Donald Trump rally in Tucson

Protestors and supporters clashed at Donald Trump's rally last Saturday at Tucson Arena.Β 

There is another unpaid bill that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is being asked to pay.

More than two months since Trump made an election stop here in Tucson, the city-owned Tucson Convention Center is still trying to get his campaign to pay an $81,837 bill for police services.

Trump is not the only one with a tab to pay for campaigning here β€” Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders also owes the TCC $44,013 for police services for an event at the same time.

Also, a rally the same weekend as the Trump rally at Sunnyside High School featuring former President Bill Clinton cost the district about $3,000, but the Hillary Clinton campaign recently reimbursed the district.

A major investigation by USA Today this week found Trump and his various businesses have been sued 3,600 times in the past decade for unpaid bills or workers’ pay.

Neither the Trump nor the Sanders campaigns returned calls for comment.

The Trump rally, which drew hundreds of protesters outside of the convention center and several disruptions during his speech, required Tucson police to assign 180 officers for security.

Several violent incidents occurred during the rally, including when a protester being escorted out of the arena was punched and kicked by a Trump supporter, who was arrested.

One estimate suggests the Trump rally attracted more than 5,000 supporters.

A night earlier, Tucson police assigned 76 officers to a rally organized for Sanders, also held at the TCC. Crowd estimates suggest Sanders had about 7,000 people at the event.


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Contact reporter Joe Ferguson at jferguson@tucson.com or 573-4197. On Twitter: @JoeFerguson