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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's Castle family chip transaction

Actions
documentedFred Trump purchased casino chips and did not gamble them, supplying cash to Trump's Castle.United Press InternationalNew Jersey Division of Gaming EnforcementRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedNew Jersey regulators classified the transaction as an improper loan and approved a civil penalty.United Press InternationalNew Jersey Division of Gaming EnforcementRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump's Castle casino
Who paid or was affected
  • New Jersey casino regulators
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump described his business record as evidence that he could turn projects from vision into completion.The American Presidency ProjectRead record · 1 source

Promise contradicted

A regulatory settlement documents a family transaction used to prop up the casino outside ordinary disclosed financing channels.

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