Who got out.
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and the money.
Every Thursday: the new clemency grants with the lobbyist, donor or political link the record shows, or a statement that none is documented, any response on record, and the outcome, plus new entries in the Money Ledger. Every item points to its ledger entry, where the sources are linked. Each issue also carries the editor’s point of view, which is openly critical of the Trump administration; see our perspective.
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Crypto, foreign and business deals around the Trump family, with counterparty, amount and the family’s response.
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Corrections, new filings, dismissals and responses. A connection is not proof it bought the outcome, and each issue says who reported what.
How entries are labeled →LATEST ISSUE
Whose names are on the filings
Published 2026-09-24. Issue 2: the FEC search found large Trump-committee money under only one pardon recipient’s own name, plus six corrections to issue 1.
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Correction. Said each week’s grants come with the documented lobbyist, donor or political link and the recipient’s response; some entries state that none is documented, and some carry no response. It also said every ledger entry is in the news RSS, the case RSS and the feed bundle. Those feeds carry news briefs and case files, not ledger entries; the full ledgers download from the data page. Corrected September 30, 2026.