Page 3 - Initiation Fee News Today

His 3 million he took in 2017. but part of what he spent it on was membership at a super elite wall street club, called the core club, which has members like very private billionaires club and $50,000 initiation fee. thats one of the things that cohen put his money towards. you have a picture of a guy coming out and ready to cash in. >> on the make. theres also the other striking thing is the scope of what they got. this first warrant, information to be disclosed by google. emails, drafts, metta...

Chief? were learning tonight that while this president has been railing against immigrants, calling them criminals, rapists, even animals, his private golf club in bedminster, new jersey where the initiation fee alone is more than $100,000, has employed people, managers allegedly knew were in the country illegally. that is according to the "new york times." one woman the "times" talked to says that she was a housekeeper at the club for more than five years. making the presidents bed. cleaning hi...

Having -- its hard to say this with a straight face -- "monetizing their public service and security clearances." now its true and it has been true that the private sector does reward high-level officials for their expertise and access after years of service. but as we said, the key word is "after" years of service. unlike this president and members of his administration who are doing it now. so lets go through the list. shall we? so just this week the united states paid donald trumps scotland g...

>> walter, how about the president also making money from whats go iing on at mar-a-lago? theyve doubled the initiation fee since the president became president to $200,000. obviously, thats a huge profit. and then he was charging lots of money to go to this new years eve party at mar-a-lago. is that okay? >> these are related stories and none of these things are happening in a vacuum. what were seeing across the board is an effort to monetize the presidency. no, its not okay. he shouldnt have k...

In 2017 revellers not only had the opportunity to meet the president but also celebrities like sylvester stallone and fabio. this year the president is expected to attended ball again. no word on fabio but this brings up the conversation about buying access to the president and the president possibly profiting off of his position. >> go back in time to when the president was first inaugurated. he doubled the initiation fee. "early start" continues right now with an eyebrow raising interview with...

President trump spent the christmas holiday at his private club, mar-a-lago, if florida. last night he tweeted, i hope everyone is having a great christmas. then tomorrow its back to work in order to make america great again, which is happening faster than anyone anticipated t. president signed the tax bill on friday the first piece of the a major lmpblgs r legislation since taking office. he said you all quote just got a lot ripper. mar-a-lagos initiation fee, by the way, $200,000. i want to br...

You dont become a member of the mar-a-largo without shelling out i believe $200,000. and they doubled the initiation fee after he became president of the united states or was elected. so this is clearly payment of cash in return for access to the president. it is not bribery under the bribery laws as interpreted by the united states supreme court which recently ruled that payment of cash for access to a politician is not itself criminal bribery. but its something thats certainly -- should be of ...

And as somebody at "the new yorker" pointed out, this is like a teaser rate mortgage because those middle class tax cuts disappear down the road. they couldnt fit them in because of that huge corporate cut. i mean, this is one of the worst pieces of legislation ive seen around here, and ive been around a while. i mean, the first thing is that this bill proves conclusively that donald trump is no populus. this bill is about as populist as an all male country club with a $1 million initiation fee....

The fact, you know, somebody will post a picture of him playing. he has golfed with a few other famous folks that it comes out later. this was a little different with him saying ahead of time he was going to golf with tiger woods today. >> i am also curious about changes at the club since he has been president. you know, i know the initiation fee doubled. we also reported on a number of charities. how has business been this year? one of our others said they are all booked up for this coming seas...

Negotiations with the trump administration. that hotel that is selling politics and monetizing trumps position is doing very well. a number of other properties like new york and chicago and the golf clubs around the country, trump is not going to visit them often. there is not an easy way to monitize the power. at the same time they are located in cities where trump is not that popular. you have seen evidence and its hard to see the whole picture, but the other places are losing business. the qu...