Dave Levinthal
Editor-in-Chief, Raw Story
Yesterday 4:11 PM, Saturday, March 25, 2023
When former President Donald Trump rallies today in Waco, Texas, under a cloud of legal scandal, he’ll do so after his campaign reportedly paid the central Texas city’s government more than $60,000 to cover various municipal services, such as public safety costs.
But across the state, in El Paso, city officials there tell Raw Story that they’re still waiting for Trump’s campaign committee to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bills stemming from the former president’s February 2019 visit to their border town.
“The Trump campaign has not submitted any payments for their debt,” El Paso city spokesperson Laura Cruz-Acosta confirmed to Raw Story, noting that the current Trump tab is $569,204.63, including a city-issued late fee of $98,787.58.
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