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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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Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts pays Trump's aircraft costs

Actions
documentedThe company disclosed bearing certain pilot or aircraft-related costs connected to Trump's plane.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee recordRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedTrump's aircraft operation received the benefit of company-paid costs.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee recordRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Donald Trump aircraft interests
Who paid or was affected
  • Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts public shareholders
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedThe public company represented that company funds would support its casino operations.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

The arrangement moved a disclosed aircraft-related cost onto the public company while possibly also supporting company travel. The cited sources do not resolve whether the allocation was fair.

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