Ivanka Trump’s Moroccan escape on midterms eve revealed: Souks, spices and the staggering five-star hotel bill her Secret Service detail left for US taxpayers

Federal records show that US taxpayers spent $93,000 on hotel rooms for Secret Service teams preparing for Ivanka Trump’s private visit to Marrakech around her 45th birthday. The spending has drawn attention because she no longer holds an official government role, although presidential children and grandchildren receive protection.

The records list $59,543 for rooms at the five-star Sofitel and $33,457 at La Mamounia, where agents stayed while preparing for a “VVIP” arrival. Neither contract names Ivanka, but she was the only known Secret Service protectee in Morocco at the time. The total excludes agents’ pay, flights, meals and transport; a family source cited a reported assassination threat as a reason for her protection.