ABC-7 Listens: Trump campaign still owes City of El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- (Originally broadcast on April 7, 2024) The campaign for president is ramping up ahead of the November election, and one viewer has a question about the actions by one campaign in particular.
It was more than five years ago when President Donald Trump came to El Paso for a 2020 presidential re-election campaign rally.
He filled the county coliseum with voters and supporters from El Paso and the region.
But the news soon shifted away from the crowds he brought, to the debt he owed the city for services provided that day.
And some El Pasoans have a long memory.
Sylvia wrote ABC-7 asking, "Did Donald Trump pay the city of El Paso the $500k+ he owes from his February 11, 2019 rally?"
ABC-7 obtained a copy of the invoice the city sent to the Trump campaign 5 years ago, in April 2019.
The initial amount due was $470,417.05.
The charges to the campaign were for services provided by the airport, the police and fire departments, Sun Metro, primarily, according to the city.
And when it didn't receive payment, the city charged a one-time late fee of 21 percent, which amounts to $98,787.58.
The grand total owed by the Trump campaign is $569,204.63.
When asked if the campaign has repaid the city, the city's spokeswoman told ABC-7 in an email, "The Trump campaign has not submitted any payments for their debt. The City continues to seek the payment of these past due."
The city went on to state, they hired the Law Offices of Snapper L. Carr back in Nov. 2020 to try to recoup the money.
