This page currently serves as a collection point for stories about Trump’s corruption, partly in an attempt to visualize what it looks like.
Self-dealing
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (NYT, December 31, 2025)
Quid Pro Presidency (Popular Information, October 14, 2025)
A massive Trump scandal. Minuscule media attention. (Popular Information, July 17, 2025)
Crypto payoffs
Crypto Meme Coin
Murphy, Colleagues, Advocates Call Out Trump’s Corrupt Meme Coin Dinner (Senate Dems, May 22, 2025)
An unprecedented scheme to profit from the presidency (Popular Information, April 28, 2025)
Flying bribery palace
Trump’s new Air Force One jet from Boeing is delayed again (CNBC, December 12, 2025)
Republicans reject push to block Trump from using Qatari jet as Air Force One (Politico, October 10, 2025)
Warren, Garamendi, Congressional Leaders Demand Air Force Provide Details on Qatari Jet Funding (Senate Dems, August 7, 2025)
US accepts ‘unconditional donation’ of Qatari jet, cost of retrofitting is classified: Sources (ABC, July 28, 2025)
What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask. (NYT, July 27, 2025)
Trump’s Air Force One deal with Qatar not finalized, being reviewed by legal teams: Sources (ABC, May 29, 2025)
Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’ (CNN, May 19, 2025)
Why Qatar is bribing Trump (Popular Information, May 13, 2025)
‘It’s a bribe’: MAGA media stars bash Trump’s reported Qatar plane gift (CNN, May 12, 2025)
Inauguration
Trump Breaks Tradition By Redirecting Inaugural Swag Funds To His PAC (Forbes, January 4, 2025)
Ballroom
Warren, Min, Lawmakers Question Giant Corporations On Trump Ballroom Donations, Influence-Peddling with Trump Administration For Favors (House and Senate Dems, December 4, 2025)
Warren, Garcia Introduce New Bill to Stop Apparent Bribery Involving Trump Ballroom Donations (House and Senate Dems, November 18, 2025)
In Response to Warren and Democratic Senators, Trust for the National Mall Refuses to Answer Questions About Possible Corruption Involving Trump’s Ballroom (Senate Dems, November 7, 2025)
Corporate Donors to Trump’s White House Ballroom Beset by Conflicts, Received $279 Billion in Government Contracts in the Past Five Years (Public Citizen, November 3, 2025)
Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks (Forbes, October 26, 2025)
Warren, Blumenthal, Wyden, Van Hollen, Markey Slam Trump Ballroom “Vehicle for Politicized Fundraising, Influence Peddling, and Donor Access” (Senate Dems, October 24, 2025)
Warren, Sanders, Wyden, Blumenthal, Merkley Question YouTube, Google on Potential Quid-Pro-Quo Settlement With Trump Administration (Senate Dems, October 15, 2025)
Trump Advisors Self-Dealing
Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say (New York Times, December 9, 2025)
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts (ProPublica, November 15, 2025)
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data (AP, November 14, 2025)
Housing Official Who Attacked Democrats Invokes a Disputed Family Legacy (WSJ, November 11, 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations (ProPublica, June 30, 2025)
Elon Musk
Musk’s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program (Popular Information, July 19, 2025)
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency That Regulates Tesla and X (ProPublica, May 14, 2025)
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts (ProPublica, April 29, 2025)
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands. (ProPublica, February 11, 2025)
Trump Spawn
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan (Popular Information, December 4, 2025)
Jared Kushner’s double life (Popular Information, September 30, 2025)
A new Trump Tower of corruption (Popular Information, January 22, 2025)
Jared Kushner Bets on a Trump Hotel With Emirati Billionaire (Bloomberg, January 16, 2025)
Ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Trump Organization expands its global business (ABC, December 2024)
David Sacks
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends (NYT, November 30, 2025)
Warren, Stansbury, Members of Congress Launch Investigation into Trump Crypto & AI Czar’s Ethics Conflicts (House nad Senate Dems, September 17, 2025)
Foreign Policy as Graft
Ukraine
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional. (Popular Information, December 3, 2025)
Top Trump negotiator retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire (Popular Information, December 1, 2025)
Russia Has High Hopes for Trump-Putin Summit. Peace Isn’t One of Them. (WSJ, August 11, 2025)
Argentine Bailout
UPDATE: Taxpayer bailout of Argentina may grow to $40 billion (Popular Information, October 22, 2025)
UPDATE: Hedge fund billionaire pressed Treasury Secretary for Argentina bailout, Argentine media reports (Popular Information October 2, 2025)
Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire (September 29, 2025)
Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina? (Paul Krugman, September 23, 2025)
Tweet (Scott Bessent, September 24, 2025)
Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident (The Nerd Reich, September 23, 2025)
Letter to Scott Bessent (Elizabeth Warren, September 22, 2025)
Gaza
Warren, Murphy Investigate Ethics Conflicts Related to Trump’s Envoy to the Middle East (Senate Dems, November 18, 2025)
The foreign policy of an American kleptocracy (Popular Information, January 27, 2025)
AI
The AI industry’s $100 million play to influence the 2026 elections (Popular Information, December 11, 2025)
Crypto
From Truth Social to bitcoin empire: Trump’s $2 billion pivot (July 22, 2025)
Media Consolidation
Warner
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant (Popular Information, December 9, 2025)
Warren on Paramount-Skydance Hostile Bid: “Five-Alarm Antitrust Fire” (Elizabeth Warren, December 8, 2025)
Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal Warn that Warner Bros. Sale May Be Tainted by Political Favoritism and Corruption (Senate Dems, November 19, 2025)
Paramount
CBS News hires Trump loyalist to review news coverage (Popular Information, September 10, 2025)
Warren, Sanders, Wyden Question Skydance’s Refusal to Address Trump “Secret Side Deal” (Senate Dems, October 10, 2025)
Warren on Skydance, Paramount Dodgy Responses: “We Need an Independent Investigation” (Elizabeth Warren, August 1, 2025)
Warren on Trump Administration Approving Paramount Megamerger: “Bribery Is Illegal No Matter Who Is President” (Elizabeth Warren, July 24, 2025)
Warren, Sanders, Wyden Investigate Skydance’s Role in Potential Secret Trump Payoff Connected to Paramount Deal (Senate Dems, July 21, 2025)
Warren Calls for Investigation Into Paramount Settlement with Trump (Elizabeth Warren, July 2, 2025)
Pardons
A Visual Breakdown of Trump’s Pardon Spree (WSJ, December 10, 2025)
Juan Orlando Hernández
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon (Bloomberg, December 26, 2025)
Changpeng Zhao
UPDATE: Trump’s crypto pardon delivers immediate payback (Popular Information, October 30, 2025)
Roger Ver
How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump” (ProPublica, January 22, 2026)
Regulatory Pressure
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office. (NYT, December 14, 2025)
Law Firm Coercion
Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration (ProPublica, August 6, 2025)
16 House Dems Ask Law Firms that Capitulated to Trump If They’ve Thought about Their Bribery Exposure (House and Senate Dems, April 24, 2025)
Amicus Curiae Brief (Ethics Professors, April 14, 2025)
Trump’s $1 Billion Law Firm Deals Are the Work of His Personal Lawyer (WSJ, April 14, 2025)
Amazon
Warren: Trump FTC Settlement Fails to Hold Amazon Accountable (Elizabeth Warren, September 25, 2025)
Warren, Sanders, Wyden, Welch Warn Google and YouTube CEOs Against Breaking Anti-Bribery Laws in Potential Settlement with Trump Administration (Senate Dems, August 7, 2025)
Dismissed Prosecutions/Actions
Trump Administration Upends Prosecution of White-Collar Crime (WSJ, December 31, 2025)
A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime (ProPublica, June 25, 2025)
Justin Sun
A Crypto Billionaire’s Path From Pariah to Trump Moneyman (Bloomberg, September 26, 2025)
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions (Popular Information, February 28, 2025)
A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million (Popular Information, December 2, 2024)
