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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 Members and Veterans Affairs Decision-Making

Actions
documentedTrump publicly identified Isaac Perlmutter and other private citizens as people he and VA would consult.U.S. Government Accountability OfficeRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
documentedGAO documented the scope and time frames of their interactions with VA officials between 2016 and 2018.ProPublicaU.S. Government Accountability OfficeRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Isaac Perlmutter, Bruce Moskowitz and Marc Sherman
Who paid or was affected
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump campaigned on an ethics-reform plan framed as draining the swamp in Washington.Roll Call FactbaseRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

Trump connected private associates from his club to VA leadership, and the resulting advisory channel operated outside ordinary federal appointment and transparency structures.

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