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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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PPP Loans at Trump and Kushner Properties

Actions
documentedSBA's PPP FOIA dataset identifies its loan-level records as disbursed PPP loans and includes borrower names, addresses and amounts.U.S. Small Business AdministrationRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
reportedNBC News analysis found more than 25 loans worth over $3.65 million to businesses at Trump and Kushner real-estate addresses.U.S. Small Business AdministrationNoticias Telemundo / NBC NewsRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addresses
  • PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addresses
Who paid or was affected
  • United States taxpayers

Amounts and affected parties

  1. paymentPpp Property Address Loansmore than $3.65 million
    Paid by / source
    United States taxpayers
    Received by
    PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addresses
    realized · 2020-12-02 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation United States taxpayers; PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addresses; PPP borrowers at Trump or Kushner property addressesPeriod 2020-04-03 to 2020-12-01Basis Use NBC/Telemundo's address match against SBA's loan-level disbursed-loan data; treat the reported sum as a lower bound.Limits Not a direct payment to property owners; forgiveness, rent use and pass-through benefit vary by borrower.
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedAt the CARES Act signing Trump described PPP relief as support for workers and small businesses.Trump White House ArchivesRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

Public support reached tenant businesses. Calling that a payment to Trump or Kushner would run past the evidence.

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