What mechanic’s liens were filed against Trump properties from 2016–2025, and what became of those liens?

1. The D.C. hotel liens: who filed and what they claimed

Three separate mechanic’s liens were reported against the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office in Washington, D.C., at the close of construction and in the months after the hotel’s 2016 completion: Joseph J. Magnolia Inc. filed a lien claiming about $2.98 million for plumbing, HVAC and finish work; AES Electrical filed a lien reported at roughly $2.1 million; and A&D Construction filed an earlier lien for crown molding and base work—together these filings were described in contemporaneous coverage as totaling roughly $3 million to $5 million in alleged unpaid bills ^{[1] [2] [3] [5]}.

2. Legal mechanics and the limits of those filings against a leasehold

The D.C. filings raised immediate legal questions because the Trump operation occupied the Old Post Office under a government lease rather than fee ownership, meaning the liens targeted the Trump leasehold interest rather than direct federal title; commentators noted that mechanic’s liens can impair an owner’s ability to obtain financing and that the lease required the tenant to notify the General Services Administration when liens were filed, but how a lien against a leasehold plays out can depend on local law and the specific lien statute ^{[6] [3] [1]}.

3. What became of those D.C. liens — partial reporting and typical outcomes

Contemporary reporting framed some of the D.C. liens as part of post-construction closeout disputes and noted that filing a lien is a common contractor strategy to secure payment, but publicly available stories in the provided set do not document a complete roster of final dispositions (release, settlement, foreclosure or judicial adjudication) for each lien through 2025; sources explained the practical effects—making refinancing or payments harder—and indicated that some liens are resolved by negotiated payment or release as projects close, but the specific end-state for each DC lien is not fully detailed in these documents ^{[3] [1] [2] [6]}.

4. Broader pattern: hundreds of liens over decades, but prognosis varies

Reporting compiled before and during the 2016–17 period cited more than 200 mechanic’s liens or similar claims against Trump entities over several decades, illustrating a pattern of construction- and vendor-related disputes across multiple projects; however, such aggregate counts include claims of varying size and legal merit, and the sources stress that lien filings do not uniformly equate to unpaid judgments—many are contested, settled for lesser sums, released, or otherwise resolved in different ways ^{[4] [7]}.

5. Stakes in later legal actions and interplay with other enforcement tools

Later legal developments unrelated to the mechanic’s liens—most notably the New York Attorney General’s civil fraud case—illustrate how liens, judgments and other encumbrances can interact: a court judgment and the attendant ability to place liens on property or seize assets could, if upheld and enforced, surpass individual mechanic’s lien claims in effect and risk seizure of entities or properties; reporting on the civil fraud penalty explained that state remedies can include liens on real property or asset levy if a defendant cannot pay a judgment, a distinct but related enforcement pathway ^{[8] [9]}.

6. What reporting leaves unresolved and why that matters

The sources make clear that while the D.C. hotel liens were high-profile examples from 2016–17, comprehensive, source-cited records tracking every mechanic’s lien filed against Trump entities through 2025 and their exact legal resolutions are not provided here; therefore definitive statements about the final disposition of every lien in 2016–2025 cannot be responsibly made from this material alone, and further public-record searches (county land records, court dockets, lien releases) would be required to compile a complete, item-by-item accounting ^{[1] [6] [4]}.