Report: Trump donors received $338bn in federal contracts as enforcement actions were dropped
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Summary
A new report titled "Ballroom Billions" reveals that 19 of 27 corporate donors to President Trump's $400m White House ballroom project received $338 billion in federal contracts, while 16 donors faced federal enforcement actions (antitrust, labor, securities cases) that were suspended, dropped, or scaled back under the Trump administration. Major tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Meta donated millions and subsequently saw federal investigations against them quietly dropped.
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· 3 pulledMore than half of the corporate donors to President Donald Trump's £310m ($400m) White House ballroom project have collected over £38.8bn ($50bn) in new or expanded federal contracts since making their donations.
16 of the 27 known corporate donors are facing federal enforcement actions that have been suspended, dropped, or scaled back under the Trump administration.
The report says 19 of 27 donors won $338 billion in federal contracts while antitrust, labor and securities cases against some were eased or dropped.
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