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America First Audit

He said it in public. These are the documents on what happened next. Browse all records.

Why these cases

Trump sold “America First.” This record traces how public money, power, and risk moved toward family businesses, donors, favored firms, and foreign governments: and what workers, ranchers, retirees, patients, veterans, and small investors were left to absorb.

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2020 Campaign Money Paid to Trump Businesses

Actions
documentedFEC records show donor-funded Trump committees paid Trump-owned businesses for rent, lodging, events and related services through Election Day.Federal Election CommissionForbesRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedLate campaign filings recorded additional payments to Trump properties in the closing weeks of the 2020 campaign.Federal Election CommissionThe Washington PostRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump-owned campaign vendors
  • Trump-owned campaign vendors
Who paid or was affected
  • 2020 Trump campaign donors
  • 2020 Trump campaign donors
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump said total self-funding would eliminate his dependence on donors and special interests.Roll Call FactbaseRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

The campaign-finance record establishes a donor-to-Trump-business revenue path, contrary to the earlier claim that self-funding would remove donor dependence; it does not establish unlawful pricing or net personal profit.

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