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Documents show foreign diplomats held leases in Trump Tower without congressional permission

By John Gage
Published May 3, 2019 4:04am ET
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Documents show foreign diplomats held leases in Trump Tower without congressional permission
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Washington. | (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Trump’s New York World Tower housed diplomats from at least seven foreign countries in 2017, according to a new report.

Documents obtained by Reuters show that the State Department allowed several foreign governments to lease condominiums in Trump Tower without first seeking congressional approval.

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