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White House press secretary reveals a little too much -- Trump's bank details

WION Web Team
New York, New York, United States of AmericaUpdated: May 23, 2020, 06:38 PM IST
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As McEnany held the cheque to show it to the reporters on Friday, it not only had the USD 100,000 amount to be given to the HHS but also displayed the president's private bank account and routing numbers.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany revealed a little too much on Friday, when she disclosed President Donald Trump's bank information.

It so happened that she had to display a cheque donating his quarterly salary to the Department of Health and Human Services.

As McEnany held the cheque to show it to the reporters on Friday, it not only had the USD 100,000 amount to be given to the HHS but also displayed the president's private bank account and routing numbers, The New York Times reported.

The donation was as per the quarterly tradition of Trump to forgo his USD 400,000 salary and donate it.

"Here is the cheque," McEnany said as she held the cheque, which appeared to be a real Capital One bearing not just the president's name and signature, but also his bank information.

The address of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and other personal details, like accounting and routing numbers, were also visible on the cheque, the nbcnews.Com report said.

In the past, Trump has donated to the Small Business Administration initiative to help veteran entrepreneurs, to the Office of the Surgeon General to fight the opioid epidemic, and to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, among other places.

According to the nbcnews.Com, the donation to HHS is being made to develop new therapies for treating and preventing coronavirus.

However, there were concerns over the revelation of the president's bank details in the media.