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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.
Awarded to GEO Group by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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.
The New York Times found no evidence linking the donations to contracts awarded to the company. GEO has won ICE contracts under both parties.
DeniesThe White House and DHS “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.” The New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald
- RecordUSAspending.gov · Award 70CDCR26FR0000108 to The GEO Group, Inc. · 30 Jul 2026
- ReportThe New York Times, via Hawaii Tribune-Herald · Prison firm donated to Trump’s PAC after ICE gave it $165 million a year in contracts · 22 Aug 2026
- RecordThe GEO Group (SEC Form 8-K) · GEO announces CEO transition · 12 Feb 2026
- RecordFederal Election Commission · MAGA Inc. (C00892471) receipts from GEO Reentry Services LLC
- RecordFederal Election Commission · MAGA Inc. (C00892471) monthly report for September 2026 (filed Oct. 20, 2026): $1,000,000 from GEO Reentry Services LLC on Sept. 1, 2026 · 20 Oct 2026
- RecordFederal Election Commission · Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Form 13 report of donations accepted · Archived
$25.4MNot counted
Donor & allyHis company has given more than $5.4 million to Trump's super PAC. Founder, chairman and CEO, The GEO Group
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