Trump to Accept Inauguration Funds From Corporations and Big Donors
ByCreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump will allow corporations and wealthy individuals to make large donations to fund the activities surrounding his inauguration, complicating his promise to eliminate special interests from influencing his government.
Mr. Trump plans to ban money from registered lobbyists, whom he has purged from his transition team and barred from working for his administration. But the restrictions will be lighter on corporations and individuals — the groups that have traditionally provided a vast majority of funding for the festivities surrounding the transfer of power…
Trump to Accept Inauguration Funds From Corporations and Big Donors