Accountability starts
with accuracy.

Our perspective

The Inner Circle Ledger is openly critical of the Trump administration, with a focus on corruption and self-dealing. The weekly newsletter and our social media posts are written from that point of view, and the opinions in them are the editor’s. The ledgers, case files, news briefs and tracker are records: each entry is limited to what its cited sources show, and it includes the responses on record or says plainly that the cited reports include none. The Ledger is not affiliated with any campaign, party or political committee and does not accept money from them.

Code of ethics

The Ledger follows the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and be accountable and transparent. In practice that means citing the sources behind every entry, separating an allegation from a finding, giving people named in an entry a way to respond, and correcting errors in public.

Right of reply

Anyone named in an entry can respond on the record through the contact page. A substantive response is added to the entry beside the original sourcing. Where no response is on record, the entry says so rather than inventing one.

Ownership and funding

The Inner Circle Ledger is independently owned, and one editor and publisher runs it. It has no outside investors or parent company. It is funded by voluntary reader contributions, through the Support page and a public GoFundMe campaign. Google AdSense display advertising will add to that once Google approves the site. No direct sponsorship is running. The weekly newsletter is free. Contributors and advertisers have no say over coverage, and no contribution buys a change to any entry.

Campaign-finance figures

Tables headed “Federal donations on file” come from Federal Election Commission filings, shown as filed, with a link to each filing. Each table states its minimum amount, and smaller gifts are not shown. Donation figures elsewhere in an entry are attributed to the report or record that gives them. A filing under a name is not by itself proof of identity or intent, and a donation recorded next to a pardon is a fact, not proof that it bought the outcome. Memo rows, which record a committee’s share of a joint-fundraising gift already counted elsewhere, are shown but not added to totals. Name-only matches that cannot be tied to the person in an entry are not published.

Who belongs in the archive?

A person needs both a documented connection to Trump and a credible, attributable public allegation, official inquiry, charge, legal finding, or criminal case. Family ties alone are insufficient. Former allies, dismissed cases, and exculpatory developments remain visible.

How this edition was made

This launch edition was assembled from the linked public sources. It is not original investigative reporting, and it has not received an independent legal or newsroom review. Some sources are news reports or source indexes rather than original court records. Those distinctions are visible in every file.

What the labels mean

Allegation / inquiry

A claim or scrutiny has been documented. The label does not assert the underlying conduct occurred.

Guilty plea

A plea was entered. First-offender arrangements and later challenges can affect whether there is a final conviction.

Criminal conviction

A conviction is documented in the cited record. Appeals and later changes are stated alongside it.

Civil finding / settlement

A civil court finding or negotiated resolution. A settlement may expressly avoid admissions of wrongdoing.

Acquitted

A jury or court returned a not-guilty verdict. The acquittal is stated prominently alongside the original charge.

Dismissed / closed

The cited prosecution, suit, or investigation ended. The reason matters, and closure does not necessarily decide every underlying fact.

Pardoned

Clemency was granted. The historical plea or verdict and the pardon are both recorded. A presidential pardon does not dispose of separate state proceedings.

Evidence before rhetoric

Anonymous social posts, screenshots without provenance, and guilt by association do not qualify. A lawsuit proves that an allegation was made, not that it is true. A prosecutor’s statement and a politician’s letter are identified as such. Responses, acquittals, dismissals, and reversals deserve the same prominence as accusations.

Money needs a label

Investment commitments, management fees, settlements, fines, and alleged payments are not interchangeable. This site has no “total corruption dollars” counter because combining those figures would mislead readers.

Dates and maintenance

“Record as of” identifies the latest development summarized in a file. “Source review” identifies when the cited sources were checked. Neither means that every court docket has been checked for all subsequent developments. Case files require individual source review. All Eyes on Trump is a dated snapshot; each edition’s timestamp records the actual source check, and updates may be delayed.

All Eyes on Trump

Each edition uses America/New_York time and keeps publication dates separate from event dates. Public schedules show plans; observed appearances are recorded separately, and an observed start does not establish that an event ended. Research checks collect accessible reporting and official releases, deduplicate stories, and publish sourced updates. Automatic checks are not enabled; a missed check leaves an accurate stale timestamp, never a simulated fresh feed.

Ethics and self-dealing coverage requires a specific attributed allegation or official finding. Routine policy disagreements, photographs and meetings do not qualify on their own. Responses, dismissals and corrections remain attached. Official releases are labeled as the administration’s account. No political ratings, scores, endorsements or election predictions are used.

Corrections and additions

Each correction names the disputed statement, links the supporting record, includes the subject’s available response and keeps a dated note explaining the change. Allegations submitted by readers must be checked before publication.

Substantive corrections are noted on the entry with the date. The 45 entries then in the ledgers were re-checked against their cited sources in a full review completed September 18, 2026; entries added since are checked against their sources before publication.

Send corrections and on-the-record responses through the publisher’s contact page. Include the page URL, disputed statement and supporting source. No personal addresses or contact details of subjects are collected here.

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