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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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A White House Endorsement of Ivanka Trump's Products

Actions
documentedWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway urged viewers to buy Ivanka Trump products during an interview from the White House briefing room.TIMEU.S. Office of Government EthicsRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedOGE wrote that there was strong reason to believe Conway violated the executive-branch standards and recommended disciplinary action.U.S. Office of Government EthicsRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Ivanka Trump brand
Who paid or was affected
  • United States public
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedAt Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.TimeU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRead record · 2 sources

Promise contradicted

The White House product endorsement conflicted with the announced separation between public office and family business promotion; OGE recommended discipline, while the White House said Conway was counseled.

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