The Secret Service protection for Donald Trump Jr.'s trip in August 2019 to Mongolia, where he reportedly hunted a rare breed of sheep, cost taxpayers $76,859.36, according to documents published Wednesday by a Washington ethics watchdog.
The first set of Security Service documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington through a Freedom of Information Act request put the cost of protection for President Donald Trump's eldest son's eight-day trip at about $17,000. CREW appealed that response to its request, saying it undercounted the actual cost.
A source close to Trump Jr. told USA TODAY that the president's son personally paid for "100%" of the trip, other than the protective detail.
In May, Secret Service Deputy Director Leonza Newsome informed CREW in a letter that its appeal was granted and that a new search uncovered "an additional document containing costs" regarding the trip. Newsome said an updated report on the expenses related to air travel was included.
