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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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Sale of the Washington Hotel Lease

Actions
documentedThe Trump Organization completed the sale of the Old Post Office hotel lease to an investor group.U.S. General Services AdministrationGeorgia Public BroadcastingRead record · 2 sources
Outcomes
reportedThe hotel was sold to an investor group and later reopened under the Waldorf Astoria brand.Georgia Public BroadcastingRead record · 1 source
People and impacts
Who gained
  • Trump Organization leaseholding entities
Who paid or was affected
  • CGI Merchant Group investor group
Promise and assessment
The promise
reportedTrump's first-term ethics presentation said his business would be managed through a trust and that he would sharply limit business-specific information.TimeRead record · 1 source

Promise unresolved

The lease sale converted the Washington hotel interest into a documented business transaction; the cited reporting does not allocate the proceeds to Trump personally after debt, taxes, and other obligations.

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