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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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Campaign Donor Money and Trump Tower Rent

Actions
documentedThe campaign reported rising rent payments to Trump Tower Commercial LLC during the transition to the general election.TIMEFederal Election CommissionRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedThe FEC matter records the reported rent disbursements but does not itself establish unlawful overcharging.Federal Election CommissionRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump Tower Commercial LLC
  • Trump Tower Commercial LLC
Who paid or was affected
  • Donald J. Trump for President
  • 2016 campaign donors
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedTrump said self-funding would remove dependence on donors and special interests.Roll Call FactbaseRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

The payments opened a documented donor-to-candidate-business revenue path. The cited record does not establish that the rent exceeded fair market value or broke campaign-finance law.

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