A Chinese state-owned bank reportedly offered $150,000 tickets to clients for the chance to dine with President Trump at a Dallas fundraising dinner later this month.
China Construction Bank Corp. offered the tickets to private banking clients with U.S. visas, and promised photos and autographs from Trump and networking with U.S. “tycoons,” according to an invitation viewed by Bloomberg.
Trump is expected host a fundraising dinner with the Republican National Committee (RNC) on the evening of May 31, with tickets going for $50,000 each, one-third of the price of the tickets being sold by the Chinese bank, according to the news outlet.
Trump’s reelection campaign and the RNC both told Bloomberg that they did not know about the Chinese bank offering tickets, and they have reportedly filed a complaint with the Justice Department about the Chinese bank offer.
It is against the law for U.S. political campaigns to accept donations from foreign nationals. That means that bank customers with U.S. passports would be the only ones eligible to attend the dinner, according to Bloomberg.
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Chinese bank offered chance to dine with Trump for $150,000 per ticket https://t.co/RqEC0CbXnb pic.twitter.com/Wgwha0JDXh
— The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2018
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