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When former President Donald Trump makes a campaign appearance — whether its at fairgrounds in South Carolina or an Iowa fraternity house — along comes a rowdy crowd of thousands of supporters in bedazzled MAGA hats and Trump mugshot T-shirts shouting “U-S-A” chants.

And without fail, there’s local men and women in uniform — often from local police and fire departments — enlisted to provide security and keep the peace at the rallies for the former president who is facing 91 felony counts across four indictments and a New York civil trial that threatens to upend his business empire.

A year-long series of investigations by Raw Story found that eight of Trump’s campaign visits cost local taxpayers at least $100,000 in total — expenses that the Trump campaign refuses to pay and which local municipalities end up covering....

In his first visit to Michigan since announcing his 2024 presidential run, former President Donald Trump bashed President Joe Biden and electric vehicles, emphasizing the “decimation” of the state and jobs for its auto workers.

“After years of cruel sellouts by past leaders, you finally got a president who put Michigan first and put America first,” Trump said at the Oakland County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, according to The Michigan Daily. “Within hours of my inauguration, I will cancel every bit of Biden policy that has been brutalizing Michigan auto workers.”

But his visit on June 25 to the Detroit suburb of Novi ended up costing the city’s taxpayers nearly $7,000 in police overtime costs, according to government documents obtained by Raw Story through a Michigan Freedom of Information Act request....