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America First Audit

About this audit and its evidence

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.

Promises & outcomes

Oldest to latest by event date. Each stop is one dated case.

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Trump Tower tax-abatement lawsuit

kept
Promised
The Trump-Equitable venture represented that Trump Tower met the governing eligibility rules for the abatement.Open cited record · 1 source
The record
The venture filed suit seeking to compel the city to grant the tax benefit.Open cited record · 1 sourceThe appellate court ruled in the venture's favor on eligibility and related relief.Open cited record · 1 source
Audit finding
kept

The suit documents an effort to obtain public tax relief for a private development; later appellate rulings substantially accepted the project's eligibility.

How the action connects to the outcome

The cited records document how the action led to the outcome.

People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump-Equitable Fifth Avenue Company
Who paid
  • New York City tax authority