The Secret Service protection for Donald Trump Jr.’s August 2019 trip to Mongolia, where he reportedly hunted a rare breed of sheep, cost taxpayers $76,859.36, according to documents published Wednesday by a Washington ethics watchdog.

The first set of Security Service documents obtained by Citizens forResponsibility and Ethics in Washington through a Freedom of Information Act request put the cost of protection for President Donald Trump’s eldest son’s eight-day trip at about $17,000. CREW appealed that response to its request, believing it was undercounting the actual cost.

A source close to Trump Jr. told USA TODAY that the president’s son personally paid for “100%” of the trip other than the protective detail.

In May, Secret Service Deputy Director Leonza Newsome informed CREW in a letter that its appeal was granted and that a new search uncovered “an additional document containing costs” regarding the trip. Newsome said an updated…