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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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The Trump Foundation Court Record

Actions
documentedThe settlement recorded campaign direction of foundation disbursements and other prohibited uses of charitable assets.Office of the New York Attorney GeneralRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
documentedThe court ordered Trump to pay $2 million in damages to eight charities and imposed training and reporting conditions.New York State Law Reporting BureauNew York State Law Reporting BureauRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Eight court-designated charities
  • Veterans' charities receiving fundraiser proceeds
  • Eight court-designated charities
  • Veterans' charities receiving fundraiser proceeds
Who paid or was affected
  • Foundation and fundraiser donors
  • Donald J. Trump
  • Foundation and fundraiser donors

Amounts and affected parties

  1. penaltyFoundation Damages$2 million in court-ordered damages
    Paid by / source
    Donald J. Trump
    Received by
    Eight court-designated charities
    realized · 2019-12-10 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation Donald J. Trump; Eight court-designated charities; Eight court-designated charities; Veterans' charities receiving fundraiser proceeds; Veterans' charities receiving fundraiser proceeds; Foundation and fundraiser donors; Foundation and fundraiser donorsPeriod 2019-11-07 to 2019-12-10Basis Use the amount in the court order; keep separate from charitable distributions.Limits This is damages, not an estimate of donor loss.
  2. paymentVeterans Fundraiser Totalabout $5.6 million distributed to veterans' charities
    Paid by / source
    Trump veterans fundraiser
    Received by
    Veterans' charities
    realized · 2019-11-08 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation Donald J. Trump; Eight court-designated charities; Eight court-designated charities; Veterans' charities receiving fundraiser proceeds; Veterans' charities receiving fundraiser proceeds; Foundation and fundraiser donors; Foundation and fundraiser donorsPeriod 2016-01-28 to 2016-06-01Basis Use the distribution total reconstructed from charity records by FactCheck.org.Limits Rounded; part passed through the Foundation and part went directly to recipient organizations.
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump's Iowa fundraiser represented that money raised would support veterans' organizations.New York State Law Reporting BureauRead record · 1 source

Promise partly kept

Unlawful charity governance and campaign coordination are supported. That Trump kept the veterans' donations is not.

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