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America First Audit

About this audit and its evidence

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.

Promises & outcomes

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GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference

unresolved
Promised
Trump campaigned on ethics reform and reducing special-interest influence in Washington.Open cited record · 1 source
The record
GEO Group held an annual conference at Trump National Doral after making political contributions supporting Trump's election.Open cited record · 2 sourcesReporting documented expanding federal detention business during the same administration, without proving a quid pro quo.Open cited record · 1 source
Audit finding
unresolved

The contribution, resort patronage and contract sequence is documented, but the cited sources do not establish that either spending stream caused a contract award or policy outcome.

How the action connects to the outcome

The events occurred in sequence, but timing alone does not establish that one caused the other.

People and impacts
Who paid
  • Federal detainees and United States taxpayers
  • GEO Group