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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 Russian Money Test

Actions
documentedTrump signed a nonbinding letter of intent for a Trump Tower Moscow licensing project with Russian developer IC Expert Investment Company; Michael Cohen negotiated for the Trump Organization through intermediary Felix Sater.U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceAxiosU.S. Department of JusticeRead record · 3 sources
Outcomes
documentedThe project was not built, but negotiations and proposed Russia travel continued during the presidential campaign through June 2016 before the effort ended; no completed payment is established in this case.U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on IntelligenceU.S. Department of JusticeRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
  • United States public interest in accurate financial-conflict disclosure
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump said he had no dealings with Russia and no deals that could happen there.TimeRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

Trump denied it flatly in 2017. He had signed a letter of intent in 2015, and a named Moscow licensing effort ran through the campaign. The project never left the proposal stage and no payment is established.

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