Inauguration of Donald Trump

=== Presidential Inaugural Committee ===
[[image:Rick Gates at 2016 RNC.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rick Gates (political consultant)|Rick Gates]] was Deputy Chairman of the inauguration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17505728/trump-inauguration-mueller-russians-rick-gates|title=Why Trump's inauguration money is a major part of Mueller's Russia investigation|first=Andrew|last=Prokop|date=July 5, 2018|website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206194934/https://www.vox.com/2018/7/5/17505728/trump-inauguration-mueller-russians-rick-gates|archive-date=December 6, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

The 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.58pic2017.org/|title=The 58th Presidential Inauguration|publisher=58pic2017.org|access-date=December 19, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080123/https://www.58pic2017.org/|archive-date=December 20, 2016}}</ref> organized several other inauguration-related events at the direction of the president‑elect and vice president–elect of the United States, such as the concerts, parade, balls, and prayer service. The chairman of the committee was [[Thomas J. Barrack Jr.]], a real estate investor and longtime Trump friend and ally, and the founder of [[Colony Capital]]. The co-chairs of the committee were [[Lewis M. Eisenberg]] and Roy Bailey.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Roxanne |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trumps-inaugural-chairman-promises-a-celebration-of-harmony-inclusion-and-democracy/2016/12/06/51fb5e30-b8b0-11e6-b994-f45a208f7a73_story.html |title=Trump inaugural chairman promises a celebration of 'harmony, inclusion and democracy' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728180924/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trumps-inaugural-chairman-promises-a-celebration-of-harmony-inclusion-and-democracy/2016/12/06/51fb5e30-b8b0-11e6-b994-f45a208f7a73_story.html |archive-date=July 28, 2017 }}</ref> Committee members included casino magnates [[Sheldon Adelson]] and [[Miriam Adelson]], [[Steve Wynn]], and [[Phil Ruffin]], oil and gas entrepreneur [[Harold Hamm]], businesswoman and film producer [[Diane Hendricks]], coal businessman and philanthropist [[Joe Craft]], Gail Icahn (wife of [[Carl Icahn]]), Dallasites Ray Washburne, Gentry Beach, Roy Bailey, and [[Woody Johnson]], owner of the [[New York Jets]].<ref name="Comm">{{cite web|title=President-Elect Trump Announces Presidential Inaugural Committee Leadership |url=https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/president-elect-trump-announces-presidentialinaugural-committee-leader |publisher=donaldjtrump.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227200140/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/president-elect-trump-announces-presidentialinaugural-committee-leader |archive-date=December 27, 2016 }}</ref>

The inaugural committee raised an unprecedented $107 million "from wealthy donors who gave $1 million or more."<ref>Scannel, Kara, et al. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/politics/trump-inauguration-spending-investigation/index.html "Trump inaugural committee under criminal investigation, sources say"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214203109/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/politics/trump-inauguration-spending-investigation/index.html |date=December 14, 2018 }}. CNN. December 14, 2018. December 14, 2018.</ref> This was twice the amount raised by any previous inauguration committee.<ref name="missing">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-inauguration-money-still-missing-783934|title=Trump's inauguration money is still missing one year after his administration took control of the White House|last=Sanders|first=Linley|date=January 18, 2018|work=[[Newsweek]]|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903045912/https://www.newsweek.com/trump-inauguration-money-still-missing-783934|archive-date=September 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Observers agree that the actual inauguration expenses would have been a fraction of that amount, and the advocacy group [[Public Citizen]] has been seeking to know what happened to the remaining funds.<ref name = missing/> Committee officials said they were evaluating charities to give the remaining funds to.<ref name=FUNDS>{{cite web|title=Funds from Trump's massive inaugural fundraiser still unavailable to charity|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-inaugural-funds-charity-2017-9|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117023110/http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-inaugural-funds-charity-2017-9|archive-date=January 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, the committee said it had given $3 million to three separate hurricane rescue organizations.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|author-link=Maggie Haberman|title=Trump's Inaugural Committee to Donate $3 Million to Hurricane Relief|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-donations-hurricanes.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 27, 2017 |access-date=September 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930220616/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/us/politics/trump-inaugural-committee-donations-hurricanes.html|archive-date=September 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> An unspecified amount had also been used for redecorating the White House and Vice President Mike Pence's Washington residence.<ref name = missing/> Thomas Barrack, the committee chair, said that further information about charitable donations would be released in November 2017, but no such announcement was made.<ref name = missing/> The inauguration committee reported having $2.8 million in the bank {{as of|year=|2017|October|lc=y|month=}}.<ref name = "paid"/>

According to a tax filing released on February 15, 2018, the committee donated $5 million to charity in 2017 – namely, the previously announced donations to hurricane relief, the White House Historical Association, and the Vice President's Residence Foundation. The majority of the committee's outlay – $57 million – went to four event-planning companies.<ref name="paid">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/politics/trumps-inaugural-committee-paid-26-million-to-first-ladys-friend.html|title=Trump's Inaugural Committee Paid $26 Million to Firm of First Lady's Adviser|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|last2=Vogel|first2=Kenneth P.|date=February 15, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901203617/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/politics/trumps-inaugural-committee-paid-26-million-to-first-ladys-friend.html|archive-date=September 1, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest amount, $26 million, went to a California firm called WIS Media Partners, which was created in December 2016 by a close friend and advisor to Melania Trump, named [[Stephanie Winston Wolkoff]],<ref name= "paid"/> whose staff stayed at the [[Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)|Trump International Hotel]] during the planning of the inauguration.<ref name="DC hotel">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-donald-trumps-inaugural-fund-spent-lavishly-dc/story?id=60361242 |title=President Donald Trump's inaugural fund spent lavishly at his DC hotel, new docs show |author=Santucci, John, Mosk, Matthew, Pecorin, Allison, Siegel, Benjamin |work=[[ABC News]] |date=January 15, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207201910/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-donald-trumps-inaugural-fund-spent-lavishly-dc/story?id=60361242 |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wolkoff was personally paid about $500,000 for the inauguration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Kate|date=July 7, 2020|title=East Wing braces for upcoming book by former Melania Trump aide|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/stephanie-winston-wolkoff-melania-and-me/index.html|access-date=July 7, 2020|website=[[CNN]]|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707205131/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/stephanie-winston-wolkoff-melania-and-me/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Twenty-four million dollars went to an independent organization created by television producer [[Mark Burnett]], "Inaugural Productions", for the staging of several events.<ref name="Disgusted">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/behind-the-scenes-of-trumps-107-million-inauguration |title='I Am Disgusted': Behind The Scenes of Trump's Increasingly Scrutinized $107 Million Inauguration |author=Fox, Emily Jane |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190211211809/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/02/behind-the-scenes-of-trumps-107-million-inauguration |archive-date=February 11, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The committee reported nearly $15 million in administrative expenses, including $9.4 million for travel and $4.6 million for salaries and benefits for 208 employees.<ref name = "paid"/> The committee spent more than $1.5 million at the Trump International Hotel.<ref name="DC hotel"/> Ivanka Trump helped negotiate a rate of $175,000 per day for the committee's use of the hotel's Presidential Ballroom and meeting rooms after Gates and Wolkoff complained that Trump International Hotel managing director Mickael Damelincourt attempted to charge them above-market rates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-trumps-inauguration-paid-trumps-company-with-ivanka-in-the-middle |title=Trump's Inauguration Paid Trump's Company — With Ivanka in the Middle |author=Maritz, Ilya |display-authors=etal |publisher=ProPublica |date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117220742/https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-trumps-inauguration-paid-trumps-company-with-ivanka-in-the-middle |archive-date=January 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>