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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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USFL antitrust remedy

Actions
documentedThe league obtained a jury verdict on one monopolization claim.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit via Counsel StackRead record · 1 source
Outcomes
documentedThe appellate court upheld a nominal damages award rather than substantial compensation.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit via Counsel StackRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who paid or was affected
  • United States Football League owners
  • USFL players and employees
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedUSFL proponents presented the antitrust case as a route to significant relief from the NFL.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit via Counsel StackAssociated PressRead record · 2 sources

Promise partly kept

The verdict won legal vindication on a narrow theory and nothing else: no financial remedy, no business rescue of the kind the league strategy sought.

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