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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 Media's Public Merger Close

Actions
documentedThe business combination closed and the public company adopted the Trump Media name.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
documentedSEC ownership filings identified Trump as the company's controlling shareholder after closing.Associated PressU.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Donald Trump as controlling shareholder
Who paid or was affected
  • Public Trump Media investors
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedThe merger agreement proposed taking Trump Media public through DWAC.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

The transaction created a public-market vehicle in which Trump was the controlling shareholder while remaining a presidential candidate; securities filings disclosed that control and related risks.

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