NEW: Vice President Mike Pence's stay at a Trump property in Ireland is the focus of a Senate Democratic inquiry.
Vice President Mike Pence's stay at a property in Ireland owned by the president's company has prompted a Senate Democrat to question if the taxpayer-funded visit was cost effective and to label it an"apparent conflict of interest."
Pence on Tuesday defended visiting his family's Irish hometown and staying at President Donald Trump's property there at taxpayer expense, arguing the resort was a"logical" choice that let him highlight Irish-American ties. The vice president was accompanied by his mother, wife and sister on the official trip. Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, said Tuesday the vice president was"personally paying" for his sister and mother's expenses, according to a reporter traveling with the vice president."Unfortunately, your travel to President Trump's golf club is part of a troubling trends," Peters wrote.
Attorney General Bill Barr is hosting a holiday party at the Trump Hotel in December. However, a Justice Department official told ABC News that he is paying for the $30,000 holiday party himself and added that the purpose of the party is not to curry favor with the president.
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