President of the United States, Republican. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade officials or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-10-09.
University of Pennsylvania; Fordham University; The Wharton School; New York Military Academy; The Kew-Forest School
Occupation
actor, writer, businessperson, politician, entrepreneur, merchant, chief executive officer, investor, television producer, business magnate, film producer, real estate entrepreneur, game show host
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Where they stand
In their own words, from their official website and their statements on Government, summarised in plain English.
Economy and cost of living
Trump says his agenda is bringing manufacturing jobs and investment back to the U.S. through tax cuts, tariffs and deregulation. He says he will keep working to reshore jobs and bring down costs for families, and he has signed an order cutting diesel costs for farmers and truckers.
“Today, I am announcing another unprecedented step to bring down costs.”
Trump points to his Working Families Tax Cuts law, which he calls the largest tax cuts in American history and which created Trump Accounts for children. He has also signed an order deferring the federal diesel tax through the end of the year.
Trump says his Make America Healthy Again effort has taken over 120 actions on childhood chronic disease, including getting artificial dyes out of food and encouraging physical activity and less screen time. He says he is working toward a health care system that puts children and families first.
Trump signed a law creating a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration for people whose Social Security number has been misused or whose card has been lost.
Trump says he is pursuing American energy dominance by expanding oil, gas and coal production on federal land, saving coal plants, ending the freeze on natural gas export terminals, backing nuclear power, and withdrawing from international climate agreements. He says he rescinded the Endangerment Finding and will keep working to lower energy costs.
“As President, I will continue fighting to drive down the cost of the energy that fills our tanks and powers our homes”
Trump's administration says it has replaced diversity, equity and inclusion programs with merit in federal research funding. It is also launching merit-based K-12 STEM programs for gifted students and fellowships for STEM PhD students.
Trump says he follows a doctrine of peace through strength and has ended eight wars. He says he has led a renewal of NATO, with allies committing to spend more on common defense.
Trump's White House lists Election Integrity and the SAVE America Act among its key initiatives. He also signed a law requiring an annual report on federal projects that are over budget or years behind schedule.
No ratings: interest groups score members of Congress on their votes, and Donald Trump has no congressional voting record.
Money
From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS OF AMERICA— $34K supporting TrumpPLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES— $23K opposing TrumpLargest donors:
Deborah Simon $3.0M (26%), Retired, Retired; Mary Quinn Delaney $1.5M (13%), Retired; Denise Sobel $1.2M (11%), Retired; Green Advocacy Project $1.0M (9%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Michael Bloomberg $1.0M (9%), Bloomberg LP, ExecutiveEVERYDAY PEOPLE— $3,631 opposing TrumpLargest donors:
RISING VOICES ACTION FUND $257K (10%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); James Sandler $202K (8%), Unemployed, Investor; Rebecca J Liebman $200K (8%), Unemployed, Retired; Scott Shenker $160K (6%), Icsi, Scientist; Jeff Dean $150K (6%), Google, Chief ScientistPEOPLE POWER PENNSYLVANIA— $2,102 opposing Trump, $978 supporting TrumpLargest donors:
PENNSYLVANIANS FOR JUDICIAL FAIRNESS $813K (41%); Pennsylvania Fund For Change $650K (33%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); STRATEGIC VICTORY FUND IE PAC $300K (15%); Strategic Victory Fund Ie PAC $150K (8%) (its largest donors: DEMOCRACY PAC $5.0M; SERVICES EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $1.3M; EARN International Union of Operating Engineers $200K)EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE— $2,458 opposing Trumpand 5 more
What named supporters and critics say, as reported. Each side shows everything we found and checked, so one side may be longer than the other.
Praise
Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies: Krikorian praised Trump for adopting low-profile but highly effective immigration sweeps that have produced record arrests. pbs.org
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Benjamin Netanyahu: Netanyahu thanked Trump for his tremendous support and work together after Trump's endorsement. npr.org
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Chuck Gray: Gray thanked Trump for endorsing him for Wyoming's US House seat. foxnews.com
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Nicki Minaj: Minaj said she is honored to stand with Trump and will keep supporting him. usatoday.com
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino: Infantino credited Trump with the World Cup's success. nytimes.com
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FBI Director Kash Patel: Patel thanked Trump for finding a way to pay FBI agents during the shutdown. cbsnews.com
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Rep. Andy Biggs: Biggs praised Trump while criticizing Democrats at the Arizona rally. foxnews.com
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María Corina Machado: Machado said Trump truly cares about Venezuela's future and said he can relate to a stolen election. nbcnews.com
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Vladimir Putin: Putin called Trump "talented" and the "absolute leader" in the Republican race for the White House. nbcnews.com
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Sarah Palin: Palin endorsed Trump in 2016, saying she was ready to back him as the next president. cnn.com
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Jerry Falwell Jr.: Falwell endorsed Trump, calling him a successful executive and a man who can lead the country to greatness again. npr.org
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Franklin Graham: Graham defended Trump over the AI image, saying he would not knowingly depict himself as Jesus. foxnews.com
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Steve Daines: Senator Daines endorsed Trump for president, saying his best Senate years were under Trump. washingtonexaminer.com
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Brian France: NASCAR's CEO endorsed Trump, saying he likes Trump's business approach and outsider status. cbsnews.com
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Sen. Bill Hagerty: Hagerty defended Trump, citing the respect he saw Trump show the US military. thehill.com
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Washington Post editorial board: The editorial board offered cautious praise for Trump's signals of cooling the tariff fight. foxnews.com
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Kash Patel: The FBI director thanked Trump for finding a way to pay FBI agents during the shutdown. cbsnews.com
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Joe Biden: Biden credited the Trump administration for Covid vaccine development and praised Trump for getting a booster. cnn.com
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Sen. Chuck Grassley: Grassley said accepting Trump's endorsement was wise given his support among Iowa Republicans. politico.com
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Sen. Ron Johnson: Johnson said Trump's message resonates with many people about Washington's incompetence. cnn.com
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Caroline Zadeh: Said Trump's endorsement was an awesome thing and that she trusts him to do the right thing apnews.com
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Viktor Orban: Said Trump's return to office would bring a golden age between the US and Hungary abcnews.go.com
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Isaac Herzog: Thanked Trump for his incredible leadership in securing the hostage release and ending the war, saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize abcnews.go.com
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Marco Rubio: Said Trump is the only world leader capable of bringing warring sides together, citing Russia-Ukraine, Cambodia-Thailand and Gaza nytimes.com
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Criticism
Bishara Bahbah, founder of Arab Americans for Trump (now Arab Americans for Peace): Bahbah condemned Trump's remarks about Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as unacceptable to Arab and Muslim communities, and called the president 'racist'. pbs.org
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: Starmer called Trump's remarks that NATO troops stayed back from the frontlines in Afghanistan insulting and appalling. foxnews.com
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Abdul El-Sayed: El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, accused Trump of using his Muslim faith against him and of throwing bigoted attacks at him. thehill.com
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Derek Muller, Notre Dame Law School professor: Muller wrote that the Justice Department's legal argument in the suit, filed under Trump's orders to block Alaska from certifying its Senate race, is among the worst he has seen. pbs.org
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Hakeem Jeffries: Jeffries said Trump must get involved because the government will stay shut until he does. cnn.com
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Chuck Schumer: Schumer said Trump's call to nationalize elections is outlandishly illegal and questioned whether he believes in democracy. foxnews.com
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Jeff Horwitt, Democratic pollster at Hart Research Associates: Horwitt said Trump made the election about himself, and that a historically high share of voters say their vote is in opposition to him. nbcnews.com
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Barack Obama: Obama criticized Trump for directing the Justice Department to prosecute his political opponents and critics. usatoday.com
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Rep. Jason Crow: Crow described the DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund as a slush fund meant to reward those who kowtow to Trump. cnn.com
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Libyan Foreign Ministry: The ministry said Trump's rally remarks about Libya undermine the dignity of its people, and summoned a senior US diplomat to protest. thehill.com
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Whitney Snyder, editor in chief: Snyder wrote that Trump's presidency is an affront to a free press, citing his use of the FCC and legal intimidation against critics. cnn.com
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: Schumer says Trump's call to nationalize elections is dangerous and suggests Trump wants a dictatorship. nbcnews.com
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Minnesota DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom: Carlbom says Trump's endorsement shows MAGA voters expect candidates to be a rubber stamp for Trump regardless of the harm to Minnesotans. cbsnews.com
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Gov. Gavin Newsom: Newsom says Trump is deranged and dangerous for saying Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego. foxnews.com
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Joe Rogan: Rogan says he opposes the Iran war and that voters backed Trump expecting no more wars. foxnews.com
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: Omar says Trump has targeted her with baseless lies and smear campaigns for a decade and is escalating political intimidation. nbcnews.com
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett: Doggett says Trump's diesel deal with Russia directly violates the law Congress passed halting Russian imports. pbs.org
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Candace Owens: Owens urged Congress to remove Trump and called his administration satanic. nbcnews.com
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Rep. Garcia: Garcia, ranking Democrat on House Oversight, calls the Trump administration the most corrupt in US history. pbs.org
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: Jeffries says Trump and MAGA Republicans broke promises on grocery prices and Middle East wars. pbs.org
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Sen. Chris Coons: Coons says Trump's Greenland pressure campaign profoundly undermined European confidence in the US. politico.com
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Sen. Chuck Schumer: Schumer accused the Justice Department of being corrupt and bowing to pressure from Trump. cnn.com
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Chuck Schumer: Schumer said Trump "wasn't serious" in the shutdown meeting. cbsnews.com
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Hakeem Jeffries: Jeffries accused Trump of showing no interest in resolving the shutdown and said his administration is corrupt and chaotic. pbs.org
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JB Pritzker: Called Trump an unchecked authoritarian thehill.com
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Cecillia Wang, ACLU: Wang criticized a possible Arpaio pardon, saying the former sheriff violated court orders prohibiting illegal detention of Latinos. pbs.org
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Rep. Jared Huffman: Huffman said the prayer event had been politically hijacked to promote Trump's agenda. pbs.org
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Maryanne Trump Barry: Trump's sister was recorded criticizing him as out for himself and cruel. cnn.com
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Ann Coulter: Coulter questioned whether Trump's targeting of student protesters violates the First Amendment. pbs.org
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Rep. Ted Lieu: Lieu said Democrats would have Trump testify under oath once they retake power. nbcnews.com
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal: Blumenthal said a trial would air Trump's criminal wrongdoing and intent. politico.com
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Max Boot: Boot said Trump knows little about foreign policy and needs guidance. nbcnews.com
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Doug Deason: Deason said Cruz's stance was idiotic and selfish, urging him to endorse Trump; this is not criticism of Trump. cnn.com
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Cecillia Wang: Criticized the idea of a Trump pardon for Arpaio, saying Arpaio violated court orders prohibiting illegal detention of Latinos pbs.org
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Todd Wolfson: Said the administration was pulling funding from research projects over prohibited words pbs.org
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David Bergstein: Said Trump's rise as GOP nominee was an electoral nightmare for Senator Rob Portman. cnn.com
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Controversies
Stated as reported. Most are reported by at least two independent news outlets or found in an official record; any with only one source so far is marked Single source.
Court cases
New York hush money case
A Manhattan jury unanimously found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. He was sentenced to an unconditional discharge and has appealed the conviction.
A New York judge ruled that Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization committed fraud by inflating his net worth by billions of dollars on financial statements, ordering more than $450 million in disgorgement and penalties and barring Trump from serving as an officer of a New York company for three years. An appellate court affirmed the finding of liability for fraud in 2025.
2020 election interference prosecutions (federal and Georgia)
Trump was indicted federally and in Georgia over efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The federal case was dismissed after his re-election. The Georgia case was dismissed on November 26, 2025, after the prosecutor said he would not pursue the charges.
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
Trump was indicted in June 2023 on 37 felony counts over classified documents kept at Mar-a-Lago. A federal judge dismissed the case, and Special Counsel Jack Smith later dropped the remaining effort against him.
New York's attorney general sued Trump and his foundation alleging illegal self-dealing and improper coordination with his 2016 campaign; a court ordered Trump to pay $2 million in damages, dissolved the foundation, and Trump admitted to personally misusing charitable funds.
Epstein birthday letter and Wall Street Journal lawsuit Single source
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The Wall Street Journal reported that a sexually suggestive letter bearing Trump's name was in a 2003 birthday album for Epstein. Trump sued for defamation, and a federal judge dismissed the suit.
Response: Trump denied writing it and called the story "false, malicious, and defamatory."
Inaugural committee spending lawsuit Single source
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The District of Columbia Attorney General sued Trump's inaugural committee and the Trump Organization, alleging nonprofit funds were used to enrich the Trump family business through payments to Trump's D.C. hotel.
E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation verdict ($5 million)
A federal jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s and for defaming her in 2022 when he denied the accusation, awarding her $5 million; an appeals court and the Supreme Court have since left the verdict in place.
Response: “The American People have re-elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate, and they demand an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and a swift dismissal of all of the Witch Hunts, including the Democrat-funded Carroll Hoax, which will continue to be appealed."
Federal indictment over efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a federal indictment charging Trump with conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results; the case was dismissed after his 2024 election under DOJ policy on prosecuting sitting presidents.
Federal indictment over handling of classified documents
Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation led to a federal indictment of Trump over his handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago; Trump said he would plead not guilty.
Georgia indictment over 2020 election interference
A Fulton County, Georgia grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others on racketeering and other charges alleging a conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results; a judge dismissed the case in 2025 after Trump's disqualification fight with the prosecutor and his return to office.
The Trump Organization was found guilty at trial of tax fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records for a 15-year scheme to compensate executives "off the books" to help them evade taxes; Trump himself was not personally charged in the case.
E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict over 2019 statements (Carroll I) Single source
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A separate jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages after finding Trump defamed her through 2019 statements, made while he was president, denying her sexual assault allegation; Trump is appealing.
Trump agreed to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits, including one brought by the New York attorney general, alleging Trump University defrauded thousands of students. The settlement did not require Trump to admit wrongdoing.
IRS lawsuit settlement and "Anti-Weaponization Fund" Single source
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Trump, his son Eric and the Trump Organization settled their lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of Trump's tax information. The settlement created a nearly $1.8 billion fund and bars the federal government from pursuing past tax claims against Trump, his family and businesses. Critics, as reported by CNN, called the fund a slush fund and the tax terms political corruption, and at least one lawsuit has been filed to halt it.
Settlements with tech and media companies Single source
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NBC News reported YouTube agreed to pay more than $24 million to settle Trump's lawsuit over his banned account, with $22 million going toward a White House ballroom; Meta settled for $25 million and Twitter for about $10 million. ABC/Disney paid $15 million to Trump's future presidential library to settle a defamation suit.
Trump and family members sued the IRS and Treasury Department alleging a former IRS contractor illegally accessed and disclosed his tax returns; the parties settled, with Trump receiving a formal apology from the government but no monetary payment.
Trump SoHo real estate lawsuit settlement Single source
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Trump and co-defendants settled a lawsuit brought by buyers of Trump SoHo condominium units who alleged they were defrauded by inflated sales claims, agreeing to refund 90 percent of $3.16 million in deposits while admitting no wrongdoing.
The New York attorney general settled with Trump International Hotels Management over two data breaches that exposed more than 70,000 credit card numbers, requiring the company to pay $50,000 in penalties and improve data security.
'Access Hollywood' tape (2005) and multiple sexual misconduct allegations
More than a dozen women publicly accused Trump of sexual assault or harassment during the 2016 campaign, following the release of a 2005 recording in which he described grabbing women without consent; Trump denied the allegations and later questioned the tape's authenticity.
Response: These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false
Epstein files: FBI interview summaries with allegation against Trump
The Justice Department posted FBI interview summaries in which a woman alleged Trump sexually assaulted her as a minor after Epstein introduced them. The Washington Post reported it could not corroborate the allegations. Politico reported he has not been charged and that there is no evidence he took part in Epstein's sex trafficking operation.
Criminal referrals against political opponents bypassing ethics rules Single source
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Reuters reported that a Trump appointee, FHFA Director Bill Pulte, made criminal mortgage-fraud referrals against Trump's political opponents including Fed Governor Lisa Cook, NY AG Letitia James, and Rep. Adam Schiff, bypassing his agency's standard ethics/inspector-general review process. No indictments have resulted from these referrals.
The GSA inspector general reported that the agency improperly ignored the Constitution's emoluments provision when it approved Trump's management of his Washington hotel. A House committee report found GSA did not track foreign government payments to the hotel.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's report did not establish that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia. On obstruction, CNN reported the investigation could not clear Trump, and the report identified multiple episodes of possible obstruction; Attorney General Barr determined the evidence was not sufficient to establish an obstruction offense.
Trump inaugural committee spending and investigations Single source
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ProPublica reported that the Washington, D.C. attorney general sued the 2017 inaugural committee over spending at Trump-owned properties, which the committee denied in court papers, and that federal prosecutors subpoenaed donor records in an inquiry into illegal foreign contributions.
The Federal Election Commission investigated whether Trump violated campaign finance law through hush money payments to women before the 2016 election. The FEC voted to close the investigation without finding a violation, despite its general counsel's office finding there was 'reason to believe' violations occurred.
CNN and The New York Times reported that Trump filed administrative claims seeking about $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department over federal investigations into him. CNN reported that any settlement would need approval from his former attorneys now in senior department roles.
The House impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, alleging he pressured Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden while withholding military aid. The Senate acquitted him on both counts.
The House impeached Trump a second time, charging him with incitement of insurrection following the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. The Senate voted 57-43 to convict, short of the two-thirds majority needed, and he was acquitted.
The Washington Post obtained a recording of a Jan. 2, 2021 call in which Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to overturn his defeat. Legal scholars cited by the Post described it as a flagrant abuse of power and a potential criminal act, and the House January 6 committee said the claims Trump raised were untrue.
Following the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, reporting said Trump is named in the files, including in connection with trips on Epstein's plane and a photo with Ghislaine Maxwell; The Hill reported he is mentioned more than 3,000 times, according to its count. Neither Trump nor other named individuals have been accused of wrongdoing by authorities in connection with these mentions.
Taxpayer-funded DHS advertisements featuring Trump Single source
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AP reported that DHS tapped $20 million for campaign-style ads about Trump that drew criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a misuse of taxpayer funds, and that experts said they appear to violate a law against using appropriated funds for propaganda.
Senate resolution on Trump's post calling criticism "illegal"
A Senate resolution (S.Res.486) states that on Nov. 1, 2025 Trump posted that commentary by Seth Meyers was "100% ANTI TRUMP" and "PROBABLY ILLEGAL", and condemns any suggestion that criticism of him is illegal.
Only one source found so far. We keep looking for a second, independent report.
For years, Trump publicly questioned whether Barack Obama was born in the United States and thus eligible to be president; in September 2016 he stated that Obama was born in the U.S., without apologizing or explaining his reversal.
Threatened defamation suit against Center for American Progress Single source
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Trump's lawyer threatened a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against the Center for American Progress over a report concluding National Guard deployments had little effect on reducing violent crime, demanding a retraction and apology.
Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general early in his second term without the 30-day notice to Congress required by law. A federal judge ruled that Trump violated the Inspectors General Act but declined to order their reinstatement.
DOJ misconduct findings under second-term administration Single source
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Reuters reported that federal judges have accused Trump's Justice Department of an unusual pattern of misconduct, including false statements and improper use of the legal system to target political opponents, while watchdog offices meant to police such conduct have been sharply reduced in staff.
Response: DOJ officials have broadly disputed judges’ findings of misconduct and have accused courts of being politically hostile to Trump.
Firing of intelligence community inspector general
Trump fired intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson, who had found a whistleblower complaint about Trump's dealings with Ukraine credible and shared it with Congress, a decision Atkinson said he believed stemmed from his faithful discharge of his duties.
Semblen analyzed 153 of Donald Trump's statements on Government; 102 used at least one rhetorical technique, most often Glittering Generalities, Loaded Language, Exaggeration/Hyperbole.
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