Foreign-Influence

Trump Crypto Dinner Offers Presidential Access for Top $TRUMP Coin Buyers

| Importance: 9/10

Top 25 investors in $TRUMP memecoin attended private reception with President Trump, receiving $100,000 crypto-themed Trump watches. Justin Sun, the biggest $TRUMP coin holder, attended the dinner. The event sparked an ethics investigation by Senator Blumenthal, who alleged this represented an …

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Trump's Foreign Business Partners and Corporate Leaders Converge at 2025 Inauguration

| Importance: 7/10

At the 2025 inauguration, foreign business partners and corporate leaders from tech, media, and international companies converged, highlighting the extensive business networks surrounding Trump’s presidency. Major companies like Coca-Cola and CoreCivic made significant donations, while tech …

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DNI Tulsi Gabbard's Secret Assad Meeting and Russian Ties Alarm Intelligence Allies

| Importance: 9/10

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, confirmed by a narrow 52-48 Senate vote, faces intense scrutiny over her 2017 secret meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and consistent pro-Russia positioning. Her minimal intelligence experience and controversial past have raised significant …

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AG Pam Bondi Eliminates DOJ KleptoCapture Unit and Foreign Influence Task Force

| Importance: 9/10

Attorney General Pam Bondi, who received over $3 million from Trump businesses including Truth Social stock, shuts down FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and DOJ’s KleptoCapture unit on first day. Units had recovered billions in Russian oligarch assets and investigated foreign election …

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Justin Sun's $75 Million Crypto Investment Signals Complex Trump Financial Network

| Importance: 10/10

Chinese-born crypto billionaire Justin Sun invested $75 million in World Liberty Financial (WLF) through staged investments, simultaneously facing SEC fraud investigations. The investment coincided with the SEC pausing legal proceedings against Sun, raising questions about potential political …

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Trump Organization launches $530M Saudi Arabia tower weeks before inauguration

| Importance: 8/10

Eric Trump announced the Trump Organization’s first Saudi Arabia project—a 47-floor, SAR 2 billion ($530M) Trump Tower in Jeddah, developed with London-listed Dar Global. The tower on Jeddah’s Corniche will include Trump Club, the Kingdom’s first members-only social club, with …

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Vitali Klitschko Confronts Joe Rogan for Promoting Russian Propaganda on Ukraine, Rogan Defends Kremlin Narratives

| Importance: 9/10

Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv and former world heavyweight boxing champion, publicly confronted Joe Rogan on November 24, 2024, accusing him of “repeating Russian propaganda” after Rogan promoted Kremlin narratives about Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan Revolution and declined an interview …

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House Oversight minority report: at least $7.8M from 20 foreign governments to Trump businesses (partial records)

| Importance: 9/10

A staff report by House Oversight Committee Democrats, based on Mazars-produced records for limited years and entities, found that Trump businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments while he was president—likely an undercount. Watchdogs report higher estimates when …

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Russian RT Employees Begin Funneling Money Through Tenet Media to US Influencers

| Importance: 9/10

RT employees start sending millions to Tenet Media to pay American influencers including Tim Pool and Benny Johnson for pro-Russia content without disclosure, part of $10M influence operation

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Trump Crypto Empire Raises Major Constitutional Conflict of Interest Concerns

| Importance: 9/10

Trump Media and Technology Group announced significant cryptocurrency partnerships that could generate hundreds of millions in foreign-backed revenue, potentially violating the Emoluments Clause. The venture involves state-backed Emirati investment firm MGX, crypto exchange Binance, and World …

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AT&T partners with Carbyne as authorized reseller, integrating Israeli surveillance tech into national telecom infrastructure

| Importance: 9/10

AT&T announced a strategic partnership with Carbyne enabling the telecommunications giant to resell Carbyne’s comprehensive 911 surveillance platform to public safety agencies nationwide, dramatically accelerating deployment of Israeli Unit 8200-developed technology across US emergency …

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Arabella Advisors Network Raises Record $1.35 Billion in Dark Money

| Importance: 7/10

The Arabella Advisors network, managing five nonprofit funds including the Sixteen Thirty Fund, raised $1.35 billion from anonymous donors in 2022, making it the dominant force in Democratic dark money operations. The Sixteen Thirty Fund alone spent $196 million on political causes including $66 …

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Elon Musk begins regular contact with Vladimir Putin

| Importance: 8/10

Elon Musk began regular direct communication with Vladimir Putin while controlling critical US infrastructure through SpaceX and Starlink, creating unprecedented foreign influence over defense and communications systems.

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Truth Social Receives $8 Million from Russian-Connected Entities While "On Brink of Collapse"

| Importance: 9/10

Trump Media receives emergency loans totaling $8 million from Putin-connected Paxum Bank ($2M) and ES Family Trust ($6M) when company near failure, triggering federal investigation

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Trump Media Founded with Chinese-Connected Financial Backer Patrick Orlando

| Importance: 8/10

Trump announces Truth Social through Trump Media & Technology Group, with financial backing from Patrick Orlando who also serves as CEO of Wuhan-based Yunhong International

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Trump Overrides 25+ Security Clearance Denials for Family and Allies

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump overrode security clearance denials for at least 25 individuals including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, despite FBI and CIA objections citing foreign influence, conflicts of interest, personal conduct, financial problems, and drug use. Kushner’s clearance was denied due to …

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Saudi Crown Prince's Entourage Books Trump Hotel During Khashoggi Crisis

| Importance: 9/10

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage booked approximately 500 rooms at Trump International Hotel in New York during his U.S. visit, generating significant revenue at a time when the hotel was experiencing declining bookings. The stay occurred just days before the October 2, 2018 murder …

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Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Invests $15M in Carbyne, Connecting Epstein-Barak Surveillance Network to Erik Prince Operations

| Importance: 9/10

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led a $15 million Series B investment in Carbyne (formerly Reporty Homeland Security), the Israeli surveillance technology company founded by Unit 8200 intelligence veterans and previously funded by Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak. The investment directly connected …

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Qatar-Linked Brookfield Bails Out Kushner's 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.28 Billion

| Importance: 5/10

Brookfield Asset Management, with Qatar Investment Authority as second-largest investor, paid $1.28 billion for 99-year lease on Kushner’s troubled 666 Fifth Avenue property. Deal came after Charles Kushner’s April 2017 request for Qatari financing was rejected, followed by Jared …

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Kushner Receives $1.28B Qatar Bailout After Blockade Reversal

| Importance: 8/10

Jared Kushner’s underwater 666 Fifth Avenue property received a $1.28 billion bailout from Brookfield Property Partners, where Qatar Investment Authority held a 7-9% stake, just months after Trump reversed U.S. support for the Saudi-led Qatar blockade. The Kushners had desperately sought …

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Brookfield takes 99‑year lease on Kushner's 666 Fifth Ave; role of Qatar-linked funds disputed

| Importance: 9/10

Brookfield acquired a 99‑year leasehold on the office portion of 666 Fifth Avenue from Kushner Companies, resolving a distressed financing situation. Public records and press accounts note that Qatar’s sovereign fund (QIA) was a major investor in Brookfield Property Partners, while Brookfield …

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Guo Wengui Begins Funding Steve Bannon Operations

| Importance: 8/10

Chinese exile billionaire Guo Wengui (Miles Guo) began a $1 million contract with Steve Bannon for media consulting, marking the start of a complex political influence operation targeting Chinese Communist Party leadership. Bannon was hired to introduce Guo Media to political personalities and help …

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China grants waves of Ivanka Trump trademarks as she serves in White House; ethics watchdogs flag conflicts

| Importance: 6/10

China’s trademark office granted final approval for 13 Ivanka Trump trademarks over three months in early 2018, and later provisionally approved 16 more in October 2018, according to AP reviews of official records. The brand said filings were routine defensive registrations; ethics groups …

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Kushner Shares Classified Intel Leading to Saudi Mass Arrests

| Importance: 9/10

Jared Kushner made an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia in October 2017, staying up until 4 AM with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Days later, MBS launched mass arrests of 200+ Saudi royals and officials, seizing $100 billion in assets. MBS reportedly told confidants that Kushner was ‘in …

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Facebook Admits Russians Bought $100,000 in Ads to Influence 2016 Election

| Importance: 9/10

Facebook reveals to Congress that Russian operatives bought $100,000 in political ads reaching millions of Americans, first admission of platform weaponization for foreign election interference, detailed in multiple congressional hearings and investigations throughout late 2017

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Ivanka Trump Receives Chinese Trademarks During Xi Jinping Dinner

| Importance: 8/10

Ivanka Trump received three valuable Chinese trademarks on the same day she dined with President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago during critical U.S.-China trade negotiations. Throughout Trump’s presidency, China approved 34 trademarks for Ivanka’s business, including 16 new trademarks in …

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Cofer Black, Former Blackwater Vice Chairman and CIA Counterterrorism Chief, Joins Burisma Board

| Importance: 7/10

Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian energy company, announced the appointment of Joseph Cofer Black to its board of directors on February 15, 2017, less than one month after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Black, the former vice chairman of Blackwater (the private military contractor …

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Rex Tillerson ExxonMobil CEO Becomes Secretary of State

| Importance: 8/10

Rex Tillerson, former ExxonMobil CEO who received Putin’s Order of Friendship for Russian energy deals and maintained 45 million in oil investments, became Secretary of State despite unprecedented opposition. Tillerson had negotiated a 00 billion Arctic drilling deal with Russia’s …

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Trump Organization Receives 3.6M from Foreign Governments

| Importance: 9/10

The Trump Organization received at least 3.6 million from foreign governments including China, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and Qatar during Trump’s presidency, violating the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause. Saudi officials alone paid at least 15,000 to Trump properties. T-Mobile …

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Black Ledger Reveals $12.7 Million in Secret Cash Payments to Trump Campaign Chair Manafort

| Importance: 10/10

On August 14, 2016, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau revealed a secret “black ledger” documenting $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments from Ukraine’s former pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych’s party to Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign …

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NRA Spends Record $30-55 Million Supporting Trump, FBI Investigates Russian Money Laundering

| Importance: 10/10

During the 2016 election cycle, the National Rifle Association spent a record $30-55 million supporting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign—triple its 2012 spending for Mitt Romney. The unprecedented spending occurred during and after Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin’s systematic …

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Trump Signs Letter of Intent for $1 Billion Moscow Tower While Running for President

| Importance: 6/10

Trump personally signed Letter of Intent for Trump Tower Moscow project valued at over $1 billion while publicly denying Russian business dealings during campaign. Michael Cohen told Mueller investigators that Trump viewed his campaign as a significant “infomercial” for Trump-branded …

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Russian Agent Maria Butina Questions Trump About Sanctions at FreedomFest, Trump Promises to "Get Along" with Putin

| Importance: 9/10

On July 11, 2015, at the FreedomFest libertarian conference in Las Vegas, Russian intelligence operative Maria Butina publicly questioned presidential candidate Donald Trump about US sanctions on Russia. Trump responded that he knew Putin and believed they would “get along very nicely” …

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Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics

| Importance: 9/10

The St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency began purchasing Facebook ads and running coordinated influence operations. Senate Intelligence Committee reports and platform disclosures document spending (about $100,000 on ~3,000 ads) and reach in the tens of millions between 2015 and 2017.

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Hunter Biden Joins Burisma Board While Father Leads Ukraine Policy

| Importance: 7/10

Hunter Biden joined the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, receiving up to $50,000 per month while his father Vice President Joe Biden led U.S. policy on Ukraine. State Department officials raised conflict of interest concerns in 2015. Devon Archer later testified to Congress that …

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Eric Trump says all funding comes from Russia, not U.S. banks

| Importance: 9/10

Golf writer James Dodson reported that Eric Trump told him in 2014: “We don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.” When asked about financing golf courses during the recession when banks weren’t lending, Eric allegedly added they had …

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Erik Prince Founds Frontier Services Group with Chinese State Investment from CITIC, Controlled by Chang Zhenming

| Importance: 9/10

Erik Prince founded Frontier Services Group (FSG), a Hong Kong-listed security, logistics and insurance company backed by Chinese state capital. Prince was introduced to Chang Zhenming, chairman of China’s state-owned CITIC investment conglomerate, in 2013, providing Prince entry to the …

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Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Begin Systematic NRA Infiltration Operation

| Importance: 9/10

In 2011, Maria Butina founded the Russian gun rights organization “Right to Bear Arms” as a front operation and was hired as “special assistant” to Alexander Torshin, a Russian Senator with Kremlin connections. Together they initiated a systematic multi-year intelligence …

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Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince

| Importance: 9/10

Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, was hired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi to create a secret, private mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates, receiving $529 million for the contract. The force, operated through Prince’s company Reflex Responses (R2), was …

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Trump Jr. says Russians make up disproportionate cross-section of assets

| Importance: 9/10

At a New York real estate conference, Donald Trump Jr. stated: “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia.” He specifically mentioned Dubai, Trump SoHo, and New York properties. This admission revealed …

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Saudi Arabia purchases entire 45th floor of Trump World Tower for UN mission

| Importance: 5/10

Saudi Arabia purchases the entire 45th floor of Trump World Tower for $4.5 million. The five apartments (10 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms) were later converted to part of Saudi Arabia’s UN Mission in 2008, creating ongoing common charges and potential emoluments clause violations during Trump’s …

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Halliburton Opens Tehran Office While Cheney Still CEO, Completing $40 Million Annual Iran Business Through Cayman Islands Subsidiary Designed to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions

| Importance: 9/10

In February 2000, Halliburton’s offshore subsidiary Halliburton Products and Services opened an office in Tehran, Iran, while Dick Cheney remained CEO of the parent company, completing a systematic sanctions evasion structure that generated approximately $40 million annually in oil field …

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Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchases Trump yacht during financial crisis

| Importance: 6/10

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal purchased Trump’s yacht “Trump Princess” for $20 million in 1991, providing crucial liquidity during Trump’s severe financial crisis. Trump had bought the 282-foot yacht (originally owned by arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi) for $29 million in 1988, …

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Black, Manafort & Stone lobbying firm founded, nicknamed 'Torturers' Lobby'

| Importance: 8/10

Republican operatives Charlie Black, Paul Manafort, and Roger Stone founded Black, Manafort & Stone in 1980, pioneering the modern lobbying industry. The firm became infamous as the ‘Torturers’ Lobby’ for representing dictators including Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese Seko, and …

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