TRENTON -- Rent on Donald Trump's campaign headquarters at Trump Towers spiked dramatically after the Republican presidential hopeful began raising funds from donors, according to to a published report.

The Huffington Post reported this week that Trump's campaign paid Trump Tower Commercial LLC $35,458 a month in rent for his headquarters for the bulk of time that Trump was mostly self-funding his campaign.

"The FEC filings show that Trump began increasing the rent at Trump Tower starting with the May 31 payment of $72,800. The Trump campaign paid $110,684 in rent on June 9, and $169,758 on July 10," according to the report.

However, The Washington Post attributed the increased rent on Trump's campaign beefing up its staff.

The expansion is due to the anticipation of new staff members, the newspaper reported. "The campaign expanded from part of a single floor by adding the entirety of two separate floors," the campaign said in a statement.

According to the Huffington Post, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has been paying about $212,000 per month for her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn.

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