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PPP Loans at Trump and Kushner Properties

What happened

  1. promisedocumented

    At the CARES Act signing Trump described PPP relief as support for workers and small businesses.

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  2. actiondocumented

    SBA's PPP FOIA dataset identifies its loan-level records as disbursed PPP loans and includes borrower names, addresses and amounts.

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  3. outcomereported

    NBC News analysis found more than 25 loans worth over $3.65 million to businesses at Trump and Kushner real-estate addresses.

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  4. limitationreported

    A watchdog said tenants may have used proceeds for rent, while noting released data did not establish how they spent it.

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Amounts and affected parties

  1. paymentPpp Property Address Loansmore than $3.65 million
    Paid by / source
    United States taxpayers
    Received by
    PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addresses
    realized · 2020-12-02 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation United States taxpayers; PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addresses; PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addressesPeriod 2020-04-03 to 2020-12-01Basis Use NBC/Telemundo's address match against SBA's loan-level disbursed-loan data; treat the reported sum as a lower bound.Limits Not a direct payment to property owners; forgiveness, rent use and pass-through benefit vary by borrower.

People and organizations

  • PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addressesbeneficiary
  • United States taxpayerspayer
  • PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addressesrecipient
Assessment

Public support reached tenant businesses. Calling that a payment to Trump or Kushner would run past the evidence.