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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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T-Mobile Hotel Spending During the Sprint Merger Review

Actions
documentedT-Mobile executives booked rooms at the Trump hotel immediately after the Sprint merger announcement and returned during the federal review period.U.S. CongressThe Washington PostRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
reportedT-Mobile disclosed substantial hotel spending in response to congressional questions while saying employees chose the hotel for convenience and service.The Washington PostRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
  • United States wireless consumers
  • T-Mobile US
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 hotel spending and the merger review overlap, both documented. The evidence does not establish that the patronage affected the government's decision.

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