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Trump dropped their cases. They gave $210 million to his super PACs.

Public Citizen found the companies and executives spared gave or pledged $210.5 million to Trump-aligned super PACs.

Washington. By Swamp Watch

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Page 2 of the Public Citizen report, with the line on $210.5 million given or pledged to Trump-aligned super PACs boxed in redDonald Trump
From the source: Public Citizen, "The Cost of Canceled Corporate Enforcement," October 2026, page 2. Red box added by Swamp Watch.
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Faces of the week

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The United States Capitol at night. Photograph: Diliff, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
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Who paid, and what came back

Money trails from our reporting. Each line is a published receipt: who paid, who was paid, and what followed.

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Workers move freshly printed currency into a drying box at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Photograph: Frances Benjamin Johnston, Library of Congress, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
Elon Musk$500,000
Gov. Greg AbbottTexas, campaign
$1.6Bin tax breaks for Musk's chip plant, about 3 months laterRead the receipt
A banker's daughter+ $2.5M pledged to the ballroom$3.5M
Donald Trumpsuper PAC & ballroom
Pardonfor her father, charged in a bribery schemeRead the receipt
The Winklevoss twins$5M
Donald Trumpballroom
$5Mpenalty against their crypto firm that Trump is now trying to cancelRead the receipt
Larry Ellison's trust$1M
Sen. Darline Grahamsuper PAC backing her
Data centersshe now says construction must accelerate to beat ChinaRead the receipt
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Where the money lands

The rooms we watch

Three rooms where the decisions in our receipts get made: policy and contracts at the White House, pardons in the Oval Office, and votes under the Capitol dome.

Halftone photograph of the White House North Portico
The White HouseTrump-world self-dealing ›The North Portico of the White House. Photograph: The White House, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
Halftone photograph of the carved eagle on the Resolute Desk
The Oval OfficePardons and clemency ›Carved detail of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Photograph: The White House, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
Halftone photograph looking up into the Capitol Rotunda
The CapitolCampaign finance and super PACs ›The Rotunda of the United States Capitol. Photograph: Architect of the Capitol, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
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Index to our beats

One question runs through every beat: who paid for this, and do they live by the rules they set for everyone else?

Still from The Closetocracy: the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, printed as a halftone
Still from The Closetocracy.
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The Closetocracy

Our first long-form documentary. Three decades of Lindsey Graham's public record, set against on-camera interviews and the documents behind them.

Premieres October 22, 2026

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