html) after he lost his re-election bid and left the White House; the matter was then deemed moot by the Supreme Court.\n\n[Ben Protess](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/ben-protess) is an investigative reporter covering the federal government, law enforcement and various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies.\n\n[Eric Lipton](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/eric-lipton) is a Washington-based investigative reporter. A three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he previously worked at The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on Nov. 15, 2021, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Hotel to Be Sold For at Least \\$375 Million. [Order Reprints](https:\/\/nytimes.wrightsmedia.com\/) \\| [Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper) \\| [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscriptions\/Multiproduct\/lp8HYKU.html?campaignId=48JQY)\n\n## Related Content\n[More in Politics](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/politics)\n\n- ![Nekima Levy Armstrong was arrested for protesting in St. Paul, Minn. She said she learned about the doctored photograph of her while she was in jail, during a phone call with her husband.](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/01\/30\/multimedia\/00dc-minnesota-misinfo-htlj\/00dc-minnesota-misinfo-htlj-square640.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n  \n  Victor J. 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Boilerpipe Text	Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The pending deal to sell the Trump International Hotel, often the subject of controversy during his presidency, comes after years of financial losses at the property. The Trump International Hotel in Washington. With the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment. Credit... Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times Nov. 14, 2021 Donald J. Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee Washington hotel, reaching a deal to fetch at least $375 million for a property that prompted ethical scrutiny and struggled to make money even as it drew steady crowds of lobbyists, lawmakers and Trump loyalists. The deal so far is what is known as a purchase and sale agreement, meaning a final sale of the Trump International Hotel has not taken place and may not happen until early next year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The sale of the lease of the hotel, which operates out of a landmark federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue, comes after years of financial losses at the property, which opened in 2016, shortly before Mr. Trump was elected president. Still, with the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment. The buyer of the lease is CGI Merchant Group, a minority-owned real estate investment firm in Miami, according to the people briefed on details of the pending transaction, which was reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal . CGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the Old Post Office building , under the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand. The sale must first be approved by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that controls the property. From the time of its opening, the hotel immediately drew crowds of Trump supporters and favor-seekers. For a businessman president, it was the ideal bridge between his two worlds: a Trump hotel five blocks from the Trump White House. This blurring between Mr. Trump’s business and his presidency fueled attacks from congressional Democrats who charged that he used the property as the hub of an influence-peddling operation. Mr. Trump’s critics filed lawsuits against him, arguing that business that the hotel received from foreign governments violated the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from taking gifts or payments from other governments. Mr. Trump’s company said that it voluntarily did not solicit business from foreign embassies, given the potential accusations of influence peddling. Mr. Trump also donated profits received from visits by foreign government officials, including those from Saudi Arabia, to the Treasury Department. The controversies put a crimp in the hotel’s profits, people with knowledge of its finances have said, which worsened as the coronavirus pandemic dragged on, limiting travel and gatherings. Even as the hospitality industry has recovered, Mr. Trump’s departure from Washington sucked some of the energy out of the property. But during Mr. Trump’s presidency, the hotel served as a magnet for his allies and top administration officials , who were often seen at the lobby bar, as well as Christian conservative groups and Republican congressional candidates who wanted his support. The political operations run by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as the Republican National Committee, also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the hotel, as it became a frequent spot for fund-raising events. In total, more than $3 million in payments from political committees came in since early 2020 to the Washington hotel, Federal Election Commission records show. The hotel, according to audits turned over to House investigators, still lost about $5 million to $10 million a year before depreciation losses were accounted for, meaning a total loss of about $74 million from 2016 to 2020, the audits showed. But if the reported price for the purchase of the lease is completed as planned, it appears that the Trumps will gain a considerable profit on the sale, as the payment is higher than the capital investment the family made when renovating and opening the hotel. The sale of the lease allows the Trumps to pay off a loan they obtained for the property. The company initially explored a sale of the property in 2019 , but was unable to secure a deal before the pandemic. CGI did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment. The deal with CGI comes as Mr. Trump faces numerous costly and distracting criminal investigations, including by prosecutors in New York, who this year indicted the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg. The prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Trump and his company artificially inflated his property values to obtain loans . Mr. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing and called the investigation from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, a politically motivated fishing expedition. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which sued Mr. Trump claiming that he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments at the hotel, said the pending sale did not resolve the ethics issues associated with his ownership of the hotel while he was president. “Selling it now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late,” said Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization. The lawsuit claiming constitutional violations by Mr. Trump in running the hotel while in office was ultimately dismissed after he lost his re-election bid and left the White House; the matter was then deemed moot by the Supreme Court. Ben Protess is an investigative reporter covering the federal government, law enforcement and various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies. Eric Lipton is a Washington-based investigative reporter. A three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he previously worked at The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant. A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 15, 2021 , Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Hotel to Be Sold For at Least $375 Million . Order Reprints \| Today’s Paper \| Subscribe Related Content More in Politics Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Nicole Craine for The New York Times Desiree Rios for The New York Times Pool photo by Ricky Carioti Editors’ Picks Cassidy Araiza for The New York Times Ashley Landis/Associated Press Trending in The Times Meridith Kohut for The New York Times Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Hayley Watson Matthew Williams Barry Reeger/Associated Press Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times Seth Herald/Reuters Nathan Congleton/NBC, via Getty Images Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Alamy Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT
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With the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times By [Ben Protess](https://www.nytimes.com/by/ben-protess) and [Eric Lipton](https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-lipton) Nov. 14, 2021 Donald J. Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee Washington hotel, reaching a deal to fetch at least \$375 million for a property that prompted ethical scrutiny and struggled to make money even as it drew steady crowds of lobbyists, lawmakers and Trump loyalists. The deal so far is what is known as a purchase and sale agreement, meaning a final sale of the Trump International Hotel has not taken place and may not happen until early next year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The sale of the lease of the hotel, which operates out of a landmark federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue, comes after years of financial losses at the property, which opened in 2016, shortly before Mr. Trump was elected president. Still, with the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment. The buyer of the lease is CGI Merchant Group, a minority-owned real estate investment firm in Miami, according to the people briefed on details of the pending transaction, which was [reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-selling-prized-washington-d-c-hotel-for-375-million-11636923944?mod=hp_lead_pos4). CGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the [Old Post Office building](https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/450), under the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand. The sale must first be approved by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that controls the property. From the time of its opening, the hotel immediately drew crowds of Trump supporters and favor-seekers. For a businessman president, it was the ideal bridge between his two worlds: a Trump hotel five blocks from the Trump White House. This blurring between Mr. Trump’s business and his presidency fueled attacks from congressional Democrats who charged that he used the property as the hub of an influence-peddling operation. ## Editors’ Picks [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/02/03/multimedia/00trav-maui-recovery-06-hlfq/00trav-maui-recovery-06-hlfq-thumbLarge.jpg)Revisiting a Changed Maui, Nearly 3 Years After a Firestorm](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/travel/maui-fires-tourism.html) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/31/magazine/31mag-ethicist/31mag-ethicist-thumbLarge.jpg)Should I Let My Family Know That Our Cherished ‘Origin Story’ Is Bogus?](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/magazine/family-origin-story-ethics.html) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/28/business/00Biz-Financial-Quiz-33/00Biz-Financial-Quiz-33-thumbLarge.jpg)How Strong Is Your Financial Knowledge? Take Our Quiz.](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/business/financial-knowledge-quiz.html) Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/politics/trump-hotel-sale.html#after-pp_edpick) Mr. Trump’s critics filed lawsuits against him, arguing that business that the hotel received from foreign governments violated the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from taking gifts or payments from other governments. Mr. Trump’s company said that it voluntarily did not solicit business from foreign embassies, given the potential accusations of influence peddling. Mr. Trump also donated profits received from visits by foreign government officials, including those from Saudi Arabia, to the Treasury Department. ## [Trump Administration: Live Updates](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/03/us/trump-news) Updated Feb. 3, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET5 hours ago - [Democrats call on ICE watchdog to speed up use of force inquiry.](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/03/us/trump-news#democrats-ice-watchdog-use-force-inquiry) - [Trump will meet with Colombia’s president at the White House.](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/03/us/trump-news#colombia-petro-trump-meeting) - [Pirro threatens jail time for lawful gun owners who travel to Washington with a firearm.](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/03/us/trump-news#pirro-dc-guns) The controversies put a crimp in the hotel’s profits, people with knowledge of its finances have said, which worsened as the coronavirus pandemic dragged on, limiting travel and gatherings. Even as the hospitality industry has recovered, Mr. Trump’s departure from Washington sucked some of the energy out of the property. But during Mr. Trump’s presidency, the hotel served as a [magnet for his allies and top administration officials](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html), who were often seen at the lobby bar, as well as Christian conservative groups and Republican congressional candidates who wanted his support. The political operations run by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as the Republican National Committee, also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the hotel, as it became a frequent spot for fund-raising events. In total, more than \$3 million in payments from political committees came in since early 2020 to the Washington hotel, [Federal Election Commission records](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&recipient_name=BLT+PRime&recipient_name=Benjamin+Bar+and+Lounge&recipient_name=OPO+Lounge&recipient_name=TRUMP+INTERNATIONAL+HOTEL&recipient_name=Trump+Hotel&recipient_name=Trump+Old+Post+Office&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=12%2F31%2F2021) show. The hotel, according to audits turned over to House investigators, still [lost about \$5 million to \$10 million](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/trump-hotel-washington.html) a year before depreciation losses were accounted for, meaning a total loss of about \$74 million from 2016 to 2020, the audits showed. But if the reported price for the purchase of the lease is completed as planned, it appears that the Trumps will gain a considerable profit on the sale, as the payment is higher than the capital investment the family made when renovating and opening the hotel. The sale of the lease allows the Trumps to pay off a loan they obtained for the property. The company initially [explored a sale of the property in 2019](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html), but was unable to secure a deal before the pandemic. CGI did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment. The deal with CGI comes as Mr. Trump faces numerous costly and distracting criminal investigations, including by prosecutors in New York, who this year [indicted the Trump Organization](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/nyregion/allen-weisselberg-charged-trump-organization.html) and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg. The prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Trump and his company [artificially inflated his property values to obtain loans](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/nyregion/trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html). Mr. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing and called the investigation from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, a politically motivated fishing expedition. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, [which sued Mr. Trump](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-330/153532/20200909192349667_Trump%20v.%20CREW%20Cert%20Petition.pdf) claiming that he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments at the hotel, said the pending sale did not resolve the ethics issues associated with his ownership of the hotel while he was president. “Selling it now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late,” said Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization. The lawsuit claiming constitutional violations by Mr. Trump in running the hotel while in office was [ultimately dismissed](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html) after he lost his re-election bid and left the White House; the matter was then deemed moot by the Supreme Court. The Trump International Hotel [![]()Trump Hotel Lost Money, Despite Lobbyist Spending, Documents Show Oct. 8, 2021](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/trump-hotel-washington.html) [![]()After Presidency, Trump Hotel in Washington Is a Limited Draw Jan. 28, 2021](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html) [![]()Trumps Put Their Washington Hotel on the Market Oct. 25, 2019](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html) [![]()Trump Hotel at Night: Lobbyists, Cabinet Members, \$60 Steaks Aug. 25, 2017](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html) [Ben Protess](https://www.nytimes.com/by/ben-protess) is an investigative reporter covering the federal government, law enforcement and various criminal investigations into former President Trump and his allies. [Eric Lipton](https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-lipton) is a Washington-based investigative reporter. A three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he previously worked at The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant. A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 15, 2021, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Hotel to Be Sold For at Least \$375 Million. 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Readable Markdown	Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/us/politics/trump-hotel-sale.html#after-top) The pending deal to sell the Trump International Hotel, often the subject of controversy during his presidency, comes after years of financial losses at the property. ![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/11/14/multimedia/14dc-trumphotel/14dc-trumphotel-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) The Trump International Hotel in Washington. With the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times Nov. 14, 2021 Donald J. Trump’s family business has an agreement to sell its marquee Washington hotel, reaching a deal to fetch at least \$375 million for a property that prompted ethical scrutiny and struggled to make money even as it drew steady crowds of lobbyists, lawmakers and Trump loyalists. The deal so far is what is known as a purchase and sale agreement, meaning a final sale of the Trump International Hotel has not taken place and may not happen until early next year, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The sale of the lease of the hotel, which operates out of a landmark federal building on Pennsylvania Avenue, comes after years of financial losses at the property, which opened in 2016, shortly before Mr. Trump was elected president. Still, with the significant price of the planned sale, the Trump family is expected to turn a profit on the overall investment. The buyer of the lease is CGI Merchant Group, a minority-owned real estate investment firm in Miami, according to the people briefed on details of the pending transaction, which was [reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-selling-prized-washington-d-c-hotel-for-375-million-11636923944?mod=hp_lead_pos4). CGI is exploring a deal to rename the hotel, based in the [Old Post Office building](https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/450), under the Waldorf Astoria luxury brand. The sale must first be approved by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that controls the property. From the time of its opening, the hotel immediately drew crowds of Trump supporters and favor-seekers. For a businessman president, it was the ideal bridge between his two worlds: a Trump hotel five blocks from the Trump White House. This blurring between Mr. Trump’s business and his presidency fueled attacks from congressional Democrats who charged that he used the property as the hub of an influence-peddling operation. Mr. Trump’s critics filed lawsuits against him, arguing that business that the hotel received from foreign governments violated the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from taking gifts or payments from other governments. Mr. Trump’s company said that it voluntarily did not solicit business from foreign embassies, given the potential accusations of influence peddling. Mr. Trump also donated profits received from visits by foreign government officials, including those from Saudi Arabia, to the Treasury Department. The controversies put a crimp in the hotel’s profits, people with knowledge of its finances have said, which worsened as the coronavirus pandemic dragged on, limiting travel and gatherings. Even as the hospitality industry has recovered, Mr. Trump’s departure from Washington sucked some of the energy out of the property. But during Mr. Trump’s presidency, the hotel served as a [magnet for his allies and top administration officials](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html), who were often seen at the lobby bar, as well as Christian conservative groups and Republican congressional candidates who wanted his support. The political operations run by Mr. Trump and his family, as well as the Republican National Committee, also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the hotel, as it became a frequent spot for fund-raising events. In total, more than \$3 million in payments from political committees came in since early 2020 to the Washington hotel, [Federal Election Commission records](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&recipient_name=BLT+PRime&recipient_name=Benjamin+Bar+and+Lounge&recipient_name=OPO+Lounge&recipient_name=TRUMP+INTERNATIONAL+HOTEL&recipient_name=Trump+Hotel&recipient_name=Trump+Old+Post+Office&min_date=01%2F01%2F2017&max_date=12%2F31%2F2021) show. The hotel, according to audits turned over to House investigators, still [lost about \$5 million to \$10 million](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/trump-hotel-washington.html) a year before depreciation losses were accounted for, meaning a total loss of about \$74 million from 2016 to 2020, the audits showed. But if the reported price for the purchase of the lease is completed as planned, it appears that the Trumps will gain a considerable profit on the sale, as the payment is higher than the capital investment the family made when renovating and opening the hotel. The sale of the lease allows the Trumps to pay off a loan they obtained for the property. The company initially [explored a sale of the property in 2019](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/us/politics/trump-hotel-washington.html), but was unable to secure a deal before the pandemic. CGI did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not respond to a request for comment. The deal with CGI comes as Mr. Trump faces numerous costly and distracting criminal investigations, including by prosecutors in New York, who this year [indicted the Trump Organization](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/nyregion/allen-weisselberg-charged-trump-organization.html) and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg. The prosecutors are investigating whether Mr. Trump and his company [artificially inflated his property values to obtain loans](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/nyregion/trump-taxes-cyrus-vance.html). Mr. Trump and his company have denied wrongdoing and called the investigation from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., a Democrat, a politically motivated fishing expedition. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, [which sued Mr. Trump](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-330/153532/20200909192349667_Trump%20v.%20CREW%20Cert%20Petition.pdf) claiming that he violated the emoluments clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments at the hotel, said the pending sale did not resolve the ethics issues associated with his ownership of the hotel while he was president. “Selling it now that he’s out of office and the grift dried up is, to say the least, too little, too late,” said Noah Bookbinder, the president of the organization. The lawsuit claiming constitutional violations by Mr. Trump in running the hotel while in office was [ultimately dismissed](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html) after he lost his re-election bid and left the White House; the matter was then deemed moot by the Supreme Court. 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