Trump needed a Missouri license at the time because he had made a low-ball bid to buy the troubled Hilton Flamingo Casino in Kansas City (now the Isle of Capri, whose St. Oh, and the Democratic National Committee has been sniffing around for a copy, too.īut neither the politicians, nor the reporters nipping at Trump’s heels, nor the public will ever see what the state found out about the GOP presidential hopeful 17 years ago when it was trying to determine whether he qualified for a Missouri gaming license.Įven though the investigation is long closed, the files are protected from public scrutiny under Missouri law because Trump’s company withdrew its license application on Nov.
Since January of this year, the Associated Press, the Financial Times, Yahoo and other news organizations have asked for copies. State officials estimate the size of the file at more than a thousand pages. A monthslong investigation into Donald Trump’s aborted 1999 attempt to buy a Kansas City casino sits somewhere in the bowels of the Missouri State Gaming Commission in Jefferson City.
