Figures show Trump spent $66 million of his own cash on election campaign


  • World
  • Friday, 09 Dec 2016

President-elect Donald Trump was 60 when his son Barron was born. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pumped a total of $66 million of his own money into his campaign - far from the $100 million he frequently boasted he was going to spend, according to campaign finance disclosures filed on Thursday night.

Trump-related business industries - those bearing his own name, including his private jet and the Manhattan building that served as his campaign headquarters - received $11 million in payments from his campaign.

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