Donald Trump overcharged Secret Service agents who protected him and his family for rooms at his Washington hotel while he was president, according to a new report from House Democrats.

Trump also benefited from foreign and domestic officials, including people seeking jobs in his administration or pardons from him, who paid for rooms at what was then the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, according to the report obtained by NBC News.

The allegations are the second part of an investigation by Democrats in the House Oversight Committee into financial benefits Trump received while in office, or, as the party puts it, Trump’s attempts to to enrich themselves, often at the expense of taxpayers.

Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Democrats’ findings.

The new report is limited in scope, based on spending at Trump’s Washington hotel over just 11 months of his presidency – from September 2017 to August 2018 – which the panel obtained after a lengthy court battle over subpoenas. subpoenas issued to former Trump Corporation accountant. the Mazars company.

Still, Democrats say it opens a window into how Trump has used the Oval Office to fill his private company’s coffers and curry favor with foreign governments and individuals seeking access to the Trump administration and benefit from it.

On the one hand, the report accuses the Trump Corporation of raising prices for hotel rooms at the property for the Secret Service, in some cases as much as 300 percent more than the government-approved daily rate and at -beyond what other customers were charged. for rooms on the same nights.

The report specifically references November 28, 2017, when the Secret Service paid $600 each for several rooms for agents guarding Trump’s son, Eric, and his wife, Lara. That same evening, records show, more than 80 rooms were rented at the Trump Hotel for less than $600 a night.

In addition to fees paid by the Secret Service, Democratic investigators say eight U.S. ambassadors, three Trump appointees as federal judges, two state governors, a state legislative delegation and a Trump Cabinet secretary stayed and spent money at the Trump Hotel while they were state or federal officials during the 11-month period the committee investigated.

One of them was Kelly Craft, whom Trump appointed as U.S. ambassador to Canada and then ambassador to the United Nations. Craft booked rooms at the Trump Hotel for 20 nights over an 11-month period, spending nearly $30,000. The report shows communications in May 2018 between Craft, who was then ambassador to Canada, and her staff, who offered her different hotel options in the run-up to an upcoming conference she planned to attend at National Harbor , in Maryland. But emails the committee obtained from the State Department show she insisted she stay at the Trump hotel.

Democrats also found that four people Trump appointed to ambassadorial positions, four people who served as Trump administration officials or members of federal commissions or boards, one person he appointed to a federal judgeship and five people he eventually pardoned had stayed in his hotel during the 11. -month period.

Among the pardon seekers was Albert Pirro, the ex-husband of Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, who spent more than $2,000 on at least four stays at the Trump Hotel in 2018, according to the committee. Pirro was convicted of federal conspiracy and tax evasion in 2000 and received one of several pardons issued by Trump just before leaving office. The committee does not allege that Pirro was overcharged for his stay and notes that Trump once retained him as a real estate attorney.

In total, the panel examined $300,000 in payments that the Trump Corporation received over more than 11 months that Democrats say violate the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which prohibits the president from receiving compensation from the share from foreign or domestic governments, including states, outside of the official presidential salary. .

The Constitution, however, provides no clear remedy or penalty for violations of the Emoluments Clause, and Trump has frequently tested its limits during his term. He had initially planned to hold meetings around the 2020 Group of Seven summit at his Doral, Florida, golf resort, but backed out due to scrutiny over how his private company would benefit from the ‘event. Trump expressed frustration at having to move the event, telling reporters at a Cabinet meeting that he blamed you “for this bogus emoluments clause.”

Democrats would have liked to have a more complete picture of spending at the Trump hotel, but Republicans canceled their subpoenas to Mazars and others in the Trump investigation after taking control of the House in 2022.

“While this is only an extremely small window into the opaque web of more than 500 corporations, LLCs, and trusts that Donald Trump carried with him to the presidency,” the report states, “it is enough to reveal hundreds of unconstitutional and ethical violations.” suspicious payments he accepted while in office from domestic sources, including a federal agency, numerous federal and state officials, and individuals who frequently sought and obtained federal charges as well as presidential pardons .

Trump has also been the subject of several lawsuits accusing him of violating this clause, but the courts have thrown them out for various reasons. The new report doesn’t even directly suggest punishment for Trump, but rather encourages Congress to draft strong legislation that would outline clear penalties for officials who violate the Emoluments Clause.

“The findings of these Democratic staff reports reveal significant gaps in the current federal anti-corruption framework, gaps that Donald Trump has exploited to the tune of millions of dollars and intends to exploit again if he is returned to the Oval Office,” the report’s authors said. to write. “As such, these reports are urgent calls for action that Congress must heed to ensure effective enforcement of the Constitution’s Domestic Emoluments Clause – as well as the Foreign Emoluments Clause – and to ensure that our government exclusively serves the public interests of the people rather than the private interests of the President.

Democrats on the Oversight Committee released the first part of their report in January; it revealed that Trump’s private companies received at least $7.8 million from foreign entities while he was president.