Article snippet: Republican-affiliated campaigns, committees and outside groups have spent more than $3 million at various Trump properties since just after the 2016 election through last month, with roughly $924,000 coming from the Federal Election Commission reports. The Trump campaign accounts for about $1.46 million of the money paid to Trump properties. Just last month alone, the Republican National Committee spent more than $271,000 at several properties and venues owned by President Trump, according to latest documents filed with the FEC. The RNC did not respond to request for comment. The Trump National Doral Miami resort in Florida and the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. were the party committee’s go-to places for events last month. The RNC reported spending most of the money at the two Trump properties, which accounted for more than 85 percent of all RNC’s venue rental and catering expenditures in February. These latest payments by the RNC to the Trump Organization for hotel space is a dramatic increase from any previous payments. In January, the RNC spent a little less than $79,000 at Trump-owned hotels and venues. “To put that single $270k payment in perspective: All PACs, super PACs and party committees, combined, paid $237k to Trump properties over the 8yr period from Jan 2007 to Dec 2014,” the Center for Responsive Politics nonprofits investigator Robert Maguire tweeted. This includes the RNC’s $37,541.67 monthly rent payments totalin... Link to the full article to read more