TRUMP ADMIN DROPS CHARGE / INVESTIGATE
prolly some neglect, see IG fired
see trump pardons
see musk
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Lindsey Graham was saved from a bribery investigation by Trump's FBI
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JUN 2026
https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/BALLROOM_BILLIONS_June_2026.pdf
June 4, 2026 Ballroom Billions: Trump Ballroom Donors Devour Taxpayer Dollars Corporate ballroom donors have received new and increased government contracts over the last 6 months totaling $50 billion By Jon Golinger, Eileen O’Grady, and Rick Claypool Six months after Americans reacted with shock and outrage to the video showing President Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing, opposition to Trump’s plan to put a $400 million golden ballroom in its place has united Americans against it. Despite Trump and his administration claiming repeatedly that the ballroom wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime, they recently attempted a surprise last-minute maneuver to force Congress to allocate a billion dollars for the “East Wing Modernization Project,” aka Trump’s ballroom. That backfired spectacularly in the face of a massive public backlash. Now, in public remarks and a recent court filing, the Trump administration is claiming the $400 million in corporate and billionaire donations reportedly raised for the ballroom project are “an invaluable gift from President Trump and many patriotic private donors who have given Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to build this Project . . .” But the contributions from these donors in fact constitute massive, inescapable, and irremediable conflicts of interest that are no gift – instead they’re a grift.
Public Citizen analyzed the government contracts and federal enforcement interests of the identified corporate ballroom donors, including the 21 corporate donors disclosed by the White House and 6 more identified by news outlets, for a total of 27. This is likely not the complete list, since the secret ballroom funding agreement Public Citizen obtained via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit permits ballroom donors to remain anonymous. This analysis builds on our original report in November 2025 soon after the East Wing’s demolition and Trump’s gluttonous White House “thank you” banquet for his ballroom patrons.
This analysis finds that: ● 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.
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Table 1: Corporate Ballroom Donors With New/Increased Gov. Contracts Over Last 6 Months Corporate Ballroom Donor Corporate Sector New & Increased Government Contracts Over Last 6 Months
Lockheed Martin Aerospace/Defense $43,800,000,000 Booz Allen Hamilton Management Consulting $4,200,000,000 Palantir Consulting/Tech $1,032,100,000 Parsons Engineering/Defense $446,900,000 Microsoft Big Tech $318,700,000 Amazon Big Tech $255,700,000 HP Big Tech $197,289,650 Caterpillar Construction $142,600,000 T-Mobile Telecommunications $22,374,089 Google Big Tech $16,400,000 NextEra Energy Energy $13,490,896 Comcast Telecommunications $13,438,137 Vantive Health Care $468,192 Union Pacific Railroad Transportation $55,820 Total $50,459,516,784
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Table 2: All Corporate Ballroom Donors
Corporate Ballroom Donor Corporate Sector FY 21-FY26 Total Contracts
Altria Group Tobacco N/A
Amazon Big Tech $887,100,000
Apple Big Tech $1,850,300
Black Rock Finance $9,596,392
Booz Allen Hamilton Management Consulting
$83,800,000,000
Caterpillar Construction $994,800,000
Coinbase Crypto $7,983,100
Comcast Telecommunications $437,899,443
ExtremityCare Medical Products N/A
Google Big Tech $83,030,940
Hard Rock International Restaurants/Casinos N/A
HP Big Tech $1,628,300,000
Lockheed Martin Aerospace/Defense $235,000,000,000
Meta Platforms Big Tech $49,599
Micron Technology Big Tech N/A
Microsoft Big Tech $2,620,000,000
NextEra Energy Energy $56,655,906
Nvidia Big Tech $10,209,651
Palantir Consulting/Tech $3,362,900,000
Parsons Engineering/Defense $9,116,600,000
Reynolds American Tobacco N/A
Ripple Crypto N/A
Susquehanna International
Group Finance N/A
Tether America Crypto N/A
T-Mobile Telecommunications $74,400,000
Corporate Ballroom Donor Corporate Sector FY 21-FY26 Total Contracts
Union Pacific Railroad Transportation $65,152
Vantive Health Care $5,003,358
Total $338,096,443,841
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Table 3: Ongoing or Recently Closed Federal
Enforcement Actions Against Corporate Ballroom
Donors
Donor Corporate Sector Federal Enforcement Faced
Altria Group Tobacco –
Amazon Big Tech DOJ investigation into allegations Amazon fraudulently
concealed worker injuries.
CPSC litigation alleging Amazon is a legally a distributor of
products responsible for ensuring recalled and defective
products that violate federal safety standards are removed
from its online marketplace. Amazon is contesting the
allegations and the agency’s constitutionality.
EEOC investigation into alleged discrimination against
pregnant workers.
FCC investigation into alleged sales of illegal wireless
frequency jammers.
FTC investigation into alleged deception in online advertising.
FTC litigation alleging illegal monopolistic behavior in the ecommerce superstore and fulfillment provider market.
NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices; Amazon is
contesting the agency's constitutionality
no lnx
Donor Corporate Sector Federal Enforcement Faced
Apple Big Tech DOJ litigation alleging antitrust violations to monopolize the
smartphone market.
NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices.
Black Rock Finance An SEC investigation into investment advisers’ compliance
with record retention requirements relating to certain types of
electronic communications was dropped from a recent Black
Rock SEC filing.
Booz Allen Hamilton Management Consulting –
Caterpillar Construction Caterpillar is contesting OSHA fines of more than $30,000
imposed by the agency following the death of an employee in
Coinbase Crypto Trump's SEC dismissed charges the agency filed previously
alleging sales of unregistered securities and other securities
violations.
A separate SEC investigation into alleged misstatements of
its number of users on SEC filings is ongoing.
Comcast Telecommunications –
ExtremityCare Medical Products –
Google Big Tech DOJ investigation into whether its "acqui-hire" deal with
founders of CharacterAI violated antitrust law.
FTC investigation into alleged deception in online advertising.
NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices.
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Donor Corporate Sector Federal Enforcement Faced
Lockheed Martin Aerospace/Defense NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices.
Meta Platforms Big Tech CFPB investigation into alleged improper access of user
financial data was closed.
FTC litigation alleging antitrust violations monopolizing social
media.
NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices.
Micron Technology Big Tech –
Microsoft Big Tech Two FTC antitrust cases, one about the structure of a deal
with an AI startup, one into allegations of anticompetitive
actions related to AI and cloud computing. The Trump
administration dismissed a case against an anticompetitive
Microsoft-Activision merger.
NextEra Energy Energy Faces oversight including from the DOJ's Antitrust Division
and FERC over its proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy.
Nvidia Big Tech Facing a DOJ Antitrust investigation into allegations the
company abused its market dominance
Palantir Consulting/Tech – NO INFO
Parsons Engineering/Defense
Reynolds American Tobacco –
Ripple Crypto Trump's SEC withdrew its appeal seeking higher penalties
against Ripple over alleged securities law violations
Donor Corporate Sector Federal Enforcement Faced
Susquehanna
International Group
(SIG)
Finance SIG holds a $15 billion stake in ByteDance, which, in addition
to facing a ban in the US that Trump thwarted, also faces a
civil suit brought by the DOJ and FTC over alleged COPPA
violations and NLRB cases alleging unfair labor practices.
T-Mobile Telecommunications DOJ's Antitrust Division under Trump closed its investigation
into the allegedly anticompetitive T-Mobile-UScellular merger,
allowing it to proceed.
Tether America Crypto Allegedly faced a DOJ investigation into possible violations of
sanctions and anti-money laundering rules.
Union Pacific
Railroad
Transportation Union Pacific's proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk
Southern faces antitrust scrutiny by the Surface
Transportation Board, a federal railway regulator. Trump fired
board member Robert Primus, who opposed the merger, in
August.
Vantive Health Care –
Source: Analysis of Public Citizen’s Corporate Enforcement Tracker
https://www.citizen.org/article/corporate-enforcement-trump-tracker/
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