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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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The State Department's Mar-a-Lago Web Page

Actions
documentedThe State Department's ShareAmerica site published and distributed a page about Mar-a-Lago while Trump retained the club's beneficial ownership.CBS NewsU.S. Court of Appeals filing via Maryland Attorney GeneralRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
reportedThe State Department removed the page after criticism and said its intent had been to inform the public about a site used for presidential meetings.CBS NewsRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
Who paid or was affected
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Department of State
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 reversed

The government page promoted attention to a Trump-owned property and was then removed with an explanation that the department regretted the perception it created.

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