{ "meta": { "title": "Follow the Grift", "tagline": "Money flowing to the President and his circle since Election Day 2024, itemized and sourced.", "window_start": "2024-11-05", "window_label": "since Election Day 2024", "status": "beta", "status_note": "Figures come from public financial disclosures and published reporting, as cited on each line. Where outlets disagree, the line says so.", "currency": "USD", "contact": "corrections@followthegrift.com", "site_url": "https://followthegrift.com", "atproto_did": "did:plc:uivsym37e5z4feyjr4qwdw45" }, "tiers": { "disclosed": { "label": "Disclosed", "blurb": "On a primary record: an official financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e), an SEC filing, a court record, or the party's own statement." }, "reported": { "label": "Reported", "blurb": "Reported by established news organizations and not contradicted on the record. 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Trump Media CEO until April 2026", "relationship": "Former congressman and longtime ally; ran Trump's media company", "initials": "DN", "added": "2026-10-25", "wikipedia": "Devin Nunes" }, { "id": "linda-mcmahon", "name": "Linda McMahon", "role": "U.S. Secretary of Education", "relationship": "Cabinet member; former Trump Media director", "initials": "LM", "added": "2026-10-25", "wikipedia": "Linda McMahon" }, { "id": "michael-flynn", "name": "Michael Flynn", "role": "Retired Army general; former national security adviser", "relationship": "Trump's first national security adviser; pardoned by Trump in 2020", "initials": "MF", "added": "2026-10-25", "wikipedia": "Michael Flynn" }, { "id": "chris-lacivita", "name": "Chris LaCivita", "role": "Republican political consultant", "relationship": "Co-manager of Trump's 2024 campaign", "initials": "CL", "added": "2026-10-25", "wikipedia": "Chris LaCivita" }, { "id": "james-blair", "name": "James Blair", "role": "Head of MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC", "relationship": "Former White House deputy chief of staff; political director of Trump's 2024 campaign", "initials": "JB", "added": "2026-10-30", "wikipedia": "James Blair (political advisor)" }, { "id": "elon-musk", "name": "Elon Musk", "role": "CEO of SpaceX and Tesla; ran DOGE as a special government employee until May 2025", "relationship": "Trump's largest 2024 donor and former senior adviser", "initials": "EM", "wikipedia": "Elon Musk", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "brad-parscale", "name": "Brad Parscale", "role": "Founder of Campaign Nucleus; chief strategy officer, Salem Media", "relationship": "Trump's 2020 campaign manager and 2024 campaign digital adviser", "initials": "BP", "wikipedia": "Brad Parscale", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "george-kollitides", "name": "George Kollitides", "role": "Senior Pentagon official; co-chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg", "relationship": "Trump administration appointee", "initials": "GK", "wikipedia": "", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "alex-karp", "name": "Alex Karp", "role": "Co-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologies", "relationship": "Gave $1 million each to Trump's super PAC and inaugural committee", "initials": "AK", "wikipedia": "Alex Karp", "circle": "donor", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "palmer-luckey", "name": "Palmer Luckey", "role": "Founder, Anduril Industries", "relationship": "Trump donor and longtime supporter", "initials": "PL", "wikipedia": "Palmer Luckey", "circle": "donor", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "larry-ellison", "name": "Larry Ellison", "role": "Founder, executive chair and largest stockholder, Oracle", "relationship": "Trump friend and ally; gave about $45 million to a pro-Trump nonprofit in 2024, the WSJ reported", "initials": "LE", "wikipedia": "Larry Ellison", "circle": "donor", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "sam-altman", "name": "Sam Altman", "role": "Co-founder and CEO, OpenAI", "relationship": "Gave $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee; partner in the Stargate AI project", "initials": "SA", "wikipedia": "Sam Altman", "circle": "donor", "added": "2026-10-26" }, { "id": "george-zoley", "name": "George Zoley", "role": "Founder, chairman and CEO, The GEO Group", "relationship": "His company has given more than $5.4 million to Trump's super PAC", "initials": "GZ", "wikipedia": "George Zoley", "circle": "donor", "added": "2026-10-26" } ], "entries": [ { "id": "trump-memecoin-royalties", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Royalties from the $TRUMP memecoin", "category": "crypto", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 635068835, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure reports $635,068,835 in royalties to CIC Digital LLC, his memecoin and NFT licensing company, under a license agreement with Celebration Coins, the token's issuer. News reports round CIC Digital's total 2025 income to $636 million. The coin traded above $74 days after launch and has since fallen under $2.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "News Tribune (AP / Bloomberg)", "title": "Trump reports at least $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto income", "url": "https://www.newstribune.com/news/2026/jul/02/trump-reports-at-least-14-billion-in-2025-crypto/", "date": "2026-07-02", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Popular Information", "title": "Pump and dump: How Trump made $636 million", "url": "https://popular.info/p/pump-and-dump-how-trump-made-636", "date": "2026-07", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Celebration Coins", "counterparty_type": "crypto", "note": "Counts only the Celebration Coins royalty line. CIC Digital's other 2025 income on the filing (a $493,846 sublicense royalty, Ethereum validator rewards and interest) is not counted. The filing lists CIC Digital as 100% owned by his revocable trust.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-memecoin-royalties/" }, { "id": "trump-stablecoin-holdco", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Sale of equity in Stablecoin Holdco", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 196875000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure reports $196,875,000 to DT Marks SC from capital contributed by new members of Stablecoin Holdco, World Liberty's stablecoin business, and the sale of its units. Fortune, CNBC and a federal lawsuit tie this line, with the WLF Holdco sale, to the 49% stake bought by Aryam Investment 1, which is backed by UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan.", "note": "The lawsuit says a portion of this line is attributable to the Aryam purchase; the disclosure does not name the new members. The disclosure lists DT Marks SC LLC's owners as “DT Marks SC Member Corp: 1%, DTTM Operations LLC 69%,& Trump Family Members 30%” and its stake in Stablecoin Holdco as 38.25%. The full amount is shown as disclosed; the filing does not split it among the owners, so no share is deducted for family members.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia", "title": "Greenberg v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-03686, verified complaint", "url": "https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2026/10/22/Emoluments_Lawsuit_102226.pdf", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's $1.4 billion crypto empire", "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trumps-1-4-billion-crypto-empire-altcoins-bitcoin-strategy/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "UAE 'spy sheikh' backs 49% stake in Trump family's crypto bank venture", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/uae-spy-sheikh-trump-family-crypto-bank.html", "date": "2026-08-27", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Aryam Investment 1, backed by UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan", "counterparty_type": "foreign_mixed", "response": { "by": "Donald Trump, the White House and World Liberty Financial", "kind": "denial", "text": "Trump said “I don’t know about it.” World Liberty says neither Trump nor Steve Witkoff was involved in the transaction, and the White House says there are no conflicts of interest.", "source": { "publisher": "CNBC", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/trump-world-liberty-crypto-lawsuit-uae.html" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-stablecoin-holdco/" }, { "id": "trump-wlf-tokens-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "World Liberty Financial token-sale proceeds", "category": "crypto", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 526810321, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure reports token-sale proceeds distributed by World Liberty Financial to his company DT Marks Defi, both as $236.25 million in cash and as further proceeds paid in crypto, including $150.6 million in Ethereum and $33.5 million in Bitcoin. A federal lawsuit filed in October 2026 states the 2025 total as $526,810,321.", "note": "Corrected on 25 Oct 2026: this line previously counted only the $236.25 million cash line. The disclosure does not say how proceeds paid in crypto were valued. The disclosure lists DT Marks Defi LLC's owners as “DT Marks Defi Member Corp: 1%, DTTM Operations LLC69%, & Trump Family Members 30%”. DTTM Operations LLC and the Member Corp are Trump-owned companies on the same filing. The full amount is shown as disclosed; the filing does not split the proceeds among the owners, so no share is deducted for family members.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia", "title": "Greenberg v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-03686, verified complaint", "url": "https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2026/10/22/Emoluments_Lawsuit_102226.pdf", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's $1.4 billion crypto empire", "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trumps-1-4-billion-crypto-empire-altcoins-bitcoin-strategy/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "World Liberty Financial", "counterparty_type": "crypto", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-wlf-tokens-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-wlf-holdco", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Sale of equity in WLF Holdco", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 65625000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure reports $65,625,000 in net proceeds to DT Marks Defi from selling equity in WLF Holdco. The Wall Street Journal reported that Aryam Investment 1, backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, agreed days before the inauguration to buy 49% of World Liberty for $500 million and paid half up front, $187 million of it to Trump family entities. Fortune and CNBC report that this sale and the Stablecoin Holdco line together brought his companies nearly $263 million.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's $1.4 billion crypto empire", "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trumps-1-4-billion-crypto-empire-altcoins-bitcoin-strategy/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "UAE 'spy sheikh' backs 49% stake in Trump family's crypto bank venture", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/uae-spy-sheikh-trump-family-crypto-bank.html", "date": "2026-08-27", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia", "title": "Greenberg v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-03686, verified complaint", "url": "https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2026/10/22/Emoluments_Lawsuit_102226.pdf", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Aryam Investment 1, backed by UAE national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan", "counterparty_type": "foreign_mixed", "note": "The $187 million first installment reported by the Journal is inside this line and the Stablecoin Holdco line, so it is not added separately. The disclosure lists DT Marks Defi LLC's owners as “DT Marks Defi Member Corp: 1%, DTTM Operations LLC69%, & Trump Family Members 30%”. DTTM Operations LLC and the Member Corp are Trump-owned companies on the same filing. The full amount is shown as disclosed; the filing does not split the proceeds among the owners, so no share is deducted for family members. The filing lists WLF Holdco LLC as “DT Marks Defi LLC: 38.25% & Third Parties: 61.75%”.", "response": { "by": "Donald Trump, the White House and World Liberty Financial", "kind": "denial", "text": "Trump said “I don’t know about it.” World Liberty says neither Trump nor Steve Witkoff was involved in the transaction, and the White House says there are no conflicts of interest.", "source": { "publisher": "CNBC", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/trump-world-liberty-crypto-lawsuit-uae.html" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-wlf-holdco/" }, { "id": "trump-wlf-tokens-2024", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "World Liberty token sales, first filing", "category": "crypto", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 57355532, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-06-13", "period": "Calendar 2024", "summary": "His June 2025 disclosure reported $57,355,532 in World Liberty token-sale income, along with 15.75 billion WLFI governance tokens. The filing lists the income under World Liberty Financial, Inc., which is wholly owned by WLF Holdco LLC; his company DT Marks Defi held 75% of WLF Holdco.", "note": "Sales opened October 15, 2024, so part of this may predate Election Day. The filing lists WLF Holdco as “DT Marks Defi LLC: 75% & Third Parties: 25%” and DT Marks Defi as owned 1% by its Member Corp, 69% by DTTM Operations LLC and 30% by Trump family members. It does not say how much of the $57.4 million was distributed to him.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2024", "url": "https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/4EC9A8E6DD078F2985258CA9002C9377/$FILE/Trump,%20Donald%20J.%202025%20Annual%20278.pdf", "date": "2025-06-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Block", "title": "Trump made over $57 million from World Liberty Financial's WLFI sales, new disclosure shows", "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/358186/trump-made-over-57-million-from-world-liberty-financials-wlfi-sales", "date": "2025-06-13", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "World Liberty Financial", "counterparty_type": "crypto", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-wlf-tokens-2024/" }, { "id": "trump-media-settlements", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Settlement from X Corp.", "category": "legal", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 8000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure lists an $8,000,000 settlement from X Corp. of his lawsuit against Twitter and Jack Dorsey over the suspension of his account. Unlike his ABC, CBS and Meta settlements, the filing does not mark this one as paid to his library foundation.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New Republic", "title": "Trump library saga takes dark turn: where did millions in funding go?", "url": "https://newrepublic.com/article/209254/trump-library-funding-millions-media-companies", "date": "2026-04-20", "type": "reporting" } ], "note": "The New Republic put the X settlement at around $10 million and said it went to the library project; the disclosure lists $8 million with no library notation. Google's $22 million YouTube settlement, listed as paid to the Trust for the National Mall, is counted in the ballroom line.", "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "X Corp.", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-media-settlements/" }, { "id": "trump-qatar-747", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Boeing 747-8 from the Qatari royal family", "category": "foreign", "basis": "gift", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 400000000, "estimate": true, "date": "2025-05-11", "summary": "Qatar's royal family gave a 13-year-old Boeing 747-8 to the U.S. Defense Department for use as Air Force One. Sources told ABC News in May 2025 that ownership would pass to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation by Jan. 1, 2029. Aviation experts put the jet's value at about $400 million, ABC News and NBC News reported. In August 2026, Eric Trump told NBC News that an old Air Force One, not the Qatari jet, would be displayed at the library.", "note": "Listed as alleged because the plane went to the Air Force, not to Trump, and is no longer clearly slated to pass to him or his library. Eric Trump, who is developing the library, told NBC News the Qatari jet is \"not the plan at the moment\" for Miami, and the Washington Examiner reported the library commitment \"appears to have been backtracked on.\" It moves back to Reported if a transfer to Trump or his library is confirmed. Value estimates for this jet range from $200 million to $400 million (NBC News). They exclude the security refit, which experts told NBC could cost over $1 billion and which the Air Force pays for. A White House official told ABC News in August 2026 that \"No final decision has been made yet\" about the jet's future after his term.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources", "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511", "date": "2025-05-11", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NBC News", "title": "Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/turning-qatari-747-air-force-one-cost-1-billion-take-years-experts-say-rcna206582", "date": "2025-05-13", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NBC News", "title": "Pentagon says it has accepted Qatar's gift of a luxury megajet for Trump's use", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/pentagon-says-accepted-qatars-gift-luxury-megajet-trumps-use-rcna208300", "date": "2025-05-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NBC News", "title": "Trump will display an old Air Force One at his library, his son says, leaving Qatari jet’s fate unclear", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-will-display-old-air-force-one-library-son-says-leaving-qatari-j-rcna587312", "date": "2026-08-05", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Washington Examiner", "title": "Qatari Air Force One faces uncertain future with no decision on Trump Presidential Library display", "url": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4678320/qatar-air-force-one-trump-library-display/", "date": "2026-08-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "ABC News (Good Morning America)", "title": "'No final decision' on future of Qatar-donated Air Force One after Trump's term, White House official says", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/final-decision-future-qatar-donated-air-force-after-135413499", "date": "2026-08-06", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Qatari royal family", "counterparty_type": "foreign_state", "response": { "by": "Eric Trump", "kind": "statement", "text": "Told NBC News that an old Air Force One, not the Qatari jet, will be displayed at the presidential library.", "source": { "publisher": "NBC News", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-will-display-old-air-force-one-library-son-says-leaving-qatari-j-rcna587312" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-qatar-747/" }, { "id": "trump-uae-lawsuit", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Lawsuit over UAE-linked World Liberty deals", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": null, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-22", "summary": "Circle shareholder J. Benjamin Greenberg sued Trump, World Liberty Financial and Steve Witkoff in federal court in Washington, alleging that payments tied to Aryam Investment 1's purchase of 49% of World Liberty and to MGX's $2 billion purchase of the USD1 stablecoin violate the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause. The complaint says $187 million of Aryam's first payment went to Trump's companies.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia", "title": "Greenberg v. Trump, No. 1:26-cv-03686, verified complaint", "url": "https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/editorialfiles/2026/10/22/Emoluments_Lawsuit_102226.pdf", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting off foreign crypto deals", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/trump-world-liberty-crypto-lawsuit-uae.html", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Aryam Investment 1 and MGX, both tied to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan", "counterparty_type": "foreign_mixed", "note": "No amount is counted here: the payments the complaint describes are already counted in the World Liberty lines above. The $2 billion is MGX's purchase of USD1, not a payment to Trump.", "response": { "by": "The White House and World Liberty Financial", "kind": "denial", "text": "The White House called the suit frivolous and said there are no conflicts of interest; World Liberty said the claims are without merit.", "source": { "publisher": "CNBC", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/trump-world-liberty-crypto-lawsuit-uae.html" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-uae-lawsuit/" }, { "id": "eric-american-bitcoin", "subject_id": "eric-trump", "headline": "Stake in American Bitcoin Corp.", "category": "crypto", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 548000000, "estimate": true, "date": "2025-09-03", "summary": "American Bitcoin issued him 68,147,664 Class B shares, about 7.5% of the company, when its merger closed on Sept. 3, 2025, his SEC filing shows. Bloomberg valued the stake at about $548 million when the stock began trading on Nasdaq. The company was formed with Hut 8, which took 80%; the Trump side kept 20%.", "note": "The shares are on the record (Schedule 13D); the dollar figure is Bloomberg's paper value at the debut price and has moved since. Only Bloomberg values his individual stake at this figure. Reuters valued the two brothers' combined roughly 20% at about $1.5 billion at the close, and Forbes used a different method to reach $3.2 billion. In November 2025 he moved the shares into his revocable trust, of which he is trustee and a beneficiary; the company's April 2026 proxy lists him at 9.3%.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "American Bitcoin Corp. Schedule 13D filed by Eric Trump", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001755953/000095017025114071/xslSCHEDULE_13D_X01/primary_doc.xml", "date": "2025-09-03", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "American Bitcoin Corp. preliminary proxy statement (PRE 14A)", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000119312526152947/abtc-20260413.htm", "date": "2026-04-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg (Bloomberg Government)", "title": "Eric Trump’s Wealth Soars on $548 Million American Bitcoin Stake", "url": "https://news.bgov.com/capital-markets/eric-trumps-wealth-soars-on-600-million-american-bitcoin-stake", "date": "2025-09-03", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/eric-american-bitcoin/" }, { "id": "witkoff-holdco-income", "subject_id": "steve-witkoff", "headline": "Distributions from the holding company that held his World Liberty stake", "category": "crypto", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 106938819, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-10", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2026 annual financial disclosure reports $106,938,819 in distributions from Witkoff Holdings LLC, whose subsidiaries include WC Digital Fi LLC, which held his World Liberty Financial interest, and WC Digital SC LLC, its stablecoin side. An endnote says the distributions were $68,875,000 in cash and $38,063,819 in cryptocurrency. The filing does not say how much came from World Liberty.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The White House (OGE Form 278e)", "title": "Steven C. Witkoff, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e), report year 2026", "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Witkoff-Steven-2026-Annual.pdf", "date": "2026-07-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg Law", "title": "Witkoff reports $107 million from entity that held crypto stake", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/crypto/witkoff-reports-107-million-from-entity-that-held-crypto-stake", "date": "2026-09", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "Steve Witkoff earned nearly $107M from Trump-affiliated crypto venture, disclosures show", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/steve-witkoff-earned-107m-trump-affiliated-crypto-venture-136307300", "date": "2026-09", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "response": { "by": "The White House and World Liberty Financial", "kind": "statement", "text": "The White House says Witkoff has fully divested from World Liberty Financial. In May 2025 the company said he had no operational role or financial interest in its deals.", "source": { "publisher": "ABC News", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/steve-witkoff-earned-107m-trump-affiliated-crypto-venture-136307300" } }, "note": "Witkoff Holdings also owns real-estate, hotel, golf and food-and-beverage businesses, so not all of the distributions necessarily came from crypto.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/witkoff-holdco-income/" }, { "id": "habba-concord", "subject_id": "alina-habba", "headline": "General-counsel contract with Concord Partners", "category": "legal", "basis": "contract", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 50000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-20", "period": "Four years from Jan 2026", "summary": "The New York Times reported that the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini guaranteed Habba more than $50 million over four years to serve as general counsel of a newly formed company. She signed while still acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Trump pardoned Herrera on January 15, 2026.", "note": "Accounts of the contract range from $40 million plus bonuses to over $50 million. All accounts trace to one New York Times investigation, including its Oct. 29 follow-up; the Daily Beast, The New Republic and others rewrite it. In the follow-up, the Times reported that Trump was angered by the size of the contract, said Habba should donate some of the money to his presidential library or another entity tied to him, and told a confidant the Herrera family should not pay out the rest of the contract. How much has actually been paid is not reported.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New York Times, via GV Wire", "title": "A billionaire wanted a Trump pardon. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal.", "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/a-billionaire-wanted-a-trump-pardon-his-family-gave-alina-habba-a-50-million-deal/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Habba struck $50M deal with pardoned Venezuelan billionaire", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ex-lawyer-alina-habba-struck-50m-deal-with-pardoned-venezuelan-billionaire-julio-herrera-velutini", "date": "2026-10-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The New Republic, citing The New York Times", "title": "Trump Demands a Cut of Alina Habba's $50 Million Pardon Deal", "url": "https://newrepublic.com/post/217360/donald-trump-alina-habba-50-million-pardon", "date": "2026-10-30", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Concord Partners, set up by the family of Julio Herrera Velutini", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "response": { "by": "Alina Habba, the White House and the Justice Department", "kind": "denial", "text": "All deny any connection between the contract and the pardon.", "source": { "publisher": "The New York Times, via GV Wire", "url": "https://gvwire.com/2026/10/21/a-billionaire-wanted-a-trump-pardon-his-family-gave-alina-habba-a-50-million-deal/" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/habba-concord/" }, { "id": "melania-amazon", "subject_id": "melania-trump", "headline": "Licensing fee for the Amazon film “Melania”", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 10710000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "summary": "The 2025 financial disclosure shows a $10.71 million licensing fee for the documentary Melania, released by Amazon MGM Studios in January 2026.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "TheWrap", "title": "Trump was paid $10.7 million for Amazon's 'Melania' doc", "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/trump-was-paid-10-7-million-for-amazons-melania-doc/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Business Insider, via AOL", "title": "Amazon is forking out $40 million to license new Melania Trump documentary", "url": "https://www.aol.com/amazon-forking-40-million-license-161510478.html", "date": "2025-01-07", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Guardian", "title": "Jeff Bezos calls Amazon's $40m Melania film 'a good business decision'", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/jeff-bezos-defends-amazon-melania-film", "date": "2026-05-20", "type": "reporting" } ], "period": "Calendar 2025", "note": "Amazon reportedly paid $40 million for the film rights, about $26 million more than the next bidder; the Wall Street Journal and The Guardian reported she would personally receive about $28 million. The disclosure shows $10.71 million received in 2025; how that relates to the larger figures has not been explained. The $40 million reportedly also covered a companion docuseries; the two-part docuseries she announced in September 2026 has no separately reported payment.", "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Amazon MGM Studios", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/melania-amazon/" }, { "id": "donjr-grabagun", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "GrabAGun shares from a consulting agreement", "category": "investment", "basis": "stake", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 4000000, "estimate": true, "date": "2025-07-16", "summary": "He received 300,000 shares under a December 2024 consultant agreement with the online gun retailer, worth about $4 million at its market debut.", "note": "The stock fell more than 70% within two weeks of listing.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Bloomberg Tax", "title": "Trump Jr.’s GrabAGun Stake Worth $4 Million Even After 25% Drop", "url": "https://news.bloombergtax.com/capital-markets/trump-jr-s-grabagun-stake-worth-4-million-even-after-25-drop", "date": "2025-07-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Reuters, via WDEZ", "title": "Trump Jr.-backed GrabAGun extends losses after sinking on debut", "url": "https://wdez.com/2025/07/17/trump-jr-backed-grabagun-extends-losses-after-sinking-on-debut/", "date": "2025-07-17", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "GrabAGun", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-grabagun/" }, { "id": "donjr-kalshi", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Kalshi advisor equity", "category": "investment", "basis": "stake", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 300000, "estimate": true, "date": "2026-06-26", "summary": "The Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Kalshi granted him equity worth about $300,000 when he joined the prediction market as a strategic adviser in January 2025, when the company was valued at under $2 billion. He did not invest his own money. Kalshi was later valued at $22 billion.", "note": "Value at the time of the grant. The stake has reportedly been diluted since, and its current value is not reported. One original report (the Financial Times, paywalled); the cited articles are rewrites of it. Neither Kalshi nor Trump Jr. responded to requests for comment.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Moneywise, via Yahoo Finance", "title": "Kalshi reportedly gave Trump Jr. a $300K stake when it was worth $2B. Now at $22B, it wants to allow borrowed-money bets", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/kalshi-reportedly-gave-trump-jr-210000460.html", "date": "2026-09-23", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Benzinga, via Yahoo Finance", "title": "Donald Trump Jr. Got A Kalshi Stake For Free— Now It Could Be Worth Billions As Prediction Market Platform Eyes $40 Billion Valuation: Report", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/donald-trump-jr-got-kalshi-220055638.html", "date": "2026-06-27", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Kalshi", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-kalshi/" }, { "id": "kushner-affinity-raise", "subject_id": "jared-kushner", "headline": "Reported effort to raise $5 billion from Gulf investors", "category": "foreign", "basis": "capital", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": null, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-14", "summary": "The New Yorker reported that earlier in 2026, while Kushner took part in talks with Iran, he was also discreetly raising another five billion dollars for Affinity Partners in the Middle East. No source confirms that the money was raised, so no amount is counted. The New Yorker also reported that new Middle East investments helped the fund grow by 30% in 2025, to more than $6 billion.", "note": "Corrected on 25 Oct 2026: this line previously counted $5 billion as capital raised, based on a summary that misdescribed the New Yorker's report of a fundraising effort.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New Yorker", "title": "Jared Kushner's dollar diplomacy", "url": "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/jared-kushners-dollar-diplomacy", "date": "2026-09-14", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Yahoo News", "title": "Jared Kushner reportedly seeks $5B from Middle East governments for his firm while serving as envoy", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jared-kushner-reportedly-seeks-5b-005742323.html", "date": "2026-03", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Senate Finance Committee", "title": "Wyden letter on Affinity Partners fee structure", "url": "https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-investigation-of-kushner-firm-continues-new-letter-outlines-affinity-partners-fee-structure-lack-of-return-to-investors-questionable-deals-with-foreign-governments", "date": "2024-09-25", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty_type": "foreign_mixed", "response": { "by": "Jared Kushner", "kind": "denial", "text": "“I have raised no additional funds for Affinity Partners since President Trump was elected to his second term.” He said he ended all talks about additional fundraising when he was asked to extend his envoy role.", "source": { "publisher": "Mediaite, via Yahoo News", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/jared-kushner-lashes-yorker-over-163429825.html" } }, "counterparty": "Gulf investors (sought)", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/kushner-affinity-raise/" }, { "id": "ballard-lobbying-2025", "subject_id": "brian-ballard", "headline": "Ballard Partners lobbying revenue, 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 88000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-22", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Ballard Partners reported more than $88 million in federal lobbying revenue for 2025, more than 350% above 2024, and became the top-grossing lobbying firm in Washington. No firm had previously reported more than $80 million in a year. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles worked at the firm before joining the campaign.", "note": "Bloomberg Government's \"more than $88 million\" is used because it is closest to the firm's own 2025 lobbying reports, which add up to $88.12 million. NOTUS put the year at more than $87.6 million and LegiStorm at $81.7 million.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NOTUS", "title": "Trump 2.0 shakes up K Street power balance", "url": "https://washingtonsun.com/money/lobbying-donald-trump-k-street-spending-influence", "date": "2026-01-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg Government", "title": "Lobbying spending splurge rockets Trump-linked firm to the top", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/lobbying-spending-splurge-rockets-trump-linked-firm-to-the-top", "date": "2026-01-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Sludge", "title": "K Street's Trump boom", "url": "https://readsludge.com/2026/02/13/k-streets-trump-boom/", "date": "2026-02-13", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ballard-lobbying-2025/" }, { "id": "ballard-lobbying-h1-2026", "subject_id": "brian-ballard", "headline": "Ballard Partners lobbying revenue, first half of 2026", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 63500000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-21", "period": "Jan–Jun 2026", "summary": "The firm reported about $63.5 million in federal lobbying fees for the first half of 2026, up 84% from a year earlier, according to Bloomberg Government. Its second quarter was the first time any lobbying firm topped $30 million in a quarter.", "note": "LegiStorm puts the half-year lower, at $57.31 million. The firm's own reports for the first two quarters add up to $63.25 million. The third quarter is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Bloomberg Government", "title": "Lobby firms reap cash gusher as companies gear up for midterms", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/lobby-firms-reap-cash-gusher-as-companies-gear-up-for-midterms", "date": "2026-07-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "LegiStorm", "title": "Ballard Partners extends its K Street dominance", "url": "https://www.legistorm.com/pro_news/4467/ballard-partners-extends-its-k-street-dominance.html", "date": "2026-08-10", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ballard-lobbying-h1-2026/" }, { "id": "miller-lobbying-2025", "subject_id": "jeff-miller", "headline": "Miller Strategies lobbying revenue, 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 51600000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-22", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Miller Strategies reported more than $51.6 million in federal lobbying revenue for 2025, up 307% from $12.7 million in 2024. More than 100 new clients signed in 2025, according to Sludge.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NOTUS", "title": "Trump 2.0 shakes up K Street power balance", "url": "https://washingtonsun.com/money/lobbying-donald-trump-k-street-spending-influence", "date": "2026-01-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Sludge", "title": "K Street's Trump boom", "url": "https://readsludge.com/2026/02/13/k-streets-trump-boom/", "date": "2026-02-13", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "note": "The firm's own 2025 lobbying reports add up to $51.11 million.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/miller-lobbying-2025/" }, { "id": "trujillo-lobbying-2025", "subject_id": "carlos-trujillo", "headline": "Continental Strategy lobbying revenue, 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 27400000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-22", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Continental Strategy, founded by Trump's former ambassador to the Organization of American States, reported $27.4 million in federal lobbying revenue for 2025, up from $1.8 million in 2024.", "note": "Bloomberg Government reportedly puts the figure at $27.7 million. The firm's own 2025 lobbying reports add up to $27.62 million.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NOTUS", "title": "Trump 2.0 shakes up K Street power balance", "url": "https://washingtonsun.com/money/lobbying-donald-trump-k-street-spending-influence", "date": "2026-01-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Sludge", "title": "K Street's Trump boom", "url": "https://readsludge.com/2026/02/13/k-streets-trump-boom/", "date": "2026-02-13", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trujillo-lobbying-2025/" }, { "id": "checkmate-lobbying-2025", "subject_id": "ches-mcdowell", "headline": "Checkmate Government Relations lobbying revenue, 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 21900000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-22", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Checkmate reported more than $21.9 million in federal lobbying revenue in 2025, its first year with a Washington office. That includes $450,000 Binance paid for a month of lobbying on \"executive relief\" shortly before Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.", "note": "Bloomberg Government puts the year at about $21.4 million. The firm's 2025 lobbying reports, as since amended, add up to $22.51 million.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NOTUS", "title": "Trump 2.0 shakes up K Street power balance", "url": "https://washingtonsun.com/money/lobbying-donald-trump-k-street-spending-influence", "date": "2026-01-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg Government", "title": "Lobbying spending splurge rockets Trump-linked firm to the top", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/lobbying-spending-splurge-rockets-trump-linked-firm-to-the-top", "date": "2026-01-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NBC News", "title": "Binance lobbied Trump administration before Changpeng Zhao pardon", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/binance-pardon-trump-changpeng-zhao-crypto-rcna239371", "date": "2025-10-24", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients, including Binance", "counterparty_type": "clients", "response": { "by": "Changpeng Zhao and the White House", "kind": "denial", "text": "Zhao denied any link between the lobbying and his pardon. The White House said it reviews every pardon request thoroughly.", "source": { "publisher": "NBC News", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/binance-pardon-trump-changpeng-zhao-crypto-rcna239371" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/checkmate-lobbying-2025/" }, { "id": "checkmate-lobbying-q1-2026", "subject_id": "ches-mcdowell", "headline": "Checkmate Government Relations lobbying revenue, Q1 2026", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 10900000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-18", "period": "Jan–Mar 2026", "summary": "Checkmate reported $10.9 million in federal lobbying revenue in the first quarter of 2026, the ninth-highest of any firm, according to LegiStorm. Bloomberg Government put the quarter at more than $11 million, including $1 million from Innovairrs & Co., the largest single contract on K Street that quarter.", "note": "The firm's own first-quarter reports add up to $10.97 million, including $450,000 from Binance. Punchbowl News reports $36.35 million for January to September 2026; that figure is not listed yet because no second outlet has reported it, and it would overlap this line and the Binance lines for the second and third quarters.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "LegiStorm", "title": "Checkmate enters lobbying elite on lean client roster", "url": "https://www.legistorm.com/pro_news/4409/checkmate-enters-lobbying-elite-on-lean-client-roster.html", "date": "2026-05-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg Government", "title": "Trump-Linked Lobbyists Land Big Money, Foreign Client Contracts", "url": "https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/trump-linked-lobbyists-land-big-money-foreign-client-contracts", "date": "2026-04-29", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/checkmate-lobbying-q1-2026/" }, { "id": "trump-foreign-licensing-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Foreign real-estate licensing fees", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 59500000, "date": "2026-08-10", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure shows $59.5 million in licensing revenue from foreign real-estate projects, up 71% from 2024, according to a CNBC analysis. Gulf developers paid more than 60% of it, led by Saudi Arabia's Dar Al Arkan and the UAE's Damac.", "note": "CNBC's breakdown: Dar Al Arkan and subsidiaries $25.8M, Damac $11.3M, a Qatar golf project with state-owned Qatari Diar $5.25M, Vietnam $5M, Oman almost $1M. These are inside the total. The $59.5 million is CNBC's total of the individual license-fee lines on the disclosure. Many of the licensing companies are listed as 20% owned by Trump family members.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Trump's foreign real-estate licensing business surges to $59.5 million on Gulf developer payments", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-foreign-real-estate-licensing-income-gulf-deals.html", "date": "2026-08-10", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The National", "title": "Gulf developers bring windfall to Trump family", "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2026/07/01/gulf-developers-bring-windfall-to-trump-family/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Dar Al Arkan, Damac, Qatari Diar and other foreign developers", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "response": { "by": "The White House", "kind": "statement", "text": "Says the President has never engaged in conflicts of interest. CNBC found no evidence that any payment influenced a decision.", "source": { "publisher": "CNBC", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-foreign-real-estate-licensing-income-gulf-deals.html" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-foreign-licensing-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-watches-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Trump Watches licensing income", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 4700000, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure lists $4.7 million from licensing Trump-branded watches, a line launched in late 2024.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-watches-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-books-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Royalties for the book Save America", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 1893965, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure lists $1,893,965 in royalties for Save America under a publishing agreement with Winning Team Publishing.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Winning Team Publishing", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-books-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-photo-book-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Rights to the photo book Our Journey Together", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 552685, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure lists $552,685 for the rights to “A MAGA Journey,” the working title of the photo book published as Our Journey Together.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-photo-book-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-bible-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "God Bless the USA Bible royalties", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 208486, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure reports $208,486 in royalties from the Lee Greenwood–branded Bible he promotes.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-bible-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-defiance-sculpture", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "“The Defiance Moment” sculpture", "category": "political", "basis": "gift", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 250000, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure lists a $250,000 sculpture of Trump with his fist raised, a gift from Anthony Constantino, a sticker-company CEO running for Congress in New York. It is displayed at Trump's Scottish golf resort.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Anthony Constantino", "counterparty_type": "individual", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-defiance-sculpture/" }, { "id": "trump-super-bowl-tickets", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Ten Super Bowl tickets from the Saints' owner", "category": "political", "basis": "gift", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 50000, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 disclosure lists ten Super Bowl tickets worth $50,000 from New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson. The same filing lists World Cup final tickets from FIFA's president ($15,000), U.S. Open tickets from Rolex ($25,000) and Ryder Cup tickets from the PGA of America ($11,250).", "note": "Only the largest ticket gift is counted.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Gayle Benson", "counterparty_type": "individual", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-super-bowl-tickets/" }, { "id": "trump-inaugural-fund", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Donations to his 2025 inaugural committee", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 239000000, "date": "2025-04-20", "summary": "His inaugural committee reported raising $239 million to the Federal Election Commission, more than double the 2017 record. About 140 donors gave at least $1 million. The committee has not disclosed how it spent the money.", "note": "Excludes more than $6 million that was refunded.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Bloomberg", "title": "Trump raised record $239 million for inaugural festivities", "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/trump-raised-record-239-million-for-inaugural-festivities", "date": "2025-04-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNN, via Yahoo News", "title": "Donald Trump raised nearly $240 million for his inauguration", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-raised-nearly-240-022036232.html", "date": "2025-04-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Inc. (C00894162), committee filings", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00894162/", "date": "2025-04-20", "type": "primary" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Inaugural donors", "counterparty_type": "donors", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-inaugural-fund/" }, { "id": "trump-ballroom-donations", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Donations to the White House ballroom", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 333000000, "date": "2026-10-15", "period": "Through late Sept 2026", "summary": "A confidential fundraising spreadsheet reviewed by The Washington Post lists $333 million in donations of $10,000 or more to his White House ballroom project. Apple, Nvidia, the Adelson family and Charles Ergen gave $25 million each. Companies or executives with federal contracts gave about half; the Post does not tie the gifts to any government action.", "note": "Recorded commitments, not all necessarily paid. Includes the $22 million Google agreed to pay to settle his YouTube lawsuit. All reporting traces to one Washington Post review of the fundraising spreadsheet; the KJZZ/NPR item is an interview with a Post reporter.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The Washington Post", "title": "Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump's ballroom", "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/10/15/secret-documents-reveal-donors-behind-330-million-trumps-ballroom/", "date": "2026-10-15", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "KJZZ / NPR", "title": "Investigation details who donated to the White House ballroom project", "url": "https://www.kjzz.org/2026-10-16/investigation-details-who-donated-to-the-white-house-ballroom-project", "date": "2026-10-16", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Ballroom donors, including Apple, Nvidia, the Adelson family and Charles Ergen", "counterparty_type": "donors", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-ballroom-donations/" }, { "id": "trump-maga-inc-h1-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "MAGA Inc. super PAC fundraising, first half of 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 176900000, "date": "2025-07-31", "period": "Jan–Jun 2025", "summary": "MAGA Inc., the super PAC built around Trump, reported to the Federal Election Commission raising about $177 million in the first half of 2025 and spending $4.6 million, leaving more than $196 million banked. Large donors included Jeffrey Yass ($16 million) and Ronald Lauder ($5 million).", "note": "Trump headlines MAGA Inc. events but super PACs may not legally coordinate with candidates. Later periods are separate line items.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NBC News", "title": "Trump's super PAC raises a massive $177 million, bolstering his political influence", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trumps-super-pac-raises-massive-177-million-bolstering-political-influ-rcna222400", "date": "2025-07-31", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNN, via Erie News Now", "title": "Trump's super PAC in powerful financial position with nearly $200 million on hand", "url": "https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/52969647/trumps-super-pac-in-powerful-financial-position-with-nearly-200-million-on-hand", "date": "2025-08-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., FEC Form 3X mid-year report, Jan 1 – Jun 30 2025", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/210/202507319789366210/202507319789366210.pdf", "date": "2025-07-31", "type": "primary" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Super PAC donors", "counterparty_type": "donors", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-maga-inc-h1-2025/" }, { "id": "melania-nfts-2025", "subject_id": "melania-trump", "headline": "NFT and digital-collectible sales", "category": "crypto", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 6011259, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "The 2025 disclosure reports $6,011,259 in net proceeds from a licensing agreement for her NFTs and collectibles, about 28 times the year before.", "note": "Listed in the spouse section of his disclosure, under her company MKT World LLC.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Melania Trump's NFT earnings rose 28-fold in 2025", "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/01/melania-trump-nft-earnings-surge-filing-shows/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "TheWrap", "title": "Trump was paid $10.7 million for Amazon's 'Melania' doc", "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/trump-was-paid-10-7-million-for-amazons-melania-doc/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/melania-nfts-2025/" }, { "id": "melania-memoir-2025", "subject_id": "melania-trump", "headline": "Skyhorse licensing payment for her memoir", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 521161, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "The 2025 disclosure lists a $521,161 licensing payment from Skyhorse Publishing for her memoir, Melania, published in October 2024.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "TheWrap", "title": "Trump was paid $10.7 million for Amazon's 'Melania' doc", "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/trump-was-paid-10-7-million-for-amazons-melania-doc/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Melania Trump's NFT earnings rose 28-fold in 2025", "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/01/melania-trump-nft-earnings-surge-filing-shows/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Skyhorse Publishing", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/melania-memoir-2025/" }, { "id": "donjr-tmtg-rsu-jan-2025", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Trump Media director stock award, January 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 779418, "date": "2025-01-28", "summary": "Trump Media's 2025 proxy statement reports restricted stock units worth $779,418 at grant, awarded January 28, 2025 for his 2024 board service, plus $33,900 in cash fees.", "note": "Granted inside our window for service in 2024. The cash fees are not counted.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "Trump Media & Technology Group, proxy statement (DEF 14A)", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036125009143/ny20043827x3_def14a.htm", "date": "2025-03-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg", "title": "Trump Media gives stock awards to two of President's nominees", "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-31/trump-media-gives-stock-awards-to-two-of-president-s-nominees", "date": "2025-01-31", "type": "reporting" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Trump Media & Technology Group", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-tmtg-rsu-jan-2025/" }, { "id": "donjr-tmtg-rsu-2025", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Trump Media director stock award, 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 206434, "date": "2025-08-22", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Trump Media's amended annual report for 2025 shows restricted stock units worth $206,434, granted August 22, 2025, plus $47,489 in cash retainers.", "note": "The cash retainers are not counted.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "Trump Media & Technology Group, Form 10-K/A for fiscal 2025", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036126018230/ef20071731_10ka.htm", "date": "2026-04", "type": "primary" } ], "estimate": false, "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Trump Media & Technology Group", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-tmtg-rsu-2025/" }, { "id": "donjr-1789-real-estate-fund", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "1789 Capital's $1.2 billion real-estate fund", "category": "investment", "basis": "capital", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 1200000000, "date": "2026-08-13", "summary": "1789 Capital, where he is a partner, closed a $1.2 billion fund to develop real estate in Sun Belt states, Axios reported, according to Bisnow. 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The fee is described in the contract as fully earned on signing.", "counterparty": "State of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), Secretariat of Economic Development", "counterparty_type": "foreign_state", "estimate": false, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/roger-stone-san-luis-potos-consulting-fee-drake-ventures/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-advisors-fee-fred-daibes-clemency-lob", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors fee from Fred Daibes for clemency lobbying", "category": "legal", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 1000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-03-31", "summary": "Javelin Advisors, the lobbying firm co-founded by Keith Schiller and former Trump Organization executive George Sorial, reported $1,000,000 in income from New Jersey developer Fred Daibes for the first quarter of 2025, on the issue of “executive relief”. NBC News reported that Daibes, who was convicted in the federal case against former Sen. 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Schiller and Javelin did not respond to NBC News.", "counterparty": "Fred Daibes", "counterparty_type": "individual", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-advisors-fee-fred-daibes-clemency-lob/" }, { "id": "roger-stone-drake-ventures-fee-roger-ver", "subject_id": "roger-stone", "headline": "Drake Ventures fee from Roger Ver", "category": "legal", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 600000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-03-31", "summary": "Roger Stone's firm Drake Ventures reported $600,000 in lobbying income from cryptocurrency investor Roger Ver for the first quarter of 2025. Its registration lists the “US government prosecution of Roger Ver” among the issues. 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Its $630,000 is included in Ballard Partners' Q3 2026 revenue line, so no amount is counted here.", "counterparty": "Bancredito Holding Corp., via Chris Kise & Associates", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/brian-ballard-ballard-partners-fee-bancredito-q3-2026/" }, { "id": "alan-dershowitz-retainer-alexander-family-work-including-cle", "subject_id": "alan-dershowitz", "headline": "Retainer from the Alexander family for work including clemency", "category": "legal", "basis": "fees", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 250000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-03-01", "summary": "The New York Times reported, based on documents it reviewed, that the family of Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander paid Alan Dershowitz a $250,000 retainer about three months after the brothers' December 2024 arrest. A letter from Dershowitz described his work as including “executive clemency” options. The brothers were later convicted of sex trafficking.", "added": "2026-10-25", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New York Times, via The Philadelphia Inquirer", "title": "Alexander brothers, seeking pardons for sex trafficking, hire former Trump lawyer", "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/alexander-brothers-sex-trafficking-alan-dershowitz-20260910.html", "date": "2026-09-10", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "International Business Times UK", "title": "Sex Trafficking Brothers Reportedly Spent Up to $1M on Trump Ally's Legal Help While Seeking Pardons", "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/alexander-brothers-sentenced-dershowitz-payments-clemency-1828424", "date": "2026-10-28", "type": "reporting" } ], "auto": { "checked": "2026-10-25", "method": "AI-assisted research; quotes and sources verified by the automated checks" }, "period": "March 2025", "note": "Single-source amount. 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In October 2026 he told PEOPLE that the “reported amounts billed and received are inaccurate,” as quoted by IBTimes.", "source": { "publisher": "The New York Times, via The Philadelphia Inquirer", "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/alexander-brothers-sex-trafficking-alan-dershowitz-20260910.html" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/alan-dershowitz-retainer-alexander-family-work-including-cle/" }, { "id": "nunes-tmtg-rsu-nov-2024", "subject_id": "devin-nunes", "headline": "Trump Media CEO stock award, Election Day 2024", "category": "media", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 44133031, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-11-05", "summary": "Trump Media's 2025 proxy statement reports that the company granted its CEO, Devin Nunes, 1,300,325 restricted stock units on November 5, 2024, valued at $44,133,031 at grant. A quarter vested on December 25, 2024 and the rest was scheduled to vest quarterly through March 2027. Nunes has chaired the President's Intelligence Advisory Board since February 2025.", "note": "Grant-date value. Nunes left Trump Media on April 21, 2026, and under his separation agreement all of his unvested equity, apart from 96,721 units of his August 2025 award, was forfeited, so this figure is an upper bound: the grant was vesting quarterly through March 2027, and the units still unvested when he left were forfeited. 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His separation agreement continues his base salary from April 21 to September 30, 2026; no dollar figure is given, so that is not counted.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "Trump Media & Technology Group, annual report amendment (10-K/A) for 2025", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036126018230/ef20071731_10ka.htm", "date": "2026-04-30", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Trump Media & Technology Group", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/nunes-tmtg-salary-2025/" }, { "id": "nunes-tmtg-rsu-aug-2025", "subject_id": "devin-nunes", "headline": "Trump Media CEO stock award, August 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": null, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-06", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Trump Media's amended 2025 annual report shows restricted stock units granted to Devin Nunes on August 6, 2025, valued at $5,658,234 at grant and scheduled to vest in three annual installments from May 2026.", "note": "No amount is counted: he left in April 2026 before the first installment vested, and his separation agreement kept only 96,721 of these units and forfeited the rest. No filing states the value of the units he kept.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "Trump Media & Technology Group, annual report amendment (10-K/A) for 2025", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036126018230/ef20071731_10ka.htm", "date": "2026-04-30", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Trump Media & Technology Group", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/nunes-tmtg-rsu-aug-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-maga-inc-post-election-2024", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "MAGA Inc. super PAC fundraising after Election Day 2024", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 23850000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-01-31", "period": "Nov 7–Dec 31, 2024", "summary": "MAGA Inc., the super PAC built around Trump, registered with the Federal Election Commission on November 7, 2024 and reported $23.85 million in receipts by December 31, 2024. Itemized donors included Anthony Pratt ($4 million) and Isabela Herrera ($2.5 million, on December 31).", "note": "This is the committee (C00892471) behind the first-half 2025 line; these weeks come before it, so there is no overlap. The older committee Make America Great Again Inc. (C00825851) is not included. Trump headlines MAGA Inc. events but super PACs may not legally coordinate with candidates.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., post-general report (Nov 7–25, 2024)", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/1858132/", "date": "2024-12-05", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., year-end report (Nov 26–Dec 31, 2024)", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/1873163/", "date": "2025-01-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. committee overview, 2023–2024 cycle", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00892471/?cycle=2024", "date": "2025-01-31", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Super PAC donors", "counterparty_type": "donors", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-maga-inc-post-election-2024/" }, { "id": "trump-maga-inc-jul-dec-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "MAGA Inc. super PAC fundraising, July 1–Dec 22, 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 102172432, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-02", "period": "Jul 1–Dec 22, 2025", "summary": "MAGA Inc. reported to the Federal Election Commission $102.2 million in receipts from July 1 to December 22, 2025, ending the period with $294.4 million in cash. Fox News reported 25 donations of at least $1 million, among them $12.5 million each from OpenAI president Greg Brockman and Anna Brockman, and $20 million from Foris DAX, the operator of Crypto.com.", "note": "The report was filed as a post-special report for the December 2, 2025 Tennessee special election (amended January 2, 2026). It follows the first-half 2025 line with no overlap; December 23–31 is a separate line. It includes Isabela Herrera's $1 million of July 22, 2025.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., post-special report (Jul 1–Dec 22, 2025), amended", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/1930534/", "date": "2026-01-02", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fox News", "title": "Trump-aligned super PAC enters 2026 midterms with nearly $300M war chest", "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-aligned-super-pac-enters-2026-midterms-nearly-300m-war-chest.amp", "date": "2026-01-03", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Caller", "title": "Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. enters 2026 midterms with $300 million war chest", "url": "https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/03/trump-super-pac-maga-inc-300-million-war-chest-2026-midterms", "date": "2026-01-03", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Super PAC donors", "counterparty_type": "donors", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-maga-inc-jul-dec-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-maga-inc-dec-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "MAGA Inc. super PAC fundraising, Dec 23–31, 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 10001033, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-31", "period": "Dec 23–31, 2025", "summary": "MAGA Inc.'s 2025 year-end report shows $10.0 million in receipts in the last nine days of 2025, including $7.5 million from Securing American Greatness, Inc., leaving $304.4 million in cash at year end.", "note": "Follows the July 1–December 22 line with no overlap.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., year-end report (Dec 23–31, 2025)", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/1943509/", "date": "2026-01-31", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Super PAC donors", "counterparty_type": "donors", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-maga-inc-dec-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-maga-inc-herrera-donations", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Herrera family gifts to MAGA Inc. before the Herrera Velutini pardon", "category": "political", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": null, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-16", "period": "Dec 31, 2024 and Jul 22, 2025", "summary": "MAGA Inc.'s FEC reports list $2.5 million from Isabela Herrera on December 31, 2024 and $1 million on July 22, 2025. She is the daughter of banker Julio Herrera Velutini, whom Trump pardoned in January 2026 in the Puerto Rico bribery case. NBC News reported that the July gift came after prosecutors dropped the most serious charges against her father. The Campaign Legal Center has asked the FEC to investigate whether the money was his, given through her; that claim is an allegation.", "note": "No amount is counted here: the $2.5 million is inside the post-election 2024 MAGA Inc. line and the $1 million is inside the July–December 2025 line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., year-end report (Nov 26–Dec 31, 2024), itemized receipts", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/1873163.fec", "date": "2025-01-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc., post-special report (Jul 1–Dec 22, 2025), itemized receipts", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/1930534.fec", "date": "2026-01-02", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "NBC News", "title": "Trump pardons former Puerto Rican Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-pardons-former-puerto-rican-gov-wanda-vazquez-garced-rcna254457", "date": "2026-01-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NOTUS", "title": "Wanda Vázquez Garced pardon", "url": "https://www.notus.org/courts/wanda-vazquez-garced-puerto-rico-pardon", "date": "2026-01-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Campaign Legal Center", "title": "Campaign Legal Center calls on FEC to investigate apparent straw donor scheme involving multi-million dollar MAGA Inc. contributions", "url": "https://campaignlegal.org/press-releases/campaign-legal-center-calls-fec-investigate-apparent-straw-donor-scheme-involving", "date": "2026-02-17", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Isabela Herrera, daughter of Julio Herrera Velutini", "counterparty_type": "individual", "response": { "by": "The White House", "kind": "denial", "text": "A White House official told CBS News that the donations had nothing to do with the pardon.", "source": { "publisher": "CBS News", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardoning-puerto-rico-former-governor-wanda-vazquez-officials-say/" } }, "wording_ok": true, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-maga-inc-herrera-donations/" }, { "id": "trump-base-co-development-fee", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "$2 million development fee from South Korea's Base Group", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 2000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "Trump's 2025 financial disclosure lists a $2,000,000 \"non-refundable development fee\" received by Trump Acquisition, LLC under a letter of intent with South Korea's Base Co. Ltd. Base Group's affiliate Korea Aluminium was fighting U.S. Commerce Department anti-dumping penalties at the time, the New York Times reported. Senators Warren, Blumenthal and Kim wrote to Base Group's chairman on August 6, 2026 asking for an explanation.", "note": "Not part of the $59.5 million foreign licensing line: the disclosure books this as a development fee under Trump Acquisition, LLC, not as a license fee, and CNBC's country breakdown of the $59.5 million does not mention South Korea. The New York Times found no evidence that Trump or his family intervened with U.S. officials for Base Group.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE 278e), 2026", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Korea JoongAng Daily", "title": "Korean firm under U.S. trade probe paid $2 million to Trump family business, report says", "url": "https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/korean-firm-under-us-trade-probe-paid-2-million-to-trump-family-business-report-says/12774870", "date": "2026-07-15", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Kyunghyang Shinmun", "title": "Base Group paid $2 million to Trump family business", "url": "https://www.khan.co.kr/en/article/202607151451087", "date": "2026-07-15", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Asia Business Daily", "title": "US Democrats probe Korea's Base Group over $2 million payment to Trump", "url": "https://view.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026080709071431453", "date": "2026-08-07", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Base Co. Ltd. (Base Group), South Korea", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "response": { "by": "The Trump Organization and Base Group", "kind": "denial", "text": "Both told the New York Times the payment is for an unannounced golf course project in South Korea and has nothing to do with the trade case; Trump Organization chief legal officer Alan Garten called any other explanation \"pure fiction.\" A White House spokesperson denied any conflict.", "source": { "publisher": "The Deep Dive, citing The New York Times", "url": "https://thedeepdive.ca/south-korean-investor-paid-trump-2-million-while-its-firm-fought-trade-penalties/" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-base-co-development-fee/" }, { "id": "mcmahon-tmtg-rsu-jan-2025", "subject_id": "linda-mcmahon", "headline": "Trump Media director stock award, January 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 195000, "estimate": true, "date": "2025-01-28", "summary": "Trump Media granted Linda McMahon, then Trump's nominee for Education Secretary and a company director, 25,946 restricted stock units on January 28, 2025, valued at $779,418 at grant. A quarter vested immediately; CNBC put the paper value of the vested shares at nearly $195,000. She resigned from the board in 2025 and forfeited the rest.", "note": "Counts only the vested quarter, at CNBC's valuation (\"nearly $195,000\"), because the proxy says she forfeited future equity on resigning. The full grant-date value was $779,418. Her 2024 cash board fees ($55,200) were earned for 2024 service and are not counted.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "Trump Media & Technology Group, proxy statement (DEF 14A)", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036125009143/ny20043827x3_def14a.htm", "date": "2025-03-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNBC, via NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth", "title": "Trump Media gifts DJT shares to FBI pick Kash Patel, Linda McMahon and president's son", "url": "https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/trump-media-gifts-djt-shares-to-fbi-pick-kash-patel-linda-mcmahon-and-presidents-son/3756116/?amp=1", "date": "2025-01-31", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Trump Media & Technology Group", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/mcmahon-tmtg-rsu-jan-2025/" }, { "id": "donjr-psq-consulting-2025", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "PSQ Holdings consulting fees, 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 504000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-11", "period": "Jan–Dec 2025", "summary": "PSQ Holdings, the parent of the PublicSq marketplace, reports $504,000 in consulting fees earned by Donald Trump Jr. from January to December 2025, under an August 2024 agreement that pays him $42,000 a month. He also sits on the company's board.", "note": "The 100,000 RSUs granted with the August 2024 consulting agreement vested on August 13, 2025, but the grant predates the window and the filing gives no value for them, so they are not counted.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "PSQ Holdings, proxy statement (DEF 14A)", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847064/000114036126024933/ny20070219x1_def14a.htm", "date": "2026-06-11", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "PSQ Holdings", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-psq-consulting-2025/" }, { "id": "donjr-psq-board-rsu-2025", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "PSQ Holdings director stock award, 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "stake", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 145001, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-11", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "PSQ Holdings' 2026 proxy statement reports restricted stock units worth $145,001 at grant awarded to director Donald Trump Jr. in 2025.", "note": "Grant-date fair value.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "PSQ Holdings, proxy statement (DEF 14A)", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847064/000114036126024933/ny20070219x1_def14a.htm", "date": "2026-06-11", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "PSQ Holdings", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-psq-board-rsu-2025/" }, { "id": "donjr-psq-board-fees-2025", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "PSQ Holdings director fees, 2025", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 40000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-11", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "PSQ Holdings reports $40,000 in cash board fees earned by Donald Trump Jr. in 2025.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "SEC EDGAR", "title": "PSQ Holdings, proxy statement (DEF 14A)", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1847064/000114036126024933/ny20070219x1_def14a.htm", "date": "2026-06-11", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "PSQ Holdings", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-psq-board-fees-2025/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fee-logical-strategies-q3-2025", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors fee from Logical Strategies, Q3 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 1200000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-30", "period": "Jul–Sep 2025", "summary": "Javelin Advisors reported $1,200,000 in lobbying income from Logical Strategies LLC, a consulting and investment firm, for the third quarter of 2025. The listed issues are an EPA asbestos rule and government contracts, lobbied at the Executive Office of the President by George Sorial.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate lobbying disclosure (LD-2)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client Logical Strategies LLC, Jul–Sep 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/dce3c038-9695-483f-b2ca-a2b1cec1dbc2/print/", "date": "2025-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Lobbying Disclosure Act database (API record)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client Logical Strategies LLC, Jul–Sep 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/dce3c038-9695-483f-b2ca-a2b1cec1dbc2/", "date": "2025-10-20", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Logical Strategies LLC", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fee-logical-strategies-q3-2025/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fee-capstone-q3-2025", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors fee from Capstone USA Advisory Group, Q3 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 300000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-30", "period": "Jul–Sep 2025", "summary": "Javelin Advisors reported $300,000 in lobbying income from Capstone USA Advisory Group, a consultancy that supports Ukrainian businesses in reconstruction, for the third quarter of 2025, on bringing Ukrainian private-sector technology to the U.S. Defense Department.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate lobbying disclosure (LD-2)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client Capstone USA Advisory Group LLC, Jul–Sep 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/b5e81c8d-b28c-4e61-8a31-997128e4f43c/print/", "date": "2025-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Lobbying Disclosure Act database (API record)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client Capstone USA Advisory Group LLC, Jul–Sep 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/b5e81c8d-b28c-4e61-8a31-997128e4f43c/", "date": "2025-10-20", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Capstone USA Advisory Group LLC", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fee-capstone-q3-2025/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fee-niocorp-q4-2025", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors fee from NioCorp Developments, Q4 2025", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 400000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-31", "period": "Oct–Dec 2025", "summary": "Javelin Advisors reported $400,000 in lobbying income from critical-minerals developer NioCorp for the fourth quarter of 2025, on Defense Department funding or contracts. Keith Schiller is listed as one of the lobbyists.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate lobbying disclosure (LD-2)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client NioCorp Developments, Ltd., Oct–Dec 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/0c51bb10-ce6f-4cf4-b458-3592b1b51c28/print/", "date": "2026-01-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Lobbying Disclosure Act database (API record)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client NioCorp Developments, Ltd., Oct–Dec 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/0c51bb10-ce6f-4cf4-b458-3592b1b51c28/", "date": "2026-01-20", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "NioCorp Developments, Ltd.", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fee-niocorp-q4-2025/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fee-i-mei-q4-2025", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors fee from Taiwan's I-Mei Foods, Q4 2025", "category": "foreign", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 500000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-31", "period": "Oct–Dec 2025", "summary": "Javelin Advisors reported $500,000 in lobbying income from Taiwanese food company I-Mei Foods for the fourth quarter of 2025, on Defense Department contracts for food products, cybersecurity and robotics. Keith Schiller is listed as a lobbyist and signed the filing.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate lobbying disclosure (LD-2)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client I-Mei Foods Co., Ltd., Oct–Dec 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/6a10d223-f56b-40c7-8f9f-e1b6571673b0/print/", "date": "2026-01-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Lobbying Disclosure Act database (API record)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client I-Mei Foods Co., Ltd., Oct–Dec 2025", "url": "https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/6a10d223-f56b-40c7-8f9f-e1b6571673b0/", "date": "2026-01-20", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "I-Mei Foods Co., Ltd.", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fee-i-mei-q4-2025/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fee-leak-yim-q3-2026", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors fee from Cambodia-based Leak Yim, Q3 2026", "category": "foreign", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 100000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-30", "period": "Jul–Sep 2026", "summary": "Javelin Advisors reported $100,000 in lobbying income from Leak Yim, a Cambodia-based client with \"various business activities\", for the third quarter of 2026. The registration describes the work as advocacy concerning the client in the United States; the quarterly report was filed as no lobbying activity.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate lobbying disclosure (LD-2)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client Leak Yim, Jul–Sep 2026", "url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/af955166-4f51-4347-a57c-fe39dedc6d22/print/", "date": "2026-10-16", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Lobbying Disclosure Act database (API record)", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, client Leak Yim, Jul–Sep 2026", "url": "https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/af955166-4f51-4347-a57c-fe39dedc6d22/", "date": "2026-10-16", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Leak Yim", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fee-leak-yim-q3-2026/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fara-pakistan-2025", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors FARA receipts for Pakistan work, 2025", "category": "foreign", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 200000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-11-12", "period": "May–Oct 2025", "summary": "Javelin Advisors' Foreign Agents Registration Act supplemental statement reports $200,000 received from Seiden Law LLP as lobbying fees for its work for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the six months ending October 31, 2025, in $50,000 payments.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line. Javelin worked as a subcontractor to Seiden Law under this FARA registration (No. 7579), which ended in October 2025.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Justice Department, FARA", "title": "Javelin Advisors LLC, supplemental statement for the period ending Oct 31, 2025 (Reg. 7579)", "url": "https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7579-Supplemental-Statement-20251112-1.pdf", "date": "2025-11-12", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Government of Pakistan, via Seiden Law LLP", "counterparty_type": "foreign_state", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fara-pakistan-2025/" }, { "id": "keith-schiller-javelin-fara-taiwan-2026", "subject_id": "keith-schiller", "headline": "Javelin Advisors FARA receipts from Taiwan's representative office, 2026", "category": "foreign", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 350000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-23", "period": "Mar–Sep 2026", "summary": "Javelin Advisors' Foreign Agents Registration Act supplemental statement reports $350,000 received from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, on behalf of Taiwan, as monthly retainers of $50,000 from March to September 2026 for government-affairs and foreign-agent representation.", "note": "Fees are revenue of Javelin Advisors, which Schiller co-founded with former Trump Organization executive George Sorial. Javelin has no firm-total line here, so these client lines do not overlap; the Q1 2025 Fred Daibes fee is a separate line. Separate from the I-Mei Foods lobbying line, which is a private Taiwanese company. FARA registration No. 7705 was terminated on September 25, 2026.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Justice Department, FARA", "title": "Javelin Advisors, LLC, supplemental statement for the period ending Sep 30, 2026 (Reg. 7705)", "url": "https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7705-Supplemental-Statement-20260923-1.pdf", "date": "2026-09-23", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (Taiwan)", "counterparty_type": "foreign_state", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/keith-schiller-javelin-fara-taiwan-2026/" }, { "id": "flynn-doj-settlement", "subject_id": "michael-flynn", "headline": "Justice Department settlement of his wrongful-prosecution suit", "category": "legal", "basis": "cash", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 1250000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-03-26", "period": "March 2026", "summary": "The Justice Department agreed to pay Michael Flynn $1.25 million to settle his 2023 lawsuit claiming he was maliciously prosecuted for lying to the FBI, the New York Times reported; Lawfare later obtained the March 2026 settlement agreement. Flynn had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI before Trump pardoned him in 2020. He had sought $50 million.", "note": "The settlement leaves out a separate Court of Federal Claims suit over his garnished military retirement pay.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New York Times, via The Boston Globe", "title": "DOJ settles with Michael Flynn for $1.25m", "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/26/metro/michael-flynn-doj-pay-wrongful-prosecution", "date": "2026-03-26", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Lawfare", "title": "U.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn Suit", "url": "https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s.-government-agrees-to--1.25-million-settlement-in-michael-flynn-suit", "date": "2026-04-17", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "U.S. Justice Department", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "response": { "by": "The Justice Department", "kind": "statement", "text": "A department spokesperson called the settlement \"an important step in redressing\" a \"historic injustice.\"", "source": { "publisher": "The New York Times, via The Boston Globe", "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/26/metro/michael-flynn-doj-pay-wrongful-prosecution" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/flynn-doj-settlement/" }, { "id": "lacivita-albania-democratic-party", "subject_id": "chris-lacivita", "headline": "Payments from Albania's Democratic Party to his consulting firm", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 1620000, "estimate": true, "date": "2025-11-03", "period": "Mid-Feb – late May 2025", "summary": "A finance report that Sali Berisha's Democratic Party of Albania filed with Albania's election commission shows payments equivalent to more than $1.62 million to Chris LaCivita's consulting firm, Advancing Strategies, between mid-February and late May 2025, the New York Times reported. LaCivita advised the party's campaign for Albania's May 2025 parliamentary election, which it lost.", "note": "Payments were listed in Albanian lek; the dollar figure is the Times' conversion. Mother Jones reports the figure as more than $1.6 million. No FARA registration by LaCivita or Advancing Strategies was found in the Justice Department's registrant lists.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New York Times, via GV Wire", "title": "Trump advisers were paid over $1.6 million by the Albanian opposition", "url": "https://gvwire.com/2025/11/04/trump-advisers-were-paid-over-1-6-million-by-the-albanian-opposition/", "date": "2025-11-04", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Mother Jones", "title": "The State Department called him “corrupt.” Trump officials feted him in Dallas.", "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/albania-sali-berisha-state-department-trump-gop-midterm-convention/", "date": "2026-10-15", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Democratic Party of Albania", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "response": { "by": "Chris LaCivita", "kind": "statement", "text": "Has said his work for Berisha was limited to electoral advice in Albanian domestic politics and that he has not lobbied the U.S. government for Berisha. He declined to comment to the New York Times.", "source": { "publisher": "Mother Jones", "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/albania-sali-berisha-state-department-trump-gop-midterm-convention/" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/lacivita-albania-democratic-party/" }, { "id": "donjr-kremlev-wedding", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Wedding celebrations paid for by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev", "category": "foreign", "basis": "gift", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 170000, "estimate": true, "date": "2026-09-14", "period": "May 2026", "summary": "ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev, the Russian head of the International Boxing Association and a Putin associate, paid \"hundreds of thousands of dollars\" of expenses for Donald Trump Jr.'s May 2026 wedding weekend in the Bahamas, through an IBA-affiliated entity in Dubai. That included several nights on a private island that rents for about $100,000 a night and a fireworks show the vendor typically prices around $70,000. Bettina Trump called it \"an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend.\"", "note": "Floor figure: Verstka puts the island and fireworks at $170,000, from ProPublica's price estimates for one island night plus the fireworks. ProPublica says Kremlev paid for multiple nights and other costs, so the total is likely higher. Alleged because the amount rests on one investigation; the gift itself is confirmed by Bettina Trump and Kremlev.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "ProPublica", "title": "Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding was secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin", "date": "2026-09-14", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "ProPublica", "title": "How we uncovered that Umar Kremlev bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting", "date": "2026-09-14", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Verstka", "title": "Umar Kremlev paid $170,000 for an island rental and fireworks for Donald Trump's son's wedding in the Bahamas", "url": "https://verstka.media/rossijskij-biznesmen-umar-kremlyov-zaplatil-170-tys-za-arendu-ostrova-i-fejerverk-dlya-svadby-syna-donalda-trampa-na-bagamah", "date": "2026-09-14", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Scripps News (AP)", "title": "Russian oligarch says Trump Jr. has paid him back for wedding expenses", "url": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/russian-oligarch-says-trump-jr-has-paid-him-back-for-wedding-expenses", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Straight Arrow News", "title": "Trump Jr.'s wife confirms Putin-linked Russian oligarch partially funded wedding celebrations", "url": "https://san.com/cc/trump-jr-s-wife-confirms-putin-linked-russian-oligarch-partially-funded-wedding-celebrations/", "date": "2026-09-15", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Umar Kremlev, via an IBA-affiliated company in Dubai", "counterparty_type": "foreign_private", "response": { "by": "Umar Kremlev, President Trump and Trump Jr.'s spokesperson", "kind": "statement", "text": "Kremlev says Trump Jr. repaid \"the money I spent on the present\"; President Trump said \"I hear he paid them back.\" No amount or record of a repayment has been made public. Trump Jr.'s spokesperson called Kremlev \"a personal friend\" and \"not someone he has a business relationship with.\"", "source": { "publisher": "Scripps News (AP)", "url": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/russian-oligarch-says-trump-jr-has-paid-him-back-for-wedding-expenses" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-kremlev-wedding/" }, { "id": "trump-abc-settlement", "headline": "Settlement from ABC News", "amount_usd": 16000000, "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure lists a $16,000,000 settlement from American Broadcasting Companies of his defamation suit against ABC News and George Stephanopoulos, with net proceeds paid to his presidential library foundation.", "note": "The New Republic reported the ABC settlement as $15 million. The filing says the net proceeds were paid to The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation. Lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren say they cannot trace where the library settlement money went, The New Republic reported. Counted as a donation to a foundation he controls, not as income, because the proceeds went to the library foundation.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New Republic", "title": "Trump library saga takes dark turn: where did millions in funding go?", "url": "https://newrepublic.com/article/209254/trump-library-funding-millions-media-companies", "date": "2026-04-20", "type": "reporting" } ], "counterparty": "ABC (The Walt Disney Company)", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "category": "legal", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-abc-settlement/" }, { "id": "trump-cbs-settlement", "headline": "Settlement from CBS (Paramount)", "amount_usd": 16000000, "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure lists a $16,000,000 settlement of his suit against CBS Broadcasting over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview, with net proceeds paid to his presidential library foundation.", "note": "The filing says the net proceeds were paid to The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation. Lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren say they cannot trace where the library settlement money went, The New Republic reported. Counted as a donation to a foundation he controls, not as income, because the proceeds went to the library foundation.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New Republic", "title": "Trump library saga takes dark turn: where did millions in funding go?", "url": "https://newrepublic.com/article/209254/trump-library-funding-millions-media-companies", "date": "2026-04-20", "type": "reporting" } ], "counterparty": "CBS / Paramount", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "category": "legal", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-cbs-settlement/" }, { "id": "trump-meta-settlement", "headline": "Settlement from Meta", "amount_usd": 24500000, "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure lists a $24,500,000 settlement from Meta Platforms of his lawsuit over the suspension of his accounts, with net proceeds paid to his presidential library foundation.", "note": "The New Republic reported the Meta settlement as $25 million. The filing says the net proceeds were paid to The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation. Lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren say they cannot trace where the library settlement money went, The New Republic reported. Counted as a donation to a foundation he controls, not as income, because the proceeds went to the library foundation.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New Republic", "title": "Trump library saga takes dark turn: where did millions in funding go?", "url": "https://newrepublic.com/article/209254/trump-library-funding-millions-media-companies", "date": "2026-04-20", "type": "reporting" } ], "counterparty": "Meta Platforms", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "category": "legal", "basis": "donations", "tier": "disclosed", "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-meta-settlement/" }, { "id": "trump-letters-to-trump-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Royalties for the book Letters to Trump", "category": "media", "basis": "cash", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 590730, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-30", "period": "Calendar 2025", "summary": "His 2025 financial disclosure lists $590,730 in royalties for Letters to Trump under a publishing agreement with Winning Team Publishing.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Office of Government Ethics", "title": "Donald J. Trump, annual financial disclosure (OGE Form 278e) for 2025", "url": "https://oge.box.com/shared/static/zycb5i2ny8kssm51uzqm8ygyq2zkpkqq.pdf", "date": "2026-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Inside Trump's finances: World Cup tickets, a $250,000 golf sculpture, over $1 billion in crypto earnings", "url": "https://www.fortune.com/2026/07/01/inside-trump-finances-earnings-crypto-merch-gifts/", "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Winning Team Publishing", "counterparty_type": "us_company", "not_duplicate_of": "trump-photo-book-2025", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-letters-to-trump-2025/" }, { "id": "ballard-lobbying-q3-2026", "subject_id": "brian-ballard", "headline": "Ballard Partners lobbying revenue, Q3 2026", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 34900000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-21", "period": "Jul–Sep 2026", "summary": "Ballard Partners reported $34.9 million in federal lobbying fees for the third quarter of 2026, according to Bloomberg Government, topping K Street's revenue rankings for the sixth quarter in a row. That was up nearly 40% from the same quarter a year earlier.", "note": "Punchbowl News puts the quarter at $34.8 million and the firm's 2026 revenue through September at $98 million. The firm's own third-quarter reports add up to $34.89 million. That includes $630,000 from Chris Kise & Associates on behalf of Bancredito Holding Corp., the bank of Julio Herrera Velutini, whom Trump pardoned in January 2026; it is not listed separately. January to June is a separate line.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Bloomberg Government", "title": "Post-Midterm Elections Planning Keeps Lobbying Revenues Red Hot", "url": "https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/post-midterm-elections-planning-keeps-lobbying-revenues-red-hot", "date": "2026-10-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Punchbowl News", "title": "The Punchbowl News lobbying top 10", "url": "https://punchbowl.news/article/washington/punchbowl-top-ten-lobbying-oct-2026/", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Senate lobbying disclosure (LD-2)", "title": "Ballard Partners, client Chris Kise & Associates on behalf of Bancredito, Q3 2026", "url": "https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/d22dc3cf-0144-4c5b-b4cf-50769916e563/print/", "date": "2026-10-16", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ballard-lobbying-q3-2026/" }, { "id": "miller-lobbying-jan-sep-2026", "subject_id": "jeff-miller", "headline": "Miller Strategies lobbying revenue, January–September 2026", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 51310000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-22", "period": "Jan–Sep 2026", "summary": "Miller Strategies brought in $51.31 million in federal lobbying revenue in the first nine months of 2026, according to its lobbying reports and Punchbowl News. Apple was its biggest client in the third quarter, at $330,000.", "note": "The firm's own lobbying reports for the first three quarters of 2026 add up to $51,310,000 ($15.26 million, $17.18 million and $18.87 million). Lobbying-report income does not include foreign-agent (FARA) fees, which are filed separately. Bloomberg Government reported \"nearly $32 million\" for January to June.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database", "title": "Miller Strategies, LLC: 2026 lobbying reports (Q1-Q3)", "url": "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/filings/?registrant_id=401104313&filing_year=2026", "date": "2026-10-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Punchbowl News", "title": "The Punchbowl News lobbying top 10", "url": "https://punchbowl.news/article/washington/punchbowl-top-ten-lobbying-oct-2026/", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Bloomberg Government", "title": "Lobby firms reap cash gusher as companies gear up for midterms", "url": "https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/lobby-firms-reap-cash-gusher-as-companies-gear-up-for-midterms", "date": "2026-07-21", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/miller-lobbying-jan-sep-2026/" }, { "id": "trujillo-lobbying-jan-sep-2026", "subject_id": "carlos-trujillo", "headline": "Continental Strategy lobbying revenue, January–September 2026", "category": "political", "basis": "fees", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 35706760, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-22", "period": "Jan–Sep 2026", "summary": "Continental Strategy brought in $35.71 million in federal lobbying revenue in the first nine months of 2026, including $13.22 million in the third quarter, according to its lobbying reports and Punchbowl News.", "note": "The firm's own lobbying reports for the first three quarters of 2026 add up to $35,706,760 ($10.64 million, $11.85 million and $13.22 million), taking amended reports in place of originals. Lobbying-report income does not include foreign-agent (FARA) fees, which are filed separately.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database", "title": "Continental Strategy, LLC: 2026 lobbying reports (Q1-Q3)", "url": "https://lda.senate.gov/api/v1/filings/?registrant_id=401106285&filing_year=2026", "date": "2026-10-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Punchbowl News", "title": "The Punchbowl News lobbying top 10", "url": "https://punchbowl.news/article/washington/punchbowl-top-ten-lobbying-oct-2026/", "date": "2026-10-22", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-25", "counterparty": "Lobbying clients", "counterparty_type": "clients", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trujillo-lobbying-jan-sep-2026/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb010", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, April 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 181650000.0, "potential_usd": 200000000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-04-14", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $181,650,000 obligated of a potential $200,000,000.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB010", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB010", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB010_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-04-14", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Spaceflight Now", "title": "U.S. Space Force awards $13.7 billion in new national security launch contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA", "url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/04/05/u-s-space-force-awards-13-7-billion-in-new-national-security-launch-contracts-to-blue-origin-spacex-and-ula/", "date": "2025-04-05", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "Elon Musk and the White House", "kind": "statement", "text": "In February 2025 the White House said Musk would excuse himself from any contract where he had a conflict of interest, and Musk said, “Yeah, I'll recuse myself if it is.” On the Lane 2 launch award he wrote that “all SpaceX competitors combined cannot currently deliver the other 40 percent!”", "source": { "publisher": "Fortune", "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-conflicts-interest-doge-tesla-spacex/" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb010/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb008", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, April 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 51500000.0, "potential_usd": 55000000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-04-14", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $51,500,000 obligated of a potential $55,000,000.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB008", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB008", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB008_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-04-14", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb008/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb015", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, April 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 150100000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-04-24", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $150,100,000 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB015", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB015", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB015_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb015/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb014", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, April 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 78053555.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-04-30", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $78,053,555 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB014", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB014", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB014_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-04-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb014/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb016", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, May 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 153713951.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-05-15", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $153,713,951 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB016", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB016", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB016_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-05-15", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb016/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb021", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, July 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 85613951.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-01", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $85,613,951 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB021", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB021", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB021_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-07-01", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb021/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb022", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, July 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 153713951.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-08", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $153,713,951 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB022", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB022", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB022_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-07-08", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb022/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb023", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, July 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 81613951.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-10", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $81,613,951 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB023", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB023", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB023_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2025-07-10", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb023/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb007", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Launch of the NROL-86 spy satellite", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 153945750.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-12", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. 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Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB007", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB007", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB007_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2026-01-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb007/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb004", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, January 2026", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 173715980.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-13", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $173,715,980 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB004", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB004", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB004_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2026-01-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb004/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb005", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Launch of the WGS-12 military satellite", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 142189654.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-04-01", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $142,189,654 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB005", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB005", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB005_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2026-04-01", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb005/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb011", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, May 2026", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 170267970.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-04", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $170,267,970 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB011", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB011", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB011_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2026-05-04", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb011/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb008", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, June 2026", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 84266404.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-02", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract. Lane 2 is the Space Force's main contract for its most demanding launches. It was awarded in April 2025 after full and open competition (four offers); SpaceX was assigned about 60% of the missions. USAspending shows $84,266,404 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB008", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB008", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB008_9700_FA881125DB002_9700", "date": "2026-06-02", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb008/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb020", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force launch order, June 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 82859439.0, "potential_usd": 86133864.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-06-30", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. Lane 1 orders are competed among pre-qualified launch providers; USAspending records one offer for this order. USAspending shows $82,859,439 obligated of a potential $86,133,864.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB020", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB020", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB020_9700_FA881124DB003_9700", "date": "2025-06-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb020/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb001", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Launch of Space Development Agency satellites (SDA-2)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 160333658.0, "potential_usd": 255175612.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-08", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. Lane 1 orders are competed among pre-qualified launch providers; USAspending records one offer for this order. USAspending shows $160,333,658 obligated of a potential $255,175,612.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB001", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB001", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB001_9700_FA881124DB003_9700", "date": "2025-12-08", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb001/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb002", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Launch of Space Development Agency satellites (SDA-3)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 77095704.0, "potential_usd": 162971408.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-08", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. Lane 1 orders are competed among pre-qualified launch providers; USAspending records one offer for this order. USAspending shows $77,095,704 obligated of a potential $162,971,408.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB002", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB002", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB002_9700_FA881124DB003_9700", "date": "2025-12-08", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb002/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb010", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Launch of Space Development Agency satellites (SDA-4)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 84842543.0, "potential_usd": 170717586.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-03-31", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. Lane 1 orders are competed among pre-qualified launch providers; USAspending records one offer for this order. USAspending shows $84,842,543 obligated of a potential $170,717,586.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB010", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB010", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB010_9700_FA881124DB003_9700", "date": "2026-03-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb010/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881126fb006", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Launch of the NTO-5 mission", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 204618632.0, "potential_usd": 963251040.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-09", "summary": "A task order for launch services under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract. Lane 1 orders are competed among pre-qualified launch providers; USAspending records one offer for this order. USAspending shows $204,618,632 obligated of a potential $963,251,040.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881126FB006", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881126FB006", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB006_9700_FA881124DB003_9700", "date": "2026-01-09", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881126fb006/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881125fb005", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Award fee under the Phase 2 launch contract", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 36600000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-11-13", "summary": "An award-fee payment under SpaceX's 2020 Phase 2 national security launch contract, ordered after Election Day 2024. USAspending shows $36,600,000 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881125FB005", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881125FB005", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881125FB005_9700_FA881120D0002_9700", "date": "2024-11-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881125fb005/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa254126fb008", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Starshield service support for the Space Force", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 135000000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-11-14", "summary": "Starshield service support (Space Force commercial satellite communications office). Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $135,000,000 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA254126FB008", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA254126FB008", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB008_9700_FA254125DB021_9700", "date": "2025-11-14", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb008/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa254126fb019", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Starlink and Starshield service and hardware for the military", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 134467050.0, "potential_usd": 199762425.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-12", "summary": "Commercial satellite communications service and hardware (Starlink/Starshield). Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $134,467,050 obligated of a potential $199,762,425.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA254126FB019", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA254126FB019", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB019_9700_FA254125DB021_9700", "date": "2025-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb019/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa254126fb015", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Pooled Starshield service for military users", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 131787000.0, "potential_usd": 511099000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-22", "summary": "Pooled Starshield service for military users ('PLEO Warrior Plan'). Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $131,787,000 obligated of a potential $511,099,000.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA254126FB015", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA254126FB015", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB015_9700_FA254125DB021_9700", "date": "2026-05-22", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb015/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa254126fb066", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Satellite internet service for the military", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 68432940.0, "potential_usd": 200000000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-17", "summary": "Proliferated low-Earth-orbit 'Best Effort 05' satellite internet service. Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $68,432,940 obligated of a potential $200,000,000.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA254126FB066", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA254126FB066", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB066_9700_FA254125DB021_9700", "date": "2026-06-17", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb066/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa254126fb022", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Satellite communications for Navy aviation", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 30795000.0, "potential_usd": 98766000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-18", "summary": "Low-Earth-orbit satellite communications for Navy aviation (NAVAIR) via Space Force. Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $30,795,000 obligated of a potential $98,766,000.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA254126FB022", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA254126FB022", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB022_9700_FA254125DB021_9700", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb022/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa254125cb041", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Starshield service plans and support", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 44714333.33, "potential_usd": 46714333.33, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-04-14", "summary": "Starshield service plans, management software, field support and customer care. USAspending records the contract as not available for competition, with one offer. USAspending shows $44,714,333.33 obligated of a potential $46,714,333.33.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA254125CB041", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA254125CB041", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254125CB041_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2025-04-14", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254125cb041/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-fa881926cb002", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Link-182 design and demonstration", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 57303302.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-04-14", "summary": "A contract to design and demonstrate a new military satellite link, awarded after full and open competition with 21 offers, according to USAspending. USAspending shows $57,303,302 obligated.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "FA881926CB002", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA881926CB002", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881926CB002_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2026-04-14", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa881926cb002/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-hc101325f0070", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Starlink terminals and service for military aircraft", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 29224999.94, "potential_usd": 90010849.94, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-05-01", "summary": "Aircraft terminals and Starlink/Starshield service, ordered under the Defense Information Systems Agency's satellite-internet contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification. USAspending shows $29,224,999.94 obligated of a potential $90,010,849.94.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "HC101325F0070", "counterparty": "Defense Information Systems Agency", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award HC101325F0070", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_HC101325F0070_9700_HC101323D9000_9700", "date": "2025-05-01", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-hc101325f0070/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-sb-amti", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Force satellites to track airborne targets (SB-AMTI)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "potential_usd": 4160000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-29", "summary": "The Space Force awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellites that track aircraft and other airborne targets from orbit, part of the Golden Dome missile-defense effort. It was signed as an other transaction agreement, which is not reported on USAspending, so how much has been paid is not public.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "SpaceX is the first company picked from a pool of vendors; more awards under the program are expected.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Space.com", "title": "SpaceX wins $4 billion Space Force contract for satellites that target 'airborne threats' anywhere on Earth", "url": "https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/spacex-wins-usd4-billion-space-force-contract-for-satellites-that-target-airborne-threats-anywhere-on-earth", "date": "2026-05-29", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Military Times", "title": "SpaceX awarded $4 billion Space Force contract to track airborne threats", "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/05/29/spacex-awarded-4-billion-space-force-contract-to-track-airborne-threats/", "date": "2026-05-29", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-sb-amti/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-sdn-backbone", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Space Data Network Backbone (formerly MILNET)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "potential_usd": 2290000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-26", "summary": "The Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion fixed-price agreement to build a satellite communications backbone meant to link the sensors and interceptors of the Golden Dome missile-defense effort. It is an other transaction agreement, not reported on USAspending, so how much has been paid is not public.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "counterparty": "U.S. Space Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Breaking Defense", "title": "SpaceX wins $2.29B to speed Space Force's LEO communications backbone", "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/05/spacex-wins-2-29b-to-speed-space-forces-leo-communications-backbone/", "date": "2026-05-26", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Next Web", "title": "SpaceX wins a $2.29bn Space Force contract for the Golden Dome backbone", "url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/space-force-spacex-229bn-data-network-contract", "date": "2026-05-27", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-sdn-backbone/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-nasa-crew-15-17", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "NASA order for three more crew flights (Crew-15 to Crew-17)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 946000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-18", "summary": "NASA added three crewed Dragon flights to the space station, and related services, to SpaceX's 2014 Commercial Crew contract. NASA puts the value at $946 million and calls it a sole-source modification. How much has been obligated is not broken out on USAspending.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "award_id": "NNK17MA01T", "counterparty": "NASA", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NASA", "title": "NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/commercial-crew/nasa-awards-spacex-three-crew-flights-to-space-station/", "date": "2026-09-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-nasa-crew-15-17/" }, { "id": "musk-spacex-nasa-dragonfly", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "NASA launch of the Dragonfly mission to Titan", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 256600000, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-11-25", "summary": "NASA picked SpaceX to launch Dragonfly, a rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan, on a Falcon Heavy in 2028. NASA put the firm-fixed-price contract's value at about $256.6 million, including launch services and other mission costs.", "recipient": "SpaceX", "tie": "Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.", "counterparty": "NASA", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NASA", "title": "NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Dragonfly Mission", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-dragonfly-mission/", "date": "2024-11-25", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-nasa-dragonfly/" }, { "id": "musk-xai-pentagon-ai", "subject_id": "elon-musk", "headline": "Pentagon AI award to xAI", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "potential_usd": 200000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-14", "summary": "The Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Office gave xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI awards of up to $200 million each to develop AI tools for defense work. The amount obligated to xAI has not been made public. SpaceX, which Musk controls, bought xAI in February 2026.", "recipient": "xAI (part of SpaceX since February 2026)", "tie": "Musk founded xAI and ran it when the award was made; SpaceX, which he controls, acquired it effective 2 February 2026.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Defense", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "Emil Michael, the Pentagon's chief technology officer, who oversees military AI, held xAI stock at the time and sold it at a large gain in January 2026, The Guardian reported. The Pentagon says he complies with ethics rules.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NBC News (CNBC)", "title": "Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department", "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anthropic-google-openai-xai-granted-200-million-ai-work-defense-depart-rcna218733", "date": "2025-07-14", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "DefenseScoop", "title": "Hegseth asked to defend Pentagon’s ‘uniquely troubling’ deal with Musk-owned xAI", "url": "https://defensescoop.com/2025/09/11/sen-warren-letter-hegseth-musk-xai-dod-contract/", "date": "2025-09-11", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Guardian", "title": "Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/top-pentagon-official-ai-stock-holdings", "date": "2026-09-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission", "title": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm", "date": "2026-06-03", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-xai-pentagon-ai/" }, { "id": "donjr-vulcan-osc-loan", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Pentagon loan commitment to Vulcan Elements", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 620000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-11-21", "summary": "Three months after 1789 Capital invested, the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital agreed to lend Vulcan Elements up to $620 million to expand rare-earth magnet production, its largest loan commitment to date. ProPublica reported that the request came from White House trade adviser Peter Navarro. The loan is conditional and is to be repaid; no disbursement has been reported.", "recipient": "Vulcan Elements", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. has been a partner since November 2024, invested in Vulcan Elements in a $65 million round announced in August 2025. The size of its stake is not public.", "counterparty": "Pentagon Office of Strategic Capital", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "A loan is not a payment: it is listed for the access to public money, at the committed amount, and is not added to any total.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Department of War", "title": "Office of Strategic Capital Agrees to Joint $700M Conditional Loan Commitment with Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies", "url": "https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4339788/office-of-strategic-capital-agrees-to-joint-700m-conditional-loan-commitment-wi/", "date": "2025-11-21", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "ProPublica", "title": "The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house", "date": "2026-05-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NPR", "title": "White House asked Pentagon to loan money to a company linked to Trump's oldest son", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5837561/white-house-asked-pentagon-to-loan-money-to-a-company-linked-to-trumps-oldest-son", "date": "2026-05-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "Trump Jr.'s spokesperson, 1789 Capital and the Pentagon", "kind": "denial", "text": "Trump Jr.'s spokesperson said he does not discuss companies he has invested in with government officials and did not speak to Peter Navarro about Vulcan. 1789 Capital said it played no role in the loan and learned of it when it was announced. The Pentagon said the deal was decided on its merits.", "source": { "publisher": "ProPublica", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-vulcan-osc-loan/" }, { "id": "donjr-vulcan-chips", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Commerce CHIPS funding for Vulcan Elements", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 50000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-11-21", "summary": "Alongside the Pentagon loan, the Commerce Department awarded Vulcan Elements $50 million in CHIPS Act funding for equipment at its North Carolina magnet plant, and takes $50 million of equity in the company in return. No disbursement is recorded on USAspending.", "recipient": "Vulcan Elements", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. has been a partner since November 2024, invested in Vulcan Elements in a $65 million round announced in August 2025. The size of its stake is not public.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Commerce", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NIST, U.S. Department of Commerce", "title": "Vulcan Elements Inc. (North Carolina)", "url": "https://www.nist.gov/chips/vulcan-elements-inc-north-carolina-benson", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Department of War", "title": "Office of Strategic Capital Agrees to Joint $700M Conditional Loan Commitment with Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies", "url": "https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4339788/office-of-strategic-capital-agrees-to-joint-700m-conditional-loan-commitment-wi/", "date": "2025-11-21", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "ProPublica", "title": "The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house", "date": "2026-05-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-vulcan-chips/" }, { "id": "donjr-vulcan-af-fa864925p0394", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Air Force order to Vulcan Elements for rare-earth metal supply", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 1208099, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-29", "summary": "An Air Force purchase order to establish a domestic rare-earth metal supply chain, signed a month after 1789 Capital invested. USAspending shows $1,208,099 obligated and full and open competition with 105 offers.", "recipient": "Vulcan Elements", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. has been a partner since November 2024, invested in Vulcan Elements in a $65 million round announced in August 2025. The size of its stake is not public.", "award_id": "FA864925P0394", "counterparty": "U.S. Air Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Purchase order FA864925P0394 to Vulcan Elements Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA864925P0394_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2025-09-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "ProPublica", "title": "The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house", "date": "2026-05-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-vulcan-af-fa864925p0394/" }, { "id": "donjr-unusual-machines-army-motors", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Army order for drone motors from Unusual Machines", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "estimate": false, "date": "2025-10-15", "summary": "Unusual Machines announced an order from the Army's 101st Airborne Division for 3,500 drone motors made at its new U.S. factory. It did not disclose the value, and the order does not appear on USAspending.", "recipient": "Unusual Machines", "tie": "Trump Jr., already an investor, joined Unusual Machines' advisory board on 27 November 2024 and received 200,000 shares as compensation, according to CREW.", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Unusual Machines (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "Unusual Machines to Supply 3,500 NDAA-Compliant Motors for U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division’s A.B.E. V1.01 Drones", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1956955/000168316825007565/umac_ex9901.htm", "date": "2025-10-15", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Unusual Machines (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "Donald Trump Jr. Joins Unusual Machines as an Advisor", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1956955/000168316824008412/umac_ex9901.htm", "date": "2024-11-27", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CREW", "title": "Companies see boost from Trump admin after adding Don Jr. to their board", "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/companies-see-boost-from-trump-admin-after-adding-don-jr-to-their-board/", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "Unusual Machines", "kind": "denial", "text": "A spokesperson said Trump Jr. “has never communicated with anyone in the administration on behalf of Unusual Machines or about the contract in question.”", "source": { "publisher": "DroneXL", "url": "https://dronexl.co/2025/10/25/trump-jr-unusual-machines-pentagon-drone-contract" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-unusual-machines-army-motors/" }, { "id": "donjr-hadrian-army-w911rq26ca011", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Army contract for Hadrian's automated factory at Red River Army Depot", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 79436000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-03-17", "summary": "A firm-fixed-price Army contract to set up an automated manufacturing facility at Red River Army Depot in Texas. USAspending shows $79,436,000 obligated, including a July 2026 modification, with one offer received.", "recipient": "Hadrian", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. is a partner, invested in Hadrian in funding rounds announced in January and August 2026. 1789 says it takes only minority stakes.", "award_id": "W911RQ26CA011", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Contract W911RQ26CA011 to Hadrian Automation, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W911RQ26CA011_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2026-03-17", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Army", "title": "Army accelerates advanced manufacturing with contracting award at Red River", "url": "https://www.army.mil/article/291165/army_accelerates_advanced_manufacturing_with_contracting_award_at_red_river", "date": "2026-03-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns over potential conflicts of interest", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004", "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "1789 Capital", "kind": "statement", "text": "A spokesperson said investment decisions are made by a three-person committee that does not include Trump Jr.: “Don Jr. has no ability to decide any investments at this fund.”", "source": { "publisher": "ABC News", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-hadrian-army-w911rq26ca011/" }, { "id": "donjr-hadrian-navy-submarine", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Navy contract for Hadrian's submarine-parts factories", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "potential_usd": 900000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-03-20", "summary": "The Navy awarded Hadrian a contract reported at $900 million to build automated factories for hard-to-make submarine parts. It does not appear on USAspending, so the amount paid so far is not public.", "recipient": "Hadrian", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. is a partner, invested in Hadrian in funding rounds announced in January and August 2026. 1789 says it takes only minority stakes.", "counterparty": "U.S. Navy", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Defense One", "title": "Navy bets $900M on automated factories to boost submarine production", "url": "https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/03/navy-bets-900m-automated-factories-boost-submarine-production/412290/", "date": "2026-03-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns over potential conflicts of interest", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004", "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "1789 Capital", "kind": "statement", "text": "A spokesperson said investment decisions are made by a three-person committee that does not include Trump Jr.: “Don Jr. has no ability to decide any investments at this fund.”", "source": { "publisher": "ABC News", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-hadrian-navy-submarine/" }, { "id": "donjr-firehawk-ibas-propellant", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Pentagon propellant contract for Firehawk Aerospace", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "potential_usd": 24000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-08-27", "summary": "The Pentagon awarded Firehawk Aerospace a $24 million, two-year contract to expand production of propellant for 155mm artillery shells. It does not appear on USAspending, so the amount paid so far is not public.", "recipient": "Firehawk Aerospace", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. is a partner, led Firehawk's $60 million Series C, announced in January 2025. 1789 says it first invested in 2023, before Trump Jr. joined.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Defense", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The Defense Post", "title": "Firehawk Wins $24M US Contract to Expand 155mm Propellant Production", "url": "https://thedefensepost.com/2026/08/28/firehawk-propellant-production/", "date": "2026-08-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Tectonic", "title": "Firehawk Inks $24M Deal with the Pentagon’s IBAS Program for Artillery Propellant", "url": "https://www.tectonicdefense.com/firehawk-inks-24m-deal-with-the-pentagons-ibas-program-for-artillery-propellant/", "date": "2026-08-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "3D Printing Industry", "title": "Donald Trump Jr’s VC Leads New $60M Firehawk Aerospace Investment", "url": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/donald-trump-jrs-vc-leads-new-60m-firehawk-aerospace-investment-235626/", "date": "2025-01-14", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns over potential conflicts of interest", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004", "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "Firehawk", "kind": "statement", "text": "“Firehawk was founded in 2019 and has been awarded government contracts across multiple administrations, based on our ability to deliver on time, on budget and on the quality of our work.”", "source": { "publisher": "ABC News", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-firehawk-ibas-propellant/" }, { "id": "donjr-psiquantum-chips-loi", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "Commerce letter of intent for PsiQuantum", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 100000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-21", "summary": "The Commerce Department announced $100 million in planned CHIPS funding for PsiQuantum's photonic quantum-computing work, one of nine letters of intent worth $2 billion. A letter of intent is not yet a final award.", "recipient": "PsiQuantum", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. is a partner, was among new investors in PsiQuantum's $1 billion round announced in September 2025.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Commerce", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "NIST, U.S. Department of Commerce", "title": "Department of Commerce Announces Letters of Intent With 9 Companies for $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing", "url": "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/05/department-commerce-announces-letters-intent-9-companies-2-billion", "date": "2026-05-21", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns over potential conflicts of interest", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004", "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "PsiQuantum", "kind": "statement", "text": "“PsiQuantum is committed to effective and responsible partnerships with the U.S. government.” ABC News adds that 1789 is one of many minority investors.", "source": { "publisher": "ABC News", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-psiquantum-chips-loi/" }, { "id": "donjr-psiquantum-darpa", "subject_id": "don-jr", "headline": "DARPA agreement with PsiQuantum", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 125000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-22", "summary": "PsiQuantum announced an expanded $125 million agreement with DARPA to test its quantum computer under the agency's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. The amount paid so far is not public.", "recipient": "PsiQuantum", "tie": "1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. is a partner, was among new investors in PsiQuantum's $1 billion round announced in September 2025.", "counterparty": "DARPA", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "PsiQuantum", "title": "PsiQuantum Signs $125 Million Agreement with DARPA", "url": "https://www.psiquantum.com/news-import/psiquantum-signs-125-million-agreement-with-darpa", "date": "2026-07-22", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "ABC News", "title": "New shipyard announced amid earlier Democratic concerns over potential conflicts of interest", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004", "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "1789 Capital", "title": "Don Trump Jr — 1789 Capital", "url": "https://1789capital.vc/don-trump-jr", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "PsiQuantum", "kind": "statement", "text": "“PsiQuantum is committed to effective and responsible partnerships with the U.S. government.” ABC News adds that 1789 is one of many minority investors.", "source": { "publisher": "ABC News", "url": "https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/new-shipyard-announced-amid-earlier-democratic-concerns-potential-137143004" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/donjr-psiquantum-darpa/" }, { "id": "eric-powerus-af-fa862926fb059", "subject_id": "eric-trump", "headline": "Air Force order for Powerus counter-drone interceptors", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 98000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-20", "summary": "The first delivery order under a competitively awarded Air Force contract, with a $90 million ceiling, for Powerus's Guardian counter-drone interceptors, placed with its subsidiary Tandem Defense. USAspending shows $98,000 obligated.", "recipient": "Powerus (Tandem Defense)", "tie": "Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are partners in American Ventures, which lent Powerus $5.55 million, holds warrants for 9.9% of it and backed the listed company it merged into; the March 2026 merger announcement named both brothers as notable investors. Eric Trump says he is a passive investor.", "award_id": "FA862926FB059", "counterparty": "U.S. Air Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA862926FB059", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA862926FB059_9700_FA862926DB006_9700", "date": "2026-07-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Powerus (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "Powerus completes merger with Aureus Greenway Holdings", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2009312/000149315226045385/ex99-1.htm", "date": "2026-10-01", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Aureus Greenway Holdings (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "New American Drone and Defense Company to be Created Through Merger of Powerus and Aureus Greenway Holdings", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2009312/000149315226009672/ex99-1.htm", "date": "2026-03-09", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Breaking Defense", "title": "Drone-maker Powerus, backed by Trump brothers, goes public", "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/10/dronemaker-powerus-backed-by-trump-brothers-goes-public/", "date": "2026-10-01", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Washington Post, via Anchorage Daily News", "title": "Trump's sons invest heavily in defense tech as father's administration pours money in", "url": "https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2026/07/13/trumps-sons-invest-heavily-in-defense-tech-as-fathers-administration-pours-money-in/", "date": "2026-07-13", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "Brett Velicovich, Powerus co-founder", "kind": "statement", "text": "“They're not going to pick a system because of who's on an investor list.”", "source": { "publisher": "Bloomberg, via The Daily Gazette", "url": "https://www.dailygazette.com/tribune/trump-family-backed-drone-firm-signs-weapons-deal-with-us/article_cc7547b6-7909-540c-8303-f65037221042.html" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/eric-powerus-af-fa862926fb059/" }, { "id": "eric-powerus-82m-order", "subject_id": "eric-trump", "headline": "$82 million U.S. order for Powerus counter-drone systems", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 82000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-05", "summary": "Powerus announced an $82 million order for counter-drone systems, the second order under an existing U.S. government contract. The order is not yet on USAspending, so how much has been obligated is not public.", "recipient": "Powerus", "tie": "Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are partners in American Ventures, which lent Powerus $5.55 million, holds warrants for 9.9% of it and backed the listed company it merged into; the March 2026 merger announcement named both brothers as notable investors. Eric Trump says he is a passive investor.", "counterparty": "U.S. government (buyer not named by the company)", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Powerus, via sUAS News", "title": "Powerus (Nasdaq: PUSA) Awarded $82 Million Order for Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems", "url": "https://www.suasnews.com/2026/10/powerus-nasdaq-pusa-awarded-82-million-order-for-counter-unmanned-aerial-systems/", "date": "2026-10-05", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Defense Post", "title": "Powerus Wins $82M US Order for Counter-Drone Systems", "url": "https://thedefensepost.com/2026/10/07/powerus-counter-drone-us-order/", "date": "2026-10-07", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Aureus Greenway Holdings (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "New American Drone and Defense Company to be Created Through Merger of Powerus and Aureus Greenway Holdings", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2009312/000149315226009672/ex99-1.htm", "date": "2026-03-09", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Breaking Defense", "title": "Drone-maker Powerus, backed by Trump brothers, goes public", "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/10/dronemaker-powerus-backed-by-trump-brothers-goes-public/", "date": "2026-10-01", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "Brett Velicovich, Powerus co-founder", "kind": "statement", "text": "“They're not going to pick a system because of who's on an investor list.”", "source": { "publisher": "Bloomberg, via The Daily Gazette", "url": "https://www.dailygazette.com/tribune/trump-family-backed-drone-firm-signs-weapons-deal-with-us/article_cc7547b6-7909-540c-8303-f65037221042.html" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/eric-powerus-82m-order/" }, { "id": "eric-xtend-drone-dominance", "subject_id": "eric-trump", "headline": "Pentagon Drone Dominance order for 6,000 Xtend attack drones", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 40500000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-13", "summary": "After Xtend placed third in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance flight trials, it received an order for 6,000 STRIKER attack drones, which it valued at $40.5 million. The order is not yet on USAspending.", "recipient": "XTEND AI Robotics", "tie": "Eric Trump was named a strategic investor when Xtend agreed in February 2026 to go public through a merger with JFB Construction Holdings. Xtend's CEO told The Washington Post he invests passively through American Ventures, which committed about $150 million.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Defense", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "XTEND AI Robotics, via Business Wire", "title": "XTEND Awarded $40.5 Million Order for 6,000 STRIKER Systems Following Drone Dominance Program Gauntlet II", "url": "https://finviz.com/news/401891/xtend-awarded-405-million-order-for-6000-striker-systems-following-drone-dominance-program-gauntlet-ii", "date": "2026-10-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Defense Post", "title": "XTend Lands US Order for 6,000 Combat Drones After Gauntlet 2 Win", "url": "https://thedefensepost.com/2026/10/20/xtend-us-combat-drones-gauntlet/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "JFB Construction Holdings (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "JFB and XTEND Announce $1.5B Business Combination to Establish a Nasdaq-Listed US Leader in AI-Driven Autonomous Defense Robotics", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024306/000149315226006957/ex99-1.htm", "date": "2026-02-17", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Washington Post, via Anchorage Daily News", "title": "Trump's sons invest heavily in defense tech as father's administration pours money in", "url": "https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2026/07/13/trumps-sons-invest-heavily-in-defense-tech-as-fathers-administration-pours-money-in/", "date": "2026-07-13", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Al Jazeera", "title": "US president’s son Eric Trump invests in drone maker with gov’t contracts", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/2/17/us-presidents-son-eric-trump-invests-in-drone-maker-with-govt-contracts", "date": "2026-02-17", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "Aviv Shapira, Xtend CEO", "kind": "statement", "text": "Shapira said he never sought help from Eric Trump, and that the idea the Trump brothers could influence the Pentagon's evaluation has “nothing to do with reality.”", "source": { "publisher": "The Washington Post, via Anchorage Daily News", "url": "https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2026/07/13/trumps-sons-invest-heavily-in-defense-tech-as-fathers-administration-pours-money-in/" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/eric-xtend-drone-dominance/" }, { "id": "trump-usss-doral-jan-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Secret Service lodging at Trump National Doral, January 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 14309, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-01-25", "period": "25–27 Jan 2025", "summary": "Secret Service travel records released to CREW show a $14,309 lodging payment to “Trump National Doral” for the President's January 25–27, 2025 visit to Miami (visit PV-25-02281, page 36 of the release).", "recipient": "Trump National Doral", "tie": "Trump National Doral is owned by the Trump Organization, whose assets are held in a trust for Trump's benefit and run by his sons.", "counterparty": "U.S. Secret Service", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "CREW puts the Secret Service's spending at Trump properties in the first months of 2025 at nearly $100,000; we list only the lines that name a Trump property outright.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Secret Service (FOIA release to CREW)", "title": "Approved Travel Expense Information, FOIA 2025-09-48", "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Responsive-documents-20250948.pdf", "date": "2025-05-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CREW", "title": "Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties", "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/secret-service-has-spent-nearly-100k-at-trump-properties/", "date": "2025-10-14", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-usss-doral-jan-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-usss-las-vegas-jan-2025", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "Secret Service lodging at Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, January 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 14639.4, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-01-24", "period": "24–25 Jan 2025", "summary": "Secret Service travel records released to CREW show a $14,639.40 lodging payment to “Trump International Hote[l]” during the President's January 24–25, 2025 visit to Las Vegas (visit PV-25-02279, page 1 of the release).", "recipient": "Trump International Hotel Las Vegas", "tie": "The Trump Organization owns the hotel jointly with the casino owner Phil Ruffin.", "counterparty": "U.S. Secret Service", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "U.S. Secret Service (FOIA release to CREW)", "title": "Approved Travel Expense Information, FOIA 2025-09-48", "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Responsive-documents-20250948.pdf", "date": "2025-05-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CREW", "title": "Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties", "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/secret-service-has-spent-nearly-100k-at-trump-properties/", "date": "2025-10-14", "type": "reporting" } ], "not_duplicate_of": "trump-usss-doral-jan-2025", "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-usss-las-vegas-jan-2025/" }, { "id": "trump-doral-g20", "subject_id": "donald-trump", "headline": "2026 G20 summit at Trump National Doral", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-05", "summary": "Trump announced that the United States will host the December 2026 G20 summit at his Trump National Doral resort. No contract with, or payment to, the resort has been made public; State Department G20 contracts on USAspending so far go to other vendors.", "recipient": "Trump National Doral", "tie": "Trump National Doral is owned by the Trump Organization, whose assets are held in a trust for Trump's benefit and run by his sons.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of State", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "CBS News", "title": "Trump announces plans to host 2026 G20 summit at his Doral resort", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g20-summit-2026-doral-resort-florida/", "date": "2025-09-05", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CREW", "title": "CREW sues State Department and Secret Service for records on G20 summit at Trump Doral", "url": "https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/lawsuits/crew-sues-state-department-and-secret-service-for-records-on-g20-summit-at-trump-doral/", "date": "2026-03-18", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "The White House", "kind": "statement", "text": "Trump Doral would host the summit “at-cost, and will receive no profit from either the State Department or a foreign government.”", "source": { "publisher": "CBS News", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-g20-summit-2026-doral-resort-florida/" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/trump-doral-g20/" }, { "id": "parscale-nucleus-white-house-events", "subject_id": "brad-parscale", "headline": "White House order for Campaign Nucleus event-planning software", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 66000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-10", "summary": "The Executive Office of the President bought event-planning software from Campaign Nucleus under a purchase agreement signed in June 2026. USAspending shows $66,000 obligated and records the order as not competed, with one offer.", "recipient": "Campaign Nucleus", "tie": "Campaign Nucleus is Parscale's own digital-strategy company; Trump's 2024 campaign website ran on its platform.", "award_id": "11316026F0015WHO", "counterparty": "Executive Office of the President", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 11316026F0015WHO", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_11316026F0015WHO_1100_11316026A0003EOP_1100", "date": "2026-06-10", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Intercept", "title": "Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies' Companies", "url": "https://theintercept.com/2026/05/28/israeli-government-money-brad-parsc/", "date": "2026-05-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Associated Press, via KVIA", "title": "Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he's back, and an AI evangelist", "url": "https://kvia.com/news/ap-national/2024/05/05/brad-parscale-helped-trump-win-in-2016-using-facebook-ads-now-hes-back-and-an-ai-evangelist/", "date": "2024-05-05", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/parscale-nucleus-white-house-events/" }, { "id": "parscale-nucleus-ovp-subscription", "subject_id": "brad-parscale", "headline": "Vice President's office subscription to Campaign Nucleus", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 33000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-08", "summary": "A software subscription for the Office of the Vice President under the same Campaign Nucleus purchase agreement. USAspending shows $33,000 obligated, not competed, with one offer.", "recipient": "Campaign Nucleus", "tie": "Campaign Nucleus is Parscale's own digital-strategy company; Trump's 2024 campaign website ran on its platform.", "award_id": "11316026F0008OVP", "counterparty": "Executive Office of the President", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 11316026F0008OVP", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_11316026F0008OVP_1100_11316026A0003EOP_1100", "date": "2026-07-08", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Intercept", "title": "Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies' Companies", "url": "https://theintercept.com/2026/05/28/israeli-government-money-brad-parsc/", "date": "2026-05-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Associated Press, via KVIA", "title": "Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he's back, and an AI evangelist", "url": "https://kvia.com/news/ap-national/2024/05/05/brad-parscale-helped-trump-win-in-2016-using-facebook-ads-now-hes-back-and-an-ai-evangelist/", "date": "2024-05-05", "type": "reporting" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/parscale-nucleus-ovp-subscription/" }, { "id": "kollitides-alvarez-marsal-federal", "subject_id": "george-kollitides", "headline": "Pentagon consulting deals with Alvarez & Marsal Federal", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "alleged", "amount_usd": 31000000, "estimate": true, "date": "2026-06", "summary": "ProPublica reported that the Pentagon signed two consulting agreements with Alvarez & Marsal Federal, worth $67.6 million (December 2025) and $281 million (no-bid, mid-2026), the second to advise an office Kollitides leads. About $31 million had been paid across both deals, according to ProPublica.", "recipient": "Alvarez & Marsal Federal", "tie": "Kollitides was a partner at the sister private-equity firm A&M Capital for almost ten years, and an April 2026 securities filing still listed him as its senior adviser while he worked at the Pentagon. A&M Capital says he has since left.", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Defense", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "Single outlet: ProPublica's reporting, republished by Government Executive. The deals are other transaction agreements, which are not on USAspending.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "ProPublica", "title": "The Pentagon Gave Contracts to Alvarez & Marsal Federal, a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Official", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/george-kollitides-pentagon-contracts-alvarez-marsal", "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "reporting" } ], "response": { "by": "The Pentagon and A&M Capital", "kind": "denial", "text": "The Pentagon said Kollitides “is in full compliance with all ethical laws and regulations” and has never had investments or financial relations with the consulting firm. A&M Capital said it is separate from the consulting business.", "source": { "publisher": "ProPublica", "url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/george-kollitides-pentagon-contracts-alvarez-marsal" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/kollitides-alvarez-marsal-federal/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w9128z26fa001", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Maven Smart System for the Pentagon's AI office", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 637552404.79, "potential_usd": 781321396.95, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-11-21", "summary": "Palantir's Maven targeting and data system for the Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Office. Ordered under the Army's enterprise agreement with Palantir, a ten-year vehicle with a ceiling of up to $10 billion signed in July 2025; USAspending records the order as not competed (only one source). USAspending shows $637,552,404.79 obligated of a potential $781,321,396.95.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W9128Z26FA001", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Defense", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W9128Z26FA001 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W9128Z26FA001_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2025-11-21", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "Palantir and Vice President JD Vance", "kind": "statement", "text": "Palantir told CNN: “We are not a surveillance company.” Asked about the company, Vance said: “Palantir is a private company.”", "source": { "publisher": "CNN", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w9128z26fa001/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w519tc26f0012", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Army Vantage data platform", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 145033091.2, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-11", "summary": "Palantir's Vantage data and analytics platform for the Army. Ordered under the Army's enterprise agreement with Palantir, a ten-year vehicle with a ceiling of up to $10 billion signed in July 2025; USAspending records the order as not competed (only one source). USAspending shows $145,033,091.20 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W519TC26F0012", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W519TC26F0012 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W519TC26F0012_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2025-12-11", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w519tc26f0012/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w519tc25f0331", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Software for Army Forces Command", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 114778648.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-31", "summary": "Software for Army Forces Command, the first order under the enterprise agreement. Ordered under the Army's enterprise agreement with Palantir, a ten-year vehicle with a ceiling of up to $10 billion signed in July 2025; USAspending records the order as not competed (only one source). USAspending shows $114,778,648 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W519TC25F0331", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W519TC25F0331 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W519TC25F0331_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2025-07-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w519tc25f0331/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w519tc25c0008", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Army Vantage software-as-a-service contract, December 2024", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 103425091.06, "potential_usd": 459095842.16, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-12-13", "summary": "An Army contract for Palantir's Vantage platform as a service, signed after Election Day 2024. USAspending records it as not competed (only one source), with one offer. USAspending shows $103,425,091.06 obligated of a potential $459,095,842.16.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W519TC25C0008", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W519TC25C0008 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W519TC25C0008_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2024-12-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w519tc25c0008/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-fa880625fb009", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Air Force data platform order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 122224386.2, "potential_usd": 358402218.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-05-15", "summary": "A data-platform order under the Air Force's multiple-award data software contract, which USAspending records as full and open competition with seven offers. USAspending shows $122,224,386.20 obligated of a potential $358,402,218.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "FA880625FB009", "counterparty": "U.S. Air Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA880625FB009 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA880625FB009_9700_FA880623D0015_9700", "date": "2025-05-15", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-fa880625fb009/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-12314426f0126", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Department of Agriculture IT platform", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 94687811.42, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-04-17", "summary": "An order to consolidate IT for the Agriculture Department's farm production and conservation agencies on a Palantir platform, under a department-wide purchase agreement. USAspending shows $94,687,811.42 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "12314426F0126", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Agriculture", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 12314426F0126 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12314426F0126_1205_12314426A0009_1205", "date": "2026-04-17", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-12314426f0126/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-70ctd026fc0000012", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "ICE removal-operations case management", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 86271599.3, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-04-30", "summary": "Modernization of case management for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the deportation arm, under a DHS-wide Palantir purchase agreement. USAspending shows $86,271,599.30 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "70CTD026FC0000012", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CTD026FC0000012 to Palantir", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD026FC0000012_7012_70RTAC26A00000001_7001", "date": "2026-04-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-70ctd026fc0000012/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-immigrationos", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "ICE “ImmigrationOS” targeting system", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 29898236, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-04-11", "summary": "ICE added $29,898,236 to its 2022 Palantir case-management order to build “ImmigrationOS”, a system to identify and track people for deportation (modification P00009 on USAspending). The Washington Post described it as a $30 million contract.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "70CTD022FR0000170 P00009", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "Only this modification is counted: the order itself was signed in 2022, and its other post-election modifications extend existing work.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CTD022FR0000170 to Palantir Technologies Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD022FR0000170_7012_GS35F0086U_4730", "date": "2025-04-11", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Washington Post, via The Philadelphia Inquirer", "title": "How data-management firm Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations", "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/palantir-20251204.html", "date": "2025-12-04", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-immigrationos/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-70b02c26f00000035", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Border surveillance towers for Customs and Border Protection", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 362974500.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-18", "summary": "Autonomous surveillance towers for the Border Patrol, ordered under a small-business innovation contract that USAspending records as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $362,974,500 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "70B02C26F00000035", "counterparty": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70B02C26F00000035 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C26F00000035_7014_70B02C20D00000019_7014", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-70b02c26f00000035/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-w9128z26fa005", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Lattice counter-drone software for Joint Interagency Task Force 401", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 142039256.09, "potential_usd": 194664122.43, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-03-16", "summary": "Anduril's Lattice software and integration for the Pentagon's counter-drone task force. Ordered under the Army's enterprise contract with Anduril, a ten-year vehicle with a ceiling of up to $20 billion signed in March 2026; USAspending records the order as not competed (only one source). USAspending shows $142,039,256.09 obligated of a potential $194,664,122.43.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "W9128Z26FA005", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W9128Z26FA005 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W9128Z26FA005_9700_W9128Z26DA001_9700", "date": "2026-03-16", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-w9128z26fa005/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-n0016425cjr94", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Altius-600M loitering munitions for the Navy", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 93994917.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-02-11", "summary": "Production of Altius-600M loitering munitions. USAspending records the contract as not competed (only one source), with one offer. USAspending shows $93,994,917 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "N0016425CJR94", "counterparty": "U.S. Navy", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award N0016425CJR94 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0016425CJR94_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2025-02-11", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-n0016425cjr94/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-h9240226fe027", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "“Ghost Shield” counter-drone order for Special Operations Command", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 85785300.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-04-27", "summary": "A counter-drone order for U.S. Special Operations Command, which USAspending records as full and open competition. USAspending shows $85,785,300 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "H9240226FE027", "counterparty": "U.S. Special Operations Command", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award H9240226FE027 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_H9240226FE027_9700_H9240222D0001_9700", "date": "2026-04-27", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-h9240226fe027/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-m6785426f0051", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Counter-drone systems for Marine Corps bases", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 81896255.68, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-02-26", "summary": "Counter-drone hardware for Marine Corps installations, ordered under a $642 million contract Anduril won in 2025 after a competition with nine offers. USAspending shows $81,896,255.68 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "M6785426F0051", "counterparty": "U.S. Marine Corps", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award M6785426F0051 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_M6785426F0051_9700_M6785425D0003_9700", "date": "2026-02-26", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-m6785426f0051/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-sbmc", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Army mixed-reality headset prototypes (SBMC)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "potential_usd": 159000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-08", "summary": "The Army picked Anduril and a second team to prototype Soldier Borne Mission Command, the mixed-reality headset that replaced Microsoft's IVAS. Anduril announced a $159 million deal; it is an other transaction agreement, not on USAspending, so the amount paid is not public.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Anduril", "title": "Anduril Awarded Contract to Redefine the Future of Mixed Reality", "url": "https://www.anduril.com/news/anduril-awarded-contract-to-redefine-the-future-of-mixed-reality", "date": "2025-09-08", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "DefenseScoop", "title": "Army awards more than $350M in contracts for Soldier Borne Mission Command system prototypes", "url": "https://defensescoop.com/2025/09/08/army-sbmc-contract-awards-anduril-rivet-soldier-borne-mission-command/", "date": "2025-09-08", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "amount_usd": null, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-sbmc/" }, { "id": "ellison-oracle-36c10b25n0064ehrm", "subject_id": "larry-ellison", "headline": "VA electronic health record order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 173322306.16, "potential_usd": 210746222.95, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-01-22", "summary": "A task order for the Veterans Affairs electronic health record, signed two days after the inauguration; USAspending records it as not competed (public interest). USAspending shows $173,322,306.16 obligated of a potential $210,746,222.95.", "recipient": "Oracle Health", "tie": "Ellison founded Oracle and is its executive chair, chief technology officer and largest stockholder. He gave roughly $45 million to a political nonprofit supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the fundraising; such gifts are not disclosed, and FEC records show no gifts from him directly to Trump's campaign or super PAC. He hosted a Trump fundraiser at his California estate in 2020, joined Trump at the White House to announce the Stargate AI project in January 2025, and Oracle leads the investor group that took over TikTok's U.S. business under a deal the administration brokered.", "award_id": "36C10B25N0064EHRM", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "note": "In August 2026 VA raised the ceiling of the underlying 2018 contract from about $10 billion to about $27 billion without competition. That ceiling is not money committed and is not counted. The House Veterans Affairs Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Ellison.", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 36C10B25N0064EHRM to Oracle Health Government Services, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C10B25N0064EHRM_3600_36C10B18D5000_3600", "date": "2025-01-22", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Wall Street Journal, via Election Law Blog", "title": "How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump's Circle", "url": "https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-a-45-million-donation-brought-larry-ellison-deeper-into-trumps-circle/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Jaw-Dropping Amount of Money Billionaire Larry Ellison Pays to Be Trump's Friend Revealed", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-amount-of-money-billionaire-larry-ellison-pays-to-be-trumps-friend-revealed/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Trump fundraiser scheduled at Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison's: report", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/trump-fundraiser-scheduled-at-oracle-chairman-larry-ellisons-report.html", "date": "2020-02-12", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal News Network", "title": "House VA lawmakers to subpoena Oracle over EHR contract", "url": "https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2026/09/house-va-lawmakers-to-subpoena-oracle-over-ehr-contract/", "date": "2026-09-02", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Military Times", "title": "Congress presses Oracle for answers on VA’s $17 billion EHR increase", "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2026/09/28/congress-presses-oracle-for-answers-on-vas-17-billion-ehr-increase/", "date": "2026-09-28", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NPR", "title": "TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648844/tiktok-deal-oracle-trump", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Oracle Corporation (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Oracle 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526402816/orcl-20260925.htm", "date": "2026-09-25", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "Oracle and the Department of Veterans Affairs", "kind": "statement", "text": "Oracle did not respond to Federal News Network and declined to testify. VA's deputy secretary told lawmakers the $17 billion is a ceiling, not all of it will go to Oracle, and it was raised because the old one was expiring.", "source": { "publisher": "Federal News Network", "url": "https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2026/09/house-va-lawmakers-to-subpoena-oracle-over-ehr-contract/" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ellison-oracle-36c10b25n0064ehrm/" }, { "id": "ellison-oracle-12314425f0071", "subject_id": "larry-ellison", "headline": "Oracle cloud services for the Department of Agriculture", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 27438487.01, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-01-31", "summary": "Oracle cloud services under the Agriculture Department's cloud contract. USAspending records it as not competed (only one source), with one offer. USAspending shows $27,438,487.01 obligated.", "recipient": "Oracle", "tie": "Ellison founded Oracle and is its executive chair, chief technology officer and largest stockholder. He gave roughly $45 million to a political nonprofit supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the fundraising; such gifts are not disclosed, and FEC records show no gifts from him directly to Trump's campaign or super PAC. He hosted a Trump fundraiser at his California estate in 2020, joined Trump at the White House to announce the Stargate AI project in January 2025, and Oracle leads the investor group that took over TikTok's U.S. business under a deal the administration brokered.", "award_id": "12314425F0071", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Agriculture", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 12314425F0071 to Oracle America, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12314425F0071_1205_12314424G0070_1205", "date": "2025-01-31", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Wall Street Journal, via Election Law Blog", "title": "How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump's Circle", "url": "https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-a-45-million-donation-brought-larry-ellison-deeper-into-trumps-circle/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Jaw-Dropping Amount of Money Billionaire Larry Ellison Pays to Be Trump's Friend Revealed", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-amount-of-money-billionaire-larry-ellison-pays-to-be-trumps-friend-revealed/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Trump fundraiser scheduled at Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison's: report", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/trump-fundraiser-scheduled-at-oracle-chairman-larry-ellisons-report.html", "date": "2020-02-12", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NPR", "title": "TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648844/tiktok-deal-oracle-trump", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Oracle Corporation (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Oracle 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526402816/orcl-20260925.htm", "date": "2026-09-25", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ellison-oracle-12314425f0071/" }, { "id": "ellison-oracle-hc108425f0337", "subject_id": "larry-ellison", "headline": "Defense Information Systems Agency software order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 21655000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-12", "summary": "An option-period order for Oracle software under a Defense Information Systems Agency contract. USAspending shows $21,655,000 obligated.", "recipient": "Oracle", "tie": "Ellison founded Oracle and is its executive chair, chief technology officer and largest stockholder. He gave roughly $45 million to a political nonprofit supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the fundraising; such gifts are not disclosed, and FEC records show no gifts from him directly to Trump's campaign or super PAC. He hosted a Trump fundraiser at his California estate in 2020, joined Trump at the White House to announce the Stargate AI project in January 2025, and Oracle leads the investor group that took over TikTok's U.S. business under a deal the administration brokered.", "award_id": "HC108425F0337", "counterparty": "Defense Information Systems Agency", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award HC108425F0337 to Oracle America, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_HC108425F0337_9700_HC108419D0005_9700", "date": "2025-08-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Wall Street Journal, via Election Law Blog", "title": "How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump's Circle", "url": "https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-a-45-million-donation-brought-larry-ellison-deeper-into-trumps-circle/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Jaw-Dropping Amount of Money Billionaire Larry Ellison Pays to Be Trump's Friend Revealed", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-amount-of-money-billionaire-larry-ellison-pays-to-be-trumps-friend-revealed/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Trump fundraiser scheduled at Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison's: report", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/trump-fundraiser-scheduled-at-oracle-chairman-larry-ellisons-report.html", "date": "2020-02-12", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NPR", "title": "TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648844/tiktok-deal-oracle-trump", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Oracle Corporation (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Oracle 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526402816/orcl-20260925.htm", "date": "2026-09-25", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ellison-oracle-hc108425f0337/" }, { "id": "ellison-oracle-fa872626fb005", "subject_id": "larry-ellison", "headline": "Oracle cloud for the Air Force", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 14338783.04, "potential_usd": 78093874.58, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-28", "summary": "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for the Air Force's cloud office, under the Pentagon's multi-vendor JWCC cloud contract; this order is recorded as only one source. USAspending shows $14,338,783.04 obligated of a potential $78,093,874.58.", "recipient": "Oracle", "tie": "Ellison founded Oracle and is its executive chair, chief technology officer and largest stockholder. He gave roughly $45 million to a political nonprofit supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the fundraising; such gifts are not disclosed, and FEC records show no gifts from him directly to Trump's campaign or super PAC. He hosted a Trump fundraiser at his California estate in 2020, joined Trump at the White House to announce the Stargate AI project in January 2025, and Oracle leads the investor group that took over TikTok's U.S. business under a deal the administration brokered.", "award_id": "FA872626FB005", "counterparty": "U.S. Air Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA872626FB005 to Oracle America, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA872626FB005_9700_HC105023D0004_9700", "date": "2026-01-28", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Wall Street Journal, via Election Law Blog", "title": "How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump's Circle", "url": "https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-a-45-million-donation-brought-larry-ellison-deeper-into-trumps-circle/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Jaw-Dropping Amount of Money Billionaire Larry Ellison Pays to Be Trump's Friend Revealed", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-amount-of-money-billionaire-larry-ellison-pays-to-be-trumps-friend-revealed/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Trump fundraiser scheduled at Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison's: report", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/trump-fundraiser-scheduled-at-oracle-chairman-larry-ellisons-report.html", "date": "2020-02-12", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NPR", "title": "TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648844/tiktok-deal-oracle-trump", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Oracle Corporation (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Oracle 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526402816/orcl-20260925.htm", "date": "2026-09-25", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ellison-oracle-fa872626fb005/" }, { "id": "ellison-oracle-70rtac26fr0000043", "subject_id": "larry-ellison", "headline": "Oracle cloud for Homeland Security", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 12281976.61, "potential_usd": 24600000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-08-28", "summary": "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services for the Department of Homeland Security, recorded as not competed (brand name). USAspending shows $12,281,976.61 obligated of a potential $24,600,000.", "recipient": "Oracle", "tie": "Ellison founded Oracle and is its executive chair, chief technology officer and largest stockholder. He gave roughly $45 million to a political nonprofit supporting Trump's 2024 campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the fundraising; such gifts are not disclosed, and FEC records show no gifts from him directly to Trump's campaign or super PAC. He hosted a Trump fundraiser at his California estate in 2020, joined Trump at the White House to announce the Stargate AI project in January 2025, and Oracle leads the investor group that took over TikTok's U.S. business under a deal the administration brokered.", "award_id": "70RTAC26FR0000043", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Homeland Security", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70RTAC26FR0000043 to Oracle America, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RTAC26FR0000043_7001_70RTAC26D00000005_7001", "date": "2026-08-28", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The Wall Street Journal, via Election Law Blog", "title": "How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump's Circle", "url": "https://electionlawblog.org/2026/how-a-45-million-donation-brought-larry-ellison-deeper-into-trumps-circle/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Jaw-Dropping Amount of Money Billionaire Larry Ellison Pays to Be Trump's Friend Revealed", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-amount-of-money-billionaire-larry-ellison-pays-to-be-trumps-friend-revealed/", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Trump fundraiser scheduled at Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison's: report", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/trump-fundraiser-scheduled-at-oracle-chairman-larry-ellisons-report.html", "date": "2020-02-12", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "NPR", "title": "TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group", "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648844/tiktok-deal-oracle-trump", "date": "2025-12-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Oracle Corporation (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Oracle 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526402816/orcl-20260925.htm", "date": "2026-09-25", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/ellison-oracle-70rtac26fr0000043/" }, { "id": "altman-openai-pentagon-ai", "subject_id": "sam-altman", "headline": "Pentagon “frontier AI” prototype agreement with OpenAI", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 2000000, "potential_usd": 200000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-06-16", "summary": "The Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Office signed a one-year prototype agreement worth up to $200 million with OpenAI for AI tools for warfighting and administrative work. OpenAI was to receive $2 million at signing, The Register reported. Similar awards went to Anthropic, Google and xAI a month later.", "recipient": "OpenAI", "tie": "Altman co-founded OpenAI and is its CEO. He gave $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee on 13 December 2024, FEC filings show, and appeared with Trump at the White House to announce the Stargate AI project in January 2025.", "award_id": "HQ0883-25-9-0012", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Defense", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/openai-wins-200-million-us-defense-contract.html", "date": "2025-06-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Register", "title": "Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million 'frontier AI' pilot project", "url": "https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/dod_openai_contract/", "date": "2025-06-17", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "Sam Altman", "kind": "statement", "text": "On the inaugural gift: “President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I am eager to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead.”", "source": { "publisher": "CNBC", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/sam-altman-posts-letter-from-senators-concerned-about-openai-donations.html" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/altman-openai-pentagon-ai/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000127", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "ICE ankle-monitor and check-in program (ISAP V)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 228516114.69, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-30", "summary": "The first order under ICE's new alternatives-to-detention contract, run by GEO's subsidiary BI Incorporated: electronic monitoring and case management for immigrants awaiting hearings. The contract was competed, with two offers. USAspending shows $228,516,114.69 obligated.", "recipient": "BI Incorporated (GEO Group)", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000127", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000127 to B.I. Incorporated (GEO Group)", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000127_7012_70CDCR25D00000062_7012", "date": "2025-09-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "The White House and DHS", "kind": "denial", "text": "“Any allegation that political donations play a role in agencies awarding government contracts are false,” a White House spokesperson said. DHS said it “runs this process by the book.”", "source": { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000127/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000096", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "North Lake immigration detention center, Michigan", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 91860421.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-01", "summary": "Reopening GEO's North Lake prison in Baldwin, Michigan, as an ICE detention center. USAspending records the contract as not competed, on grounds of urgency. USAspending shows $91,860,421 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000096", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000096 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000096_7012_70CDCR25D00000009_7012", "date": "2025-08-01", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000096/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000029", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Delaney Hall immigration detention center, Newark", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 58637673.24, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-03-06", "summary": "The first order under a new contract for the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, recorded as competed with two offers. USAspending shows $58,637,673.24 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000029", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000029 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000029_7012_70CDCR25D00000007_7012", "date": "2025-03-06", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000029/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000125", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "ICE ankle-monitor and check-in program, second order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 41018888.74, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-16", "summary": "The second order under ICE's alternatives-to-detention contract with GEO's subsidiary BI Incorporated. USAspending shows $41,018,888.74 obligated.", "recipient": "BI Incorporated (GEO Group)", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000125", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000125 to B.I. Incorporated (GEO Group)", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000125_7012_70CDCR25D00000062_7012", "date": "2026-09-16", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000125/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000050", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Delaney Hall detention center, second year", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 38610726.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-03-18", "summary": "The second-year order for the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark. USAspending shows $38,610,726 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000050", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000050 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000050_7012_70CDCR25D00000007_7012", "date": "2026-03-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000050/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000101", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Big Horn immigration detention center, Colorado", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 30229855.99, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-15", "summary": "The base-period order for a 1,188-bed ICE detention center in Hudson, Colorado, under a five-year contract the company valued at $85 million a year. USAspending records it as not competed (only one source). GEO gave MAGA Inc. $1 million three days after announcing the contract, The New York Times reported. USAspending shows $30,229,855.99 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000101", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000101 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000101_7012_70CDCR26D00000049_7012", "date": "2026-07-15", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "The White House and DHS", "kind": "denial", "text": "“Any allegation that political donations play a role in agencies awarding government contracts are false,” a White House spokesperson said. DHS said it “runs this process by the book.”", "source": { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000101/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000108", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Rivers immigration detention center, North Carolina", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 25436468.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-30", "summary": "The first order for a 1,320-bed ICE detention center in Winton, North Carolina, under a five-year contract the company valued at $80 million a year, recorded as not competed (only one source). GEO gave MAGA Inc. $413,000 two days after announcing it, The New York Times reported. USAspending shows $25,436,468 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000108", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000108 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000108_7012_70CDCR26D00000001_7012", "date": "2026-07-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "The White House and DHS", "kind": "denial", "text": "“Any allegation that political donations play a role in agencies awarding government contracts are false,” a White House spokesperson said. DHS said it “runs this process by the book.”", "source": { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808" } }, "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000108/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000105", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "North Lake detention center, follow-on order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 22825000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-21", "summary": "A follow-on order for the North Lake detention center in Michigan, recorded as not competed, on grounds of urgency. USAspending shows $22,825,000 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000105", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000105 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000105_7012_70CDCR25D00000009_7012", "date": "2026-07-21", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-26", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000105/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr27d00000002", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Northwest ICE Processing Center, Tacoma: new 10-year contract", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": null, "potential_usd": 1499517495.37, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-28", "period": "2026-10-28 to 2036-10-27", "summary": "A new 10-year contract for GEO to keep running its own 1,635-bed Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, through October 27, 2036; GEO said it expects about $140 million a year in revenue from it. USAspending records the contract as competed (full and open competition) with one offer received, and puts its potential value at $1,499,517,495.37. No money has been obligated under it on USAspending yet. It was signed the day after a seven-month, sole-source interim contract expired, Project Salt Box reported.", "note": "The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company, and Scripps News reported “no evidence directly linking GEO Group’s donations to the awarding of contracts.” GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR27D00000002", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR27D00000002 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_70CDCR27D00000002_7012", "date": "2026-10-28", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group, via Business Wire", "title": "The GEO Group Announces New Management Contract for 1,635-Bed Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, WA", "url": "https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-29-the-geo-group-announces-new-management-contract-for-1635-bed-northwest-ice-processing-center-in-tacoma-wa", "date": "2026-10-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "KUOW", "title": "Feds approve $1.5 billion contract for GEO Group to continue running Tacoma ICE lockup", "url": "https://www.kuow.org/immigration/2026-10-29/feds-approve-1-5-billion-contract-for-geo-group-to-continue-running-tacoma-ice-center", "date": "2026-10-29", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Project Salt Box", "title": "GEO Group gets $1.5 billion contract to keep running Tacoma immigration detention center", "url": "https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/geo-group-gets-15-billion-contract", "date": "2026-10-29", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "FOX 13 Seattle", "title": "GEO Group gets 10-year contract for Tacoma, WA ICE detention center", "url": "https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/geo-group-contract-tacoma-ice-detention-center", "date": "2026-10-29", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Scripps News", "title": "ICE detention center owner gives another $1 million to pro-Trump MAGA Inc.", "url": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/investigations/ice-inc/ice-detention-center-owner-gives-another-1-million-to-pro-trump-maga-inc", "date": "2026-10-30", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr27d00000002/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-ngc2-icorps", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Army Next Generation Command and Control fielding, starting with I Corps", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": null, "potential_usd": 1800000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-05", "summary": "The Army awarded Anduril a five-year contract to field the common data layer of its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) system, built on Anduril's Lattice software, beginning with I Corps in the Pacific. Anduril announced a $162.8 million base period with options worth up to $1.8 billion. The award number and contract type have not been published, and the award does not yet appear on USAspending, so the amount obligated is not public.", "note": "Military Times reports the Army signed the award on Sept. 30, 2026; Anduril announced it Oct. 5. It follows the July 2025 NGC2 prototype agreement. On Sept. 30, 2026, days before this award was announced, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Luckey, with Elon Musk and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to lead Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon study of the weapons and capabilities the U.S. may need in future wars. NPR reported that the Pentagon did not say whether they were hired as special government employees or contractors.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Anduril", "title": "Anduril Continues to Scale Next-Generation Command and Control Across the Army", "url": "https://www.anduril.com/news/anduril-continues-to-scale-next-generation-command-and-control-across-the-army", "date": "2026-10-05", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "DefenseScoop", "title": "Army awards Anduril contract worth up to $1.8B over five years to expand NGC2", "url": "https://defensescoop.com/2026/10/06/army-awards-anduril-1-8b-contract-expand-ngc2/", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Military Times", "title": "Anduril awarded contract to expand US Army’s next-gen battlefield command system", "url": "https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/10/13/anduril-awarded-contract-to-expand-us-armys-next-gen-battlefield-command-system/", "date": "2026-10-13", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "OPB (NPR)", "title": "Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries", "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/10/06/pentagon-taps-elon-musk-and-palmer-luckey-for-strategy-study/", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-ngc2-icorps/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-navy-virginia-components", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Navy contract for Virginia-class submarine parts from Anduril's Maryland shipyard", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": null, "potential_usd": 2900000000, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-10-06", "summary": "The Navy awarded Anduril a contract worth up to $2.9 billion for Virginia-class submarine components and large assemblies, to be built at Arsenal-2, a shipyard Anduril plans at Sparrows Point, Maryland, and delivered to Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding. Payments are tied to demonstrated production; the contract does not pay for the facility. The award number and contract type have not been published and it does not appear on USAspending, so no amount obligated is public; a senior administration official said funding is expected mainly from fiscal 2028 on.", "note": "The announced $6.6 billion combines this Navy ceiling with Anduril's own $3.7 billion investment in the shipyard; only the Navy contract is federal money to Anduril and only it is listed. Maryland and Baltimore County committed incentives of up to 13% of Anduril's investment, subject to legislative approval; those are state funds and not counted. Trump said taxpayers would receive a 40% stake in the shipyard but did not say how, and Anduril's announcement does not mention government ownership. Trump thanked Luckey by name at the Oct. 6 event, calling him a “friend,” CNBC reported. On Sept. 30, 2026, days before this award was announced, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Luckey, with Elon Musk and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, to lead Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon study of the weapons and capabilities the U.S. may need in future wars. NPR reported that the Pentagon did not say whether they were hired as special government employees or contractors.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "counterparty": "U.S. Navy", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Anduril", "title": "Anduril, U.S. Navy Invest $6.6 Billion to Expand America's Submarine Industrial Base", "url": "https://www.anduril.com/news/anduril-u-s-navy-invest-usd6-6-billion-to-expand-america-s-submarine-industrial-base", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Reuters (via gCaptain)", "title": "New Maryland Defense Shipyard Gets $6.6 Billion Commitment and Trump Visit", "url": "https://gcaptain.com/new-maryland-defense-shipyard-gets-6-6-billion-commitment-and-trump-visit/", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "CNBC", "title": "Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons group", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/anduril-navy-submarine-shipyard-contract.html", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "WJLA (Sinclair)", "title": "Multibillion-dollar investment to expand submarine production in Sparrows Point", "url": "https://wjla.com/news/local/president-donald-trump-governor-wes-moore-maryland-anduril-industries-virginia-class-submarines-tradepoint-atlantic-sparrows-point", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Janes", "title": "Anduril Industries awarded USD2.9 billion US Navy contract for submarine work", "url": "https://www.janes.com/defence-intelligence-insights/defence-news/industry/anduril-industries-awarded-usd29-billion-us-navy-contract-for-submarine-work", "date": "2026-10-08", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "OPB (NPR)", "title": "Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries", "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/10/06/pentagon-taps-elon-musk-and-palmer-luckey-for-strategy-study/", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "response": { "by": "Department of Defense", "kind": "statement", "text": "Pentagon Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael dismissed concerns about a conflict of interest from Luckey's Project Meridian role: “There's really nothing to see here.”", "source": { "publisher": "CNBC", "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/anduril-navy-submarine-shipyard-contract.html" } }, "added": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-navy-virginia-components/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-ngc2-4id-prototype", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Army NGC2 command-and-control prototype for the 4th Infantry Division", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": null, "potential_usd": 99600000, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-18", "summary": "The Army gave a team led by Anduril a $99.6 million, 11-month other transaction agreement to build a division-scale prototype of its Next Generation Command and Control system for the 4th Infantry Division. Other transaction agreements are not reported on USAspending, so the amount paid is not public.", "note": "Anduril's partners on the agreement include Palantir, Striveworks, Govini, Instant Connect Enterprise, Research Innovations Inc. and Microsoft; the full value is listed here under the prime, Anduril, and the subcontractors' shares are not public.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "counterparty": "U.S. Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "Breaking Defense", "title": "Army awards ‘Team Anduril’ nearly $100M to lead NGC2 prototype for 4th Infantry Division", "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/army-awards-team-anduril-nearly-100m-to-lead-ngc2-prototype-for-4th-infantry-division/", "date": "2025-07-18", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "DefenseScoop", "title": "Army awards $100M contract for Next-Gen command and control prototype", "url": "https://defensescoop.com/2025/07/21/anduril-army-next-generation-command-and-control-award/", "date": "2025-07-21", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-ngc2-4id-prototype/" }, { "id": "lacivita-republika-srpska", "subject_id": "chris-lacivita", "headline": "Consulting fee from Republika Srpska's government, paid through a Washington law firm", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 100000, "estimate": true, "date": "2026-10-06", "period": "Before Republika Srpska's Oct. 4, 2026 election", "summary": "The New York Times reported that Chris LaCivita and James Blair were each paid hundreds of thousands of dollars through a Washington-based law firm retained by the government of Republika Srpska, the Serb-run entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Milorad Dodik's party, to advise on voting issues before its October 2026 election. The New York Post, citing four sources, reported that each man earned more than $100,000 from the job and that both donated the full fee to Trump's presidential library.", "note": "Amount is the New York Post's floor of more than $100,000 each; the Times put each payment at hundreds of thousands of dollars without a figure. A fee later donated was still received; the reported donation went to Trump's presidential library and LaCivita confirmed it on X. The law firm has not been named in reporting. No FARA registration or short-form filing by LaCivita, Blair or Advancing Strategies appears in the Justice Department's FARA records (checked October 30, 2026). Lucas Compton LLC, a Washington law firm registered under FARA for the Republika Srpska government, lists no payment to either man in its supplemental statement for the six months to August 31, 2026; the election work came after that period.", "counterparty": "Government of Republika Srpska, through an unnamed Washington law firm", "counterparty_type": "foreign_state", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New York Times, via DNYUZ", "title": "Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government", "url": "https://dnyuz.com/?p=292769", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Al Jazeera", "title": "What were Trump operatives doing for pro-Russian politician Dodik in Bosnia?", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/8/what-were-trump-operatives-doing-for-pro-russian-politician-dodik-in-bosnia", "date": "2026-10-08", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Raw Story, citing the New York Post", "title": "Chris LaCivita and James Blair donate Bosnian consulting fee to Trump presidential library", "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/james-blair-trump-library/", "date": "2026-10-23", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Trump Goons Busted Cashing In Pay Up to Save Their Skins", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-chris-lacivita-james-blair-busted-cashing-in-pay-up-to-save-their-skins", "date": "2026-10-23", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice (FARA)", "title": "Lucas Compton LLC (#7693), supplemental statement for the period ending August 31, 2026", "url": "https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7693-Supplemental-Statement-20260930-1.pdf", "date": "2026-09-30", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "response": { "by": "Chris LaCivita and MAGA Inc.", "kind": "statement", "text": "LaCivita confirmed on X that the fee was donated to Trump's presidential library. A MAGA Inc. spokesman declined to comment on the trip but said both men stayed engaged in the midterm effort while traveling.", "source": { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-chris-lacivita-james-blair-busted-cashing-in-pay-up-to-save-their-skins" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/lacivita-republika-srpska/" }, { "id": "blair-republika-srpska", "subject_id": "james-blair", "headline": "Consulting fee from Republika Srpska's government, paid through a Washington law firm", "category": "foreign", "basis": "cash", "tier": "reported", "amount_usd": 100000, "estimate": true, "date": "2026-10-06", "period": "Before Republika Srpska's Oct. 4, 2026 election", "summary": "The New York Times reported that Chris LaCivita and James Blair were each paid hundreds of thousands of dollars through a Washington-based law firm retained by the government of Republika Srpska, the Serb-run entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina led by Milorad Dodik's party, to advise on voting issues before its October 2026 election. The New York Post, citing four sources, reported that each man earned more than $100,000 from the job and that both donated the full fee to Trump's presidential library.", "note": "Amount is the New York Post's floor of more than $100,000 each; the Times put each payment at hundreds of thousands of dollars without a figure. A fee later donated was still received; the reported donation went to Trump's presidential library and LaCivita confirmed it on X. The law firm has not been named in reporting. No FARA registration or short-form filing by LaCivita, Blair or Advancing Strategies appears in the Justice Department's FARA records (checked October 30, 2026). Lucas Compton LLC, a Washington law firm registered under FARA for the Republika Srpska government, lists no payment to either man in its supplemental statement for the six months to August 31, 2026; the election work came after that period.", "counterparty": "Government of Republika Srpska, through an unnamed Washington law firm", "counterparty_type": "foreign_state", "sources": [ { "publisher": "The New York Times, via DNYUZ", "title": "Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government", "url": "https://dnyuz.com/?p=292769", "date": "2026-10-06", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Al Jazeera", "title": "What were Trump operatives doing for pro-Russian politician Dodik in Bosnia?", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/8/what-were-trump-operatives-doing-for-pro-russian-politician-dodik-in-bosnia", "date": "2026-10-08", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Raw Story, citing the New York Post", "title": "Chris LaCivita and James Blair donate Bosnian consulting fee to Trump presidential library", "url": "https://www.rawstory.com/james-blair-trump-library/", "date": "2026-10-23", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "title": "Trump Goons Busted Cashing In Pay Up to Save Their Skins", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-chris-lacivita-james-blair-busted-cashing-in-pay-up-to-save-their-skins", "date": "2026-10-23", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice (FARA)", "title": "Lucas Compton LLC (#7693), supplemental statement for the period ending August 31, 2026", "url": "https://efile.fara.gov/docs/7693-Supplemental-Statement-20260930-1.pdf", "date": "2026-09-30", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "response": { "by": "MAGA Inc.", "kind": "statement", "text": "A MAGA Inc. spokesman declined to comment on the trip but said both men stayed engaged in the midterm effort while traveling. LaCivita said on X that the fees were donated to Trump's presidential library.", "source": { "publisher": "The Daily Beast", "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goons-chris-lacivita-james-blair-busted-cashing-in-pay-up-to-save-their-skins" } }, "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/blair-republika-srpska/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000009", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Adelanto ICE Processing Center, Dec 2024 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 120393306.26, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-12-20", "summary": "An order for the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California, for the year from December 2024, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $120,393,306.26 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000009", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000009 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000009_7012_70CDCR20D00000009_7012", "date": "2024-12-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000009/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000028", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Adelanto ICE Processing Center, Dec 2025 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 107738200.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-27", "summary": "An order for detention and transportation at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California, for the year from December 2025, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $107,738,200 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000028", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000028 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000028_7012_70CDCR20D00000009_7012", "date": "2026-01-27", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. 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(C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000028/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000111", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Aurora, Colorado detention facility", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 85103576.3, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-24", "summary": "An order for detention, transportation and medical services at GEO's Aurora, Colorado detention facility, from October 2025, under a 2021 contract (70CDCR22D00000001); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $85,103,576.30 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000111", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000111 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000111_7012_70CDCR22D00000001_7012", "date": "2025-09-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000111/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000042", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Mesa Verde and Golden State detention facilities", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 77625819.39, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-02-03", "summary": "An order for detention at the Mesa Verde and Golden State facilities in California, for the year from December 2025, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000008); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $77,625,819.39 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000042", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000042 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000042_7012_70CDCR20D00000008_7012", "date": "2026-02-03", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000042/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000055", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Tacoma detention center, interim order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 63236838.99, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-05-08", "summary": "An order for detention and transportation at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, from March to October 2026, before the new 10-year contract, under a contract signed in March 2026 (70CDCR26D00000026); recorded as not competed. USAspending shows $63,236,838.99 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000055", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000055 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000055_7012_70CDCR26D00000026_7012", "date": "2026-05-08", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. 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It covered the months before the 10-year contract signed on October 28, 2026, which is listed separately.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000055/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000091", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "South Texas ICE Processing Center", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 63007446.93, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-12", "summary": "An order for detention and transportation at the South Texas ICE Processing Center, for the year from August 2025, under a 2020 contract (70CDCR20D00000012); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $63,007,446.93 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000091", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000091 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000091_7012_70CDCR20D00000012_7012", "date": "2025-08-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. 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(C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000091/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000013", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "California detainee housing order, Dec 2024", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 61491466.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-12-20", "summary": "An order for what the record calls “housing for detainees”, for the year from December 2024, under the same contract as GEO's Mesa Verde and Golden State facilities in California, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000008); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $61,491,466 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000013", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000013 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000013_7012_70CDCR20D00000008_7012", "date": "2024-12-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has held the underlying contract since 2019; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000013/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000097", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Montgomery Processing Center, Houston", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 60035628.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-29", "summary": "An order for continued detention and transportation at the Montgomery Processing Center in Houston, under a 2017 contract (HSCEDM17D00009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $60,035,628 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000097", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000097 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000097_7012_HSCEDM17D00009_7012", "date": "2025-09-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. 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(C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000097/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-15m40026fa3500002", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Western Region Detention Facility, San Diego (U.S. Marshals)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 57413465.35, "potential_usd": 531183828.35, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-10-29", "summary": "An order for detention at the Western Region Detention Facility in San Diego, for the year from November 2025, under a 2017 contract (15M40018DA3500001); recorded as competed under simplified acquisition procedures. USAspending shows $57,413,465.35 obligated of a potential $531,183,828.35.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "15M40026FA3500002", "counterparty": "U.S. Marshals Service", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 15M40026FA3500002 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15M40026FA3500002_1544_15M40018DA3500001_1544", "date": "2025-10-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-15m40026fa3500002/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000131", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Adelanto and Desert View Annex, Sept 2026 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 53590841.12, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-15", "summary": "An order for detention at the consolidated Adelanto and Desert View Annex centers in California, for the year from September 2026, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $53,590,841.12 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000131", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000131 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000131_7012_70CDCR20D00000009_7012", "date": "2026-09-15", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. 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(C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000131/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000100", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Broward Transitional Center, Florida", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 52249076.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-28", "summary": "An order for detention at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach, Florida, for the year from September 2025, under a 2021 contract (70CDCR21D00000004); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $52,249,076 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000100", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000100 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000100_7012_70CDCR21D00000004_7012", "date": "2025-08-28", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000100/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-15m40026fa3500006", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "El Centro detention facility (U.S. Marshals)", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 37178620.76, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-10-27", "summary": "An order for detention at the government-owned facility GEO operates in El Centro, California, from November 2025 to October 2027, under a 2019 contract (15M40020DA3500004); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $37,178,620.76 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "15M40026FA3500006", "counterparty": "U.S. Marshals Service", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 15M40026FA3500006 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15M40026FA3500006_1544_15M40020DA3500004_1544", "date": "2025-10-27", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-15m40026fa3500006/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000010", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Desert View Annex, Dec 2024 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 34270827.48, "estimate": false, "date": "2024-12-20", "summary": "An order for detention at the Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California, for the year from December 2024, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $34,270,827.48 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR25FR0000010", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR25FR0000010 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR25FR0000010_7012_70CDCR20D00000009_7012", "date": "2024-12-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr25fr0000010/" }, { "id": "zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000031", "subject_id": "george-zoley", "headline": "Desert View Annex, Dec 2025 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 27288000.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-28", "summary": "An order for detention at the Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California, for the year from December 2025, under a 2019 contract (70CDCR20D00000009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $27,288,000 obligated.", "recipient": "GEO Group", "tie": "Zoley founded GEO Group, the private-prison company, and became its chairman and CEO again in March 2026 after five years as executive chairman. A GEO subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services, gave MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, $1 million each in October 2025, March, April and July 2026, $413,000 at the end of July 2026 and another $1 million on September 1, 2026, and the company's PAC gave $500,000 to Trump's inaugural committee in December 2024, FEC filings show.", "award_id": "70CDCR26FR0000031", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CDCR26FR0000031 to The GEO Group, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000031_7012_70CDCR20D00000009_7012", "date": "2026-01-28", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald", "title": "Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts", "url": "https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/?p=375808", "date": "2026-08-22", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "The GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K)", "title": "GEO announces CEO transition", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312526048953/d91287dex991.htm", "date": "2026-02-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00892471&contributor_name=GEO+REENTRY", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00892471/2033718/", "date": "2026-10-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-30", "note": "GEO has run this facility since before the 2024 election; this order continues that business, and orders like it were also placed under earlier administrations.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/zoley-geo-70cdcr26fr0000031/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-fa880625fb011", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Air Force Data Software Services order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 76110311.25, "potential_usd": 248462777.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-06-13", "summary": "An order for data software services for the Air Force, under a contract signed in 2023 (FA880623D0015); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $76,110,311.25 obligated of a potential $248,462,777.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "FA880625FB011", "counterparty": "Department of the Air Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA880625FB011 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA880625FB011_9700_FA880623D0015_9700", "date": "2025-06-13", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-fa880625fb011/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-36c10b25f0313", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "VA veterans analysis and statistics platform", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 73639150.0, "potential_usd": 385395088.5, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-30", "summary": "An order for a data platform for the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, under a contract signed in 2007 (GS35F0086U); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $73,639,150 obligated of a potential $385,395,088.50.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "36C10B25F0313", "counterparty": "Department of Veterans Affairs", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 36C10B25F0313 to Palantir Technologies Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C10B25F0313_3600_GS35F0086U_4730", "date": "2025-09-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-36c10b25f0313/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-n0018926fz079", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Navy operational-level order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 64614721.38, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-01-30", "summary": "An order for an operational-level software order for the Navy, under the Army enterprise agreement signed in July 2025 (W519TC25D0039); recorded as not competed. USAspending shows $64,614,721.38 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "N0018926FZ079", "counterparty": "Department of the Navy", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award N0018926FZ079 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0018926FZ079_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2026-01-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-n0018926fz079/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-fa714625c0037", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Air Force Project Hydrant", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 52843655.63, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-16", "summary": "A contract for the Air Force's Project Hydrant; recorded as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $52,843,655.63 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "FA714625C0037", "counterparty": "Department of the Air Force", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award FA714625C0037 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA714625C0037_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-", "date": "2025-07-16", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-fa714625c0037/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-70ctd026fc0000018", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "ICE investigations system modernization", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 45848616.8, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-24", "summary": "An order for modernizing the systems of Homeland Security Investigations, ICE's investigative arm, under a contract signed in 2026 (70RTAC26A00000001); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $45,848,616.80 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "70CTD026FC0000018", "counterparty": "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70CTD026FC0000018 to Palantir Technologies Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD026FC0000018_7012_70RTAC26A00000001_7001", "date": "2026-06-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-70ctd026fc0000018/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w519tc26f0042", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Army 'Unified Universe of Transactions' order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 45193775.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-02-09", "summary": "An order for the Army's “Unified Universe of Transactions” requirement, under the Army enterprise agreement signed in July 2025 (W519TC25D0039); recorded as not competed. USAspending shows $45,193,775 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W519TC26F0042", "counterparty": "Department of the Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W519TC26F0042 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W519TC26F0042_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2026-02-09", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w519tc26f0042/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-70rcsj26fc0000028", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Homeland Security software licenses", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 32106349.78, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-29", "summary": "An order for Palantir software licenses, delivered as a service, for the Department of Homeland Security, under a contract signed in 2026 (70RTAC26A00000001); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $32,106,349.78 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "70RCSJ26FC0000028", "counterparty": "U.S. Department of Homeland Security", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70RCSJ26FC0000028 to Palantir Technologies Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RCSJ26FC0000028_7001_70RTAC26A00000001_7001", "date": "2026-09-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-70rcsj26fc0000028/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-12314426f0217", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "USDA food-stamp (SNAP) secure network", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 27921024.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-06-18", "summary": "An order for a secure network for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at the Department of Agriculture, under a contract signed in 2026 (12314426A0009); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $27,921,024 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "12314426F0217", "counterparty": "Office of the Chief Financial Officer", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 12314426F0217 to Palantir Technologies Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12314426F0217_1205_12314426A0009_1205", "date": "2026-06-18", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-12314426f0217/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-80msfc26f0010", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "NASA safety-data integration", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 27516722.65, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-02-17", "summary": "An order for integrating NASA safety data and building a risk framework at the Marshall Space Flight Center, under the Army enterprise agreement signed in July 2025 (W519TC25D0039); recorded as not competed. USAspending shows $27,516,722.65 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "80MSFC26F0010", "counterparty": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 80MSFC26F0010 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80MSFC26F0010_8000_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2026-02-17", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-80msfc26f0010/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w900kk25fa125", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Army Next Generation Constructive simulation software", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 26743465.76, "potential_usd": 55552465.76, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-26", "summary": "An order for software for the Army's Next Generation Constructive training-simulation program, under the Army enterprise agreement signed in July 2025 (W519TC25D0039); recorded as not competed. USAspending shows $26,743,465.76 obligated of a potential $55,552,465.76.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W900KK25FA125", "counterparty": "Department of the Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W900KK25FA125 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W900KK25FA125_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2025-08-26", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w900kk25fa125/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-w9124p26fa042", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "Army property-accountability support", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 24129982.4, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-11-25", "summary": "An order for property-accountability support for the Army, under the Army enterprise agreement signed in July 2025 (W519TC25D0039); recorded as not competed. USAspending shows $24,129,982.40 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "W9124P26FA042", "counterparty": "Department of the Army", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award W9124P26FA042 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W9124P26FA042_9700_W519TC25D0039_9700", "date": "2025-11-25", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-w9124p26fa042/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-19aqmm25f7362", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "State Department Center for Analytics", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 23632090.2, "potential_usd": 59879195.1, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-29", "summary": "An order for the State Department's Center for Analytics, under a contract signed in 2025 (19AQMM25A1228); recorded as not competed, under simplified acquisition procedures. USAspending shows $23,632,090.20 obligated of a potential $59,879,195.10.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "19AQMM25F7362", "counterparty": "Department of State", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 19AQMM25F7362 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19AQMM25F7362_1900_19AQMM25A1228_1900", "date": "2025-09-29", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-19aqmm25f7362/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-19aqmm25f7270", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "State Department, Office of the Secretary", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 22524670.83, "potential_usd": 58327406.76, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-30", "summary": "An order for the State Department's Office of the Secretary, under a contract signed in 2025 (19AQMM25A1228); recorded as not competed, under simplified acquisition procedures. USAspending shows $22,524,670.83 obligated of a potential $58,327,406.76.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "19AQMM25F7270", "counterparty": "Department of State", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 19AQMM25F7270 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19AQMM25F7270_1900_19AQMM25A1228_1900", "date": "2025-09-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-19aqmm25f7270/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-205ae926f00100", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "IRS compliance hub for case selection", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 21707685.05, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-09-23", "summary": "An order for software licenses and operations for an IRS compliance hub used to select cases, under a contract signed in 2025 (2023H225A00002); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $21,707,685.05 obligated.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "205AE926F00100", "counterparty": "Internal Revenue Service", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 205AE926F00100 to Palantir Technologies Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_205AE926F00100_2050_2023H225A00002_2050", "date": "2026-09-23", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-205ae926f00100/" }, { "id": "karp-palantir-19aqmm26f7166", "subject_id": "alex-karp", "headline": "State Department health records and Axiom", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 20439958.0, "potential_usd": 31242968.5, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-08-24", "summary": "An order for the State Department's electronic health record and Axiom systems, under a contract signed in 2025 (19AQMM25A1228); recorded as not competed, under simplified acquisition procedures. USAspending shows $20,439,958 obligated of a potential $31,242,968.50.", "recipient": "Palantir", "tie": "Karp co-founded Palantir and is its CEO and a director. He gave $1 million to MAGA Inc., the main pro-Trump super PAC, on 12 December 2024 and $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee five days later, FEC filings show. Palantir's chairman, Peter Thiel, is a longtime backer of Vice President JD Vance.", "award_id": "19AQMM26F7166", "counterparty": "Department of State", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 19AQMM26F7166 to Palantir USG Inc", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19AQMM26F7166_1900_19AQMM25A1228_1900", "date": "2026-08-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "CNN", "title": "Does JD Vance have a Palantir problem?", "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/jd-vance-palantir-big-tech-maga", "date": "2025-11-24", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Palantir Technologies (SEC Form DEF 14A)", "title": "Palantir 2026 proxy statement", "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165526000019/pltr-20260423.htm", "date": "2026-04-24", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipt from Alexander C. Karp, Palantir", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202501319752674492", "date": "2024-12-12", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00894162/1910509/", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/karp-palantir-19aqmm26f7166/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-70b02c26f00000480", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Border towers: operations and support, 2026 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 61699632.97, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-21", "summary": "An order for operations and support for Customs and Border Protection, from July 2026, under the 2020 border-tower contract (70B02C20D00000019); recorded as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $61,699,632.97 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "70B02C26F00000480", "counterparty": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70B02C26F00000480 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C26F00000480_7014_70B02C20D00000019_7014", "date": "2026-07-21", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-70b02c26f00000480/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000926", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Border towers: Sept 2025 order", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 47646857.78, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-19", "summary": "An order for Customs and Border Protection, signed in September 2025, under the 2020 border-tower contract (70B02C20D00000019); recorded as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $47,646,857.78 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "70B02C25F00000926", "counterparty": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70B02C25F00000926 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C25F00000926_7014_70B02C20D00000019_7014", "date": "2025-09-19", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000926/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-h9240226fe032", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Counter-drone hardware for Special Operations Command, 2026", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 44961797.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2026-07-06", "summary": "An order for counter-drone (CUxS) hardware for U.S. Special Operations Command, under a contract signed in 2022 (H9240222D0001); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $44,961,797 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "H9240226FE032", "counterparty": "U.S. Special Operations Command", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award H9240226FE032 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_H9240226FE032_9700_H9240222D0001_9700", "date": "2026-07-06", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-h9240226fe032/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000662", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Border towers: operations and support, option year 5", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 44002097.87, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-09-05", "summary": "An order for operations and support for Customs and Border Protection in the contract's fifth option year, under the 2020 border-tower contract (70B02C20D00000019); recorded as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $44,002,097.87 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "70B02C25F00000662", "counterparty": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70B02C25F00000662 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C25F00000662_7014_70B02C20D00000019_7014", "date": "2025-09-05", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000662/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000422", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Border towers: delivery order 18", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 42066939.56, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-01", "summary": "An order for Customs and Border Protection (delivery order 18), under the 2020 border-tower contract (70B02C20D00000019); recorded as competed after exclusion of sources. USAspending shows $42,066,939.56 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "70B02C25F00000422", "counterparty": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award 70B02C25F00000422 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70B02C25F00000422_7014_70B02C20D00000019_7014", "date": "2025-08-01", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-70b02c25f00000422/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-h9240225fe017", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Counter-drone operations and sustainment for Special Operations Command", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 41406340.4, "potential_usd": 64812677.06, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-07-30", "summary": "An order for a year of operations and sustainment of counter-drone systems for U.S. Special Operations Command, under a contract signed in 2022 (H9240222D0001); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $41,406,340.40 obligated of a potential $64,812,677.06.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "H9240225FE017", "counterparty": "U.S. Special Operations Command", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award H9240225FE017 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_H9240225FE017_9700_H9240222D0001_9700", "date": "2025-07-30", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-h9240225fe017/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-h9240225fe024", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Counter-drone hardware for Special Operations Command, 2025", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 29181978.0, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-08-20", "summary": "An order for counter-drone (CUxS) hardware for U.S. Special Operations Command, under a contract signed in 2022 (H9240222D0001); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $29,181,978 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "H9240225FE024", "counterparty": "U.S. Special Operations Command", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award H9240225FE024 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_H9240225FE024_9700_H9240222D0001_9700", "date": "2025-08-20", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-h9240225fe024/" }, { "id": "luckey-anduril-m6785426f1012", "subject_id": "palmer-luckey", "headline": "Loitering munitions for the Marine Corps", "category": "government", "basis": "award", "tier": "disclosed", "amount_usd": 25793773.21, "estimate": false, "date": "2025-12-11", "summary": "An order for loitering munitions (all-up rounds) for the Navy Department's Marine Corps Systems Command, under a contract signed in 2024 (M6785424D1026); recorded as competed. USAspending shows $25,793,773.21 obligated.", "recipient": "Anduril", "tie": "Luckey founded Anduril with Trae Stephens, its executive chairman. He gave $200,000 to the Trump 47 Committee, a Trump joint fundraising committee, in June 2024, FEC filings show, and Fortune put his donations to Trump's 2024 campaign at $400,000. Trump's team consulted Stephens on reshaping the military after the election, Bloomberg reported.", "award_id": "M6785426F1012", "counterparty": "Department of the Navy", "counterparty_type": "us_government", "sources": [ { "publisher": "USAspending.gov", "title": "Award M6785426F1012 to Anduril Industries, Inc.", "url": "https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_M6785426F1012_9700_M6785424D1026_9700", "date": "2025-12-11", "type": "primary" }, { "publisher": "Fortune", "title": "Palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Meta and Trump", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/20/palmer-luckey-oculus-anduril-meta-trump/", "date": "2024-11-20", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Fortune (Bloomberg)", "title": "Anduril’s chair consulted with Trump on revamping US military", "url": "https://fortune.com/2024/11/16/anduril-chairman-trae-stephens-donald-trump-us-military-reform-defense-spending/", "date": "2024-11-16", "type": "reporting" }, { "publisher": "Federal Election Commission", "title": "Trump 47 Committee (C00867937) receipt from Palmer Luckey, Anduril Industries", "url": "https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202505079759047030", "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "primary" } ], "added": "2026-10-31", "note": "This order falls under a contract signed before the 2024 election; the order itself was signed after it.", "url": "https://followthegrift.com/items/luckey-anduril-m6785426f1012/" } ], "counterparty_types": { "foreign_state": "Foreign government or state-owned", "foreign_mixed": "Foreign investors", "foreign_private": "Foreign companies", "us_company": "U.S. companies", "individual": "Individuals", "donors": "Political donors", "clients": "Lobbying clients", "investors": "Fund investors", "crypto": "Crypto ventures and buyers", "us_government": "U.S. government" } }