Private-prison giant, resurgent in Trump era, gathers at president's resort

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Publisher: The Washington Post
Published: 2017-10-25
Source quality: secondary

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The contribution, resort patronage and contract sequence is documented, but the cited sources do not establish that either spending stream caused a contract award or policy outcome.
GEO conference, contributions, contracts and company response
GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: Audit finding · Cited analysis
factdocumented
The chronology does not establish that contributions or resort spending caused federal policy or contract decisions.
GEO conference, contributions, contracts and company response
GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
factreported
Reporting documented expanding federal detention business during the same administration, without proving a quid pro quo.
GEO conference, contributions, contracts and company response
GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: Outcome · Outcome
factdocumented
GEO Group held an annual conference at Trump National Doral after making political contributions supporting Trump's election.
GEO conference, contributions, contracts and company response
GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: The record · The record
factdocumented
A federal contractor and political contributor patronized a resort in which Trump retained a beneficial interest.
GEO conference, contributions, contracts and company response
GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: The record · The record