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More than $100 million spent on Trump inauguration

FILE - In this March 15, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is questioning the impartiality of Robert Mueller's investigation and says the probe is groundless, while raising doubts about whether a fired top FBI official kept personal memos outlining his interactions with Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

WASHINGTON — A government watchdog is out with a new report on just how much was spent on President Trump's inauguration.

The Center for Responsive Politics looked at recently released IRS records. They show the president's inauguration committee raised $107 million through private donors. That's almost twice the previous record.

The committee has spent $104 million.  The report shows that averages out to about  $37,000 per minute for the two days.

By contrast, former President Obama's inauguration was about $8,600 per minute for a 4-day event

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