After appearing in court on Tuesday in Miami, Florida on suspicion of illegally withholding classified documents, former President Donald Trump stopped by a Cuban eatery in Little Havana. The crowd there appeared to be ecstatic with Trump’s attendance. Then, adding to their joy, he said, “Food for everyone,” raising hopes that he would pay for the bills.
Despite this, a Miami New Times report claims that Trump fled without paying the bill. However, Donald Trump’s team is refuting claims that he skipped paying for his supporters’ tabs. They say that because his visit to the restaurant was so brief, no one placed an order.
A spokesperson for Donald Trump clarified to the New York Post, “President Trump was very enthused and very appreciative to the family at Versailles Restaurant for welcoming him this week. At the end of President Trump’s visit, he offered to buy food for the group of attendees inside the restaurant, but when President Trump left, the attendees followed him outside and did not place orders themselves.”
“Campaign advance team members paid for the to-go meals purchased, and there were no unpaid tabs. President Trump looks forward to returning soon,” the spokesperson added.
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The New York Times, however, stated that Trump chose to eat a McDonald‘s meal aboard his private plane and skipped the restaurant altogether.
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Both the restaurant and the Trump campaign were contacted by HuffPost for clarification, but no comment was received right away. The incident, however, received a lot of attention on Twitter, where many users shared their thoughts and responses.
The charges against the ex-president are big and “include 31 counts of willful retention of national information; one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice; one count of withholding a document or record; one count of corruptly concealing a document or record; one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation; one count of scheming to conceal; and one count of false statements and representations.”
