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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 buys subordinate Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts notes

Actions
documentedTrump purchased subordinate notes issued by the casino company.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
documentedThe company received insider financing and Trump obtained a creditor position subject to the disclosed priority.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts
Who paid or was affected
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump said he would focus on improving the casino company's performance.U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionThe New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee recordRead record · 2 sources

Promise partly kept

The insider financing supplied company capital while positioning Trump as a creditor; the record is mixed rather than evidence of a one-way transfer.

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