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New reporting · October 30, 2026

The contracts. The campaign. The courts.

Follow the new contractor-money investigation and SpaceX reporting, alongside developments in the oil deal and federal court cases.

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Contractors and campaign spending

Political spending linked to major immigration-enforcement vendors enters the record.

Wartime dependence and commercial leverage

Ukraine’s satellite dependence meets the contractor’s commercial interests.

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October 29 reporting · Donations, decisions and oversight

New reporting · October 29, 2026

The donations. The decisions. The unanswered questions.

Industry lobbying, a declined wartime inquiry and public-property plans enter the record. The Venezuela oil deal, ballot disputes and press exclusions have new developments.

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Donations and regulatory access

An industry campaign reached the White House before HHS retreated from a proposed ban.

Independent oversight declined

Nine senators requested an investigation into the disruptions affecting Ukraine. The Pentagon inspector general declined.

Public property and court disclosures

A filing acknowledges presidential closure instructions after the government told the court there was no closure plan.

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The campaign sells the promises. The paperwork tells another story.

Reuters has examined the unfinished investment deals behind Trump’s announcements. CNN reports more than $275 million in corruption-themed campaign advertising. Follow those stories alongside the documented cases here.

The investment promises · The campaign ads · FEC filing is available again

October 28 reporting · The voters and the witnesses

New reporting · October 28, 2026

The voters. The witnesses. The use of power.

The latest records connect federal election demands, contested prosecutions and the president’s financial interests.

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Election enforcement scrutiny

Federal demands for voter records reach well beyond the individual state lawsuits.

Grand jury declines indictment

Prosecutors tried to indict a prominent January 6 witness. The grand jury refused.

Contested FBI prosecution

Two former FBI officials face charges over their congressional testimony about Hunter Biden and are challenging the prosecution in court.

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A disclosure outage in the final week.

Update, October 29: the FEC restored electronic filing at 4:50 PM Eastern on October 28 and is monitoring the fix. The final-week outage remains part of the disclosure record.

October 27 reporting · Prosecution, the bounty and ballots

New reporting · October 27, 2026

The prosecution. The bounty. The ballots.

New filings and official records trace the use of federal power, the handling of Epstein evidence and the opening for Russian diesel.

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New federal prosecution

The administration revived a 2016 disclosure allegation against James Comey. His lawyers say two earlier investigations ended without charges.

Announced presidential reward

Trump promised $1 million for reports of election fraud leading to arrest and conviction, covering past elections and the 2026 midterms.

State election warning

Washington’s secretary of state says a federal suspected-noncitizen list includes legitimate citizens and decades-old records.

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October 26 reporting · Investments, access and the press

New reporting · October 26, 2026

The investments. The access. The power.

New records follow the president’s oil holdings, political payments to his businesses and the public’s challenge to press exclusions.

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Congressional Democratic estimate

The president’s oil and gas holdings grew as the war drove up energy costs. Congressional Democrats trace the investments and the household bill.

Reported campaign spending

The Post reports $2.9 million in Republican political spending at Trump businesses, January 2025–September 2026.

Filed First Amendment challenge

Six members of the public sued over the exclusion of critical reporters, asserting their right to independent reporting about the presidency.

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October 25 reporting · Ballots, pardons and pressure on judges
October 24 reporting · Public money and the campaign
October 23 reporting · Venezuela, contracts and private access
88%extremely or very concerned
about corruption in government

Public opinion · Fox News poll · October 9–12, 2026

Concern crosses party lines.

Nearly nine in ten registered voters are concerned about government corruption. Fox News’ October poll puts the figure at 93% among Democrats, 85% among Republicans and 88% among MAGA Republicans.

See the full poll in The 47 Files Original results
Poll details

Fieldwork: October 9–12, 2026. Fox News; Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research. Nationwide registered voters. This question was asked of a split sample, with a ±4-point margin of sampling error. Full survey: 1,202 respondents. Party breakdowns

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Foreign government spending at Trump businesses

Supported allegation

AT LEAST

$7.8m

Staff-reported total · Four Trump properties

House Democratic staff combined partial ledgers with public-record estimates. The total is not fully invoice-verified or a measure of personal profit.

EVIDENCE SUMMARY

The largest component is an estimated bank lease payment; the total also includes ledger entries and projected charges.

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