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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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Fraud Liability Upheld, Monetary Penalty Vacated

Actions
documentedAfter a bench trial, the court entered civil liability findings and ordered $354,868,768 in principal disgorgement against Trump, plus interest.Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York CountyNew York State Law Reporting BureauRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedThe Appellate Division affirmed the fraud liability and much nonmonetary relief but vacated disgorgement as an excessive fine.New York State Law Reporting BureauRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
  • Donald Trump and defendant entities
  • Lenders and insurers addressed in the liability record
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump's voter contract promised an ethics program and enforcement of laws without special treatment.Democracy in Action / Trump Campaign transcriptRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

Civil liability and much nonmonetary relief survived the intermediate appeal. The monetary penalty was vacated and is not currently owed, and the state's highest court has not decided the pending cross-appeal.

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