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Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao2025-10-21Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon to Binance founderPresidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao1 source YouTube's $24.5 million settlement routed $22 million to Trump's ballroom project2025-09-29Donald J. Trumpsecured platform settlement funding ballroom projectTrump v. YouTube account-suspension settlement1 source Paramount paid $16 million to settle Trump's edited-interview suit2025-07-01Donald J. Trumpsecured media settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. Paramount Global settlement1 source Trump Media raised $2.5 billion for a bitcoin treasury2025-05-27Donald J. Trumpcontrolled company raising bitcoin treasury financingTrump Media bitcoin treasury financing1 source $TRUMP's creators accumulated more than $320 million in fees2025-05-22Donald J. Trumppromoted namesake token generating reported feesReported trading fees from the $TRUMP token1 source Token buyers spent an estimated $148 million chasing dinner access2025-05-22Donald J. Trumpoffered dinner access through token holdings$TRUMP token dinner-qualification spending1 source Abu Dhabi-backed MGX chose Trump's USD1 for a $2 billion Binance deal2025-05-01Donald J. Trumpco-founded family venture whose stablecoin closed MGX dealMGX Binance investment settled with USD11 source Eric and Donald Trump Jr. launched a family bitcoin-mining venture2025-03-31Donald J. Trumpwas president and father of bitcoin venture foundersAmerican Bitcoin Corp.1 source Trump pardoned BitMEX, its founders, and a former executive2025-03-27Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardons in BitMEX criminal casesPresidential pardons in the BitMEX criminal cases1 source X agreed to pay about $10 million to settle Trump's suit2025-02-12Donald J. Trumpsecured payment settling platform lawsuitTrump v. X account-suspension settlement1 source Meta settled Trump's suspension suit for $25 million2025-01-29Donald J. Trumpsecured platform settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. Meta Platforms account-suspension settlement1 source Trump granted Ross Ulbricht a full pardon2025-01-21Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon in Silk Road casePresidential pardon of Ross Ulbricht1 source ABC agreed to direct $15 million to Trump's future presidential library2024-12-13Donald J. Trumpsecured media settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. American Broadcasting Companies defamation settlement1 source Affinity collected as much as $157 million in foreign-client fees2024-09-25Donald J. Trumpwas president and father-in-law tied to foreign-client fee streamAffinity Partners fees from foreign clients1 source Save America spent nearly $47 million on legal costs in 20232024-01-31Donald J. Trumpbenefited from PAC legal spendingSave America PAC 2023 legal spending1 source Protection forced taxpayers through Trump's own cash registers2022-10-17Donald J. Trumpowned business paid by Secret ServiceThe Trump Organization1 source Trump's Washington hotel lease sold for $375 million2022-05-11Donald J. Trumpwas business principal in $375 million hotel lease saleSale of the Trump International Hotel Washington lease1 source Inaugural money flowed to the Trump hotel; defendants paid $750,000 to settle2022-05-03Donald J. Trumppresident-elect served by inaugural committee58th Presidential Inaugural Committee1 source GSA watchdog found the agency ignored hotel-lease constitutional issues2019-01-16Donald J. Trumpretained hotel lease interest examined by GSA watchdogGSA Inspector General Old Post Office lease evaluation1 source Ivanka Trump won three Chinese trademark approvals the day Xi dined at Mar-a-Lago2017-04-06Donald J. Trumphosted Xi when daughter's Chinese trademarks were approvedChinese approvals for Ivanka Trump trademarks1 source China preliminarily approved thirty-eight Trump trademarks2017-03-06Donald J. Trumpreceived preliminary Chinese trademark approvalsChinese preliminary approvals for Trump trademarks1 source Trump's 2016 campaign paid his businesses $12.5 million2016-12-16Donald J. Trumpdirected campaign that paid his businesses and family2016 Trump campaign spending at Trump businesses1 source A children's charity routed money into Trump-owned venuesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpowned properties receiving family charity paymentsEric Trump Foundation payments to Trump-owned properties1 source Trump political committees sent at least $5.6 million to his companiesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from political spending at his companies2020 Trump campaign and committee spending at Trump businesses1 source Trump's 2020 campaign refunded $122.7 million to donorsDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpled campaign using prechecked recurring-donation design2020 Trump campaign recurring-donation refunds1 source Ambassador Kelly Craft paid $1,395 for one night at Trump's hotelDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpowned hotel receiving ambassador paymentKelly Craft stay at Trump International Hotel Washington1 source Richard Grenell spent nearly $10,000 at Trump's hotelDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpowned hotel receiving ambassador-linked paymentsRichard Grenell stays at Trump International Hotel Washington1 source House staff estimated $5.57 million in Chinese payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Chinese government-linked business paymentsChinese government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source House staff estimated $615,422 in Saudi payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Saudi government-linked business paymentsSaudi government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source House staff estimated $465,744 in Qatari payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Qatari government-linked business paymentsQatari government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source House staff estimated $303,372 in Kuwaiti payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Kuwaiti government-linked business paymentsKuwaiti government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source Malaysian officials' hotel charges totaled $248,962Date not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from Malaysian government-linked business paymentsMalaysian government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source House staff estimated $154,750 in Afghan payments to Trump businessesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated Afghan government-linked business paymentsAfghan government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source Philippine government hotel charges totaled $74,810Date not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from Philippine government-linked business paymentsPhilippine government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source Emirati government hotel charges totaled $65,225Date not publishedDonald J. Trumpbenefited from Emirati government-linked business paymentsUnited Arab Emirates government-linked payments to Trump businesses1 source House staff attributed $195,662 in hotel charges to Hainan AirlinesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreceived estimated state-owned airline hotel chargesHainan Airlines payments to Trump International Hotel Las Vegas1 source Trump disclosed more than $5 million in Oman-deal royaltiesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpreported licensing income from foreign-linked Oman projectTrump-branded Oman project licensing fee1 source Saudi Arabia committed $2 billion to Kushner's new investment firmDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpwas president and father-in-law tied to post-office Saudi investmentSaudi Public Investment Fund commitment to Affinity Partners1 source Justin Sun said he put at least $75 million into World Liberty tokensDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpco-founded family venture receiving Sun's token purchasesJustin Sun purchases of World Liberty Financial tokens1 source Trump-branded token concentrated ownership and trading revenue in issuer entitiesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumplicensed name and likeness for$TRUMP2 sources Top token holders gathered at Mar-a-Lago for an event headlined by TrumpDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpkeynote speaker at$TRUMP Crypto & Business Conference at Mar-a-Lago1 source Trump-linked services entity received 22.5 billion tokens and a 75 percent revenue rightDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpnamed principal of compensated services entityDT Marks DEFI LLC1 source

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granted full pardon to Binance founder1 citation secured platform settlement funding ballroom project1 citation secured media settlement for future presidential library1 citation controlled company raising bitcoin treasury financing1 citation promoted namesake token generating reported fees1 citation offered dinner access through token holdings1 citation co-founded family venture whose stablecoin closed MGX deal1 citation was president and father of bitcoin venture founders1 citation granted full pardons in BitMEX criminal cases1 citation secured payment settling platform lawsuit1 citation secured platform settlement for future presidential library1 citation granted full pardon in Silk Road case1 citation secured media settlement for future presidential library1 citation was president and father-in-law tied to foreign-client fee stream1 citation benefited from PAC legal spending1 citation owned business paid by Secret Service1 citation was business principal in $375 million hotel lease sale1 citation president-elect served by inaugural committee1 citation retained hotel lease interest examined by GSA watchdog1 citation hosted Xi when daughter's Chinese trademarks were approved1 citation received preliminary Chinese trademark approvals1 citation directed campaign that paid his businesses and family1 citation owned properties receiving family charity payments1 citation benefited from political spending at his companies1 citation led campaign using prechecked recurring-donation design1 citation owned hotel receiving ambassador payment1 citation owned hotel receiving ambassador-linked payments1 citation received estimated Chinese government-linked business payments1 citation received estimated Saudi government-linked business payments1 citation received estimated Qatari government-linked business payments1 citation received estimated Kuwaiti government-linked business payments1 citation benefited from Malaysian government-linked business payments1 citation received estimated Afghan government-linked business payments1 citation benefited from Philippine government-linked business payments1 citation benefited from Emirati government-linked business payments1 citation received estimated state-owned airline hotel charges1 citation reported licensing income from foreign-linked Oman project1 citation was president and father-in-law tied to post-office Saudi investment1 citation co-founded family venture receiving Sun's token purchases1 citation licensed name and likeness for2 citations keynote speaker at1 citation named principal of compensated services entity1 citation

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Donald J. Trump Presidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao Trump v. YouTube account-suspension settlement Trump v. Paramount Global settlement Trump Media bitcoin treasury financing Reported trading fees from the $TRUMP token $TRUMP token dinner-qualification spending MGX Binance investment settled with USD1 American Bitcoin Corp.Presidential pardons in the BitMEX criminal cases Trump v. X account-suspension settlement Trump v. Meta Platforms account-suspension settlement Presidential pardon of Ross Ulbricht Trump v. American Broadcasting Companies defamation settlement Affinity Partners fees from foreign clients Save America PAC 2023 legal spending The Trump Organization Sale of the Trump International Hotel Washington lease 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee GSA Inspector General Old Post Office lease evaluation Chinese approvals for Ivanka Trump trademarks Chinese preliminary approvals for Trump trademarks 2016 Trump campaign spending at Trump businesses Eric Trump Foundation payments to Trump-owned properties 2020 Trump campaign and committee spending at Trump businesses 2020 Trump campaign recurring-donation refunds Kelly Craft stay at Trump International Hotel Washington Richard Grenell stays at Trump International Hotel Washington Chinese government-linked payments to Trump businesses Saudi government-linked payments to Trump businesses Qatari government-linked payments to Trump businesses Kuwaiti government-linked payments to Trump businesses Malaysian government-linked payments to Trump businesses Afghan government-linked payments to Trump businesses Philippine government-linked payments to Trump businesses United Arab Emirates government-linked payments to Trump businesses Hainan Airlines payments to Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Trump-branded Oman project licensing fee Saudi Public Investment Fund commitment to Affinity Partners Justin Sun purchases of World Liberty Financial tokens $TRUMP $TRUMP Crypto & Business Conference at Mar-a-Lago DT Marks DEFI LLC

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Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao2025-10-21Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon to Binance founderPresidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao1 source YouTube's $24.5 million settlement routed $22 million to Trump's ballroom project2025-09-29Donald J. Trumpsecured platform settlement funding ballroom projectTrump v. YouTube account-suspension settlement1 source Paramount paid $16 million to settle Trump's edited-interview suit2025-07-01Donald J. Trumpsecured media settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. Paramount Global settlement1 source Trump Media raised $2.5 billion for a bitcoin treasury2025-05-27Donald J. Trumpcontrolled company raising bitcoin treasury financingTrump Media bitcoin treasury financing1 source $TRUMP's creators accumulated more than $320 million in fees2025-05-22Donald J. Trumppromoted namesake token generating reported feesReported trading fees from the $TRUMP token1 source