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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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Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts spending at Mar-a-Lago

Actions
documentedThe company disclosed related-party spending associated with events at Mar-a-Lago.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee recordRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedA Trump-controlled property received company business or payment.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee recordRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
Who paid or was affected
  • Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts public shareholders
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedThe public company raised and deployed funds for casino-company business.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts bought services from Mar-a-Lago, a property its own chairman controlled. The record cited here does not establish that the events lacked a business purpose.

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