Vice President Mike Pence has been quietly pursuing top Republican donors and political leaders at private dinners at his residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington.
Pence and his wife, Karen, have hosted at least four events at their residence in recent weeks and have more planned, the New York Times reported Sunday.
Between 30 to 40 guests have attended each dinner, in which Pence shares the history of the taxpayer-funded residence and gives an assessment of the Trump administration’s legislative and foreign policy agendas. He also takes questions and spends a few minutes chatting with each guest, the report said.
The events have not been listed on Pence’s schedules released daily to the news media because the dinners are “private,” Pence’s press secretary Marc Lotter told the Times.
Lotter said Pence has not hosted any political fundraisers at the residence, which is banned by a law prohibiting such events in political buildings.
Pence’s courting of top donors stand in contrast to Trump’s criticism of big donors throughout the presidential campaign.
