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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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Mar-a-Lago's Post-Election Membership Fee Increase

Actions
reportedMar-a-Lago raised its initiation fee after the election, restoring it to a level the club had charged before the recession.CNN MoneyRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
reportedThe club manager confirmed the fee history and cited strong demand, but the number of memberships sold at the new price was not reported.CNN MoneyRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
  • United States public
  • New Mar-a-Lago members
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 unresolved

The post-election fee increase is documented and financially relevant to a Trump-owned club, but the record supports temporal association rather than a quantified office-derived profit.

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