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Miles Archer

(24,742 posts)
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 01:26 PM 12 hrs ago

Seismic GRIFT: 1/2 of Trump's "known" ballroom donors received government contracts totaling $338 billion

Over half of corporate ballroom donors – 14 out of 27 – have received new or increased government contracts over the last 6 months totaling over $50 billion.

Altogether, over two-thirds of corporate ballroom donors – 19 out of 27 – received government contracts over the last 5 ½ years totaling $338 billion.

Most of the corporate donors – 16 out of 27 – are facing federal enforcement actions and/or have had federal enforcement actions suspended by the Trump administration. These include major antitrust actions or merger reviews involving Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NextEra Energy, Nvidia, T-Mobile, and Union Pacific; labor rights cases involving Amazon, Apple, Caterpillar, Google, Lockheed and Meta; and SEC matters involving Coinbase and Ripple.

https://www.citizen.org/article/ballroom-billions/

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