Skip to evidence
Back

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.

Said vs. done

Find a case
Case 94 of 254

Virginia GOP Fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club

Actions
documentedThe Virginia Republican Party reported room-rental and catering spending for a fundraiser at the Trump golf club where White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared as a guest.Federal Election CommissionCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
documentedThe disclosed event or expenditure routed organizational funds to the identified Trump property during the presidency.Federal Election CommissionCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonRead record · 2 sources
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.
  • Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.
Who paid or was affected
  • Republican Party of Virginia
  • United States public
  • Republican Party of Virginia
Promise and assessment
The promise
documentedAt Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.TimeU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRead record · 2 sources

Promise unresolved

The cited records document a political or interest-group payment path to a Trump business during his presidency; they do not establish an unlawful exchange or quantify Trump's personal net income from the event.

Latest additions