Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees: 'Price-gouging'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was signing an executive order Monday which he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced.

Designed to stop “price-gouging by middlemen," the order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to ensure that scalpers offering tickets at higher prices than their face value comply with all Internal Revenue Service rules, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.