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

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   The contribution, the resort patronage and the contract follow one another in sequence. The cited sources do not establish that either spending stream produced a contract award or a policy outcome.

   GEO conference, contributions, contracts and company response

   GEO Group's Contributions, Contracts and Trump-Resort Conference: Audit finding · Cited analysis

2. documented

   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

3. reported

   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

4. documented

   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

5. documented

   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