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  "generatedAt": "2026-10-19T07:19:01.897Z",
  "findingType": "money_flow",
  "findingId": 2015,
  "contentHash": "a764f5cb2fcc365888705d7a547ce70a2c561bd472ae4e525524a223c0adba9c",
  "title": "Paramount -> Trump presidential library ($16M settlement) -> FCC merger approval",
  "summary": "Money-flow chain tracing 1 hops with documented total of USD 16000000. Confidence: primary.",
  "methodology": "Money-flow chains are constructed by tracing financial transactions between entities through documented mechanisms (contracts, donations, grants, etc.). Each hop is independently cited. Vanish points mark where the audit trail breaks — funds enter an entity but no corresponding outflow is documented. Confidence is assessed per-hop and rolled up to the chain level.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5290171/trump-lawsuit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-kamala-harris",
      "label": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5290171/trump-lawsuit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-kamala-harris",
      "type": "primary"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477530/paramount-cbs-skydance-sale-fcc-approves",
      "label": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477530/paramount-cbs-skydance-sale-fcc-approves",
      "type": "primary"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5290171/trump-lawsuit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-kamala-harris",
      "label": "NPR",
      "type": "citation"
    }
  ],
  "queries": [
    {
      "description": "Chain record",
      "table": "money_flow_chains",
      "parameters": {
        "id": 2015
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Chain hops with entity resolution",
      "table": "money_flow_hops",
      "parameters": {
        "chainId": 2015
      }
    }
  ],
  "dataSnapshot": {
    "chainId": 2015,
    "title": "Paramount -> Trump presidential library ($16M settlement) -> FCC merger approval",
    "sourceDescription": "Paramount Global paid $16M toward Trump's presidential library to settle his '60 Minutes' suit; the FCC approved Skydance's $8B takeover of Paramount weeks later.",
    "sourceRefType": "manual",
    "documentedTotal": "16000000",
    "currency": "USD",
    "confidence": "primary",
    "sector": "media",
    "status": "active",
    "asOfDate": null,
    "provenance": null,
    "hops": [
      {
        "ordinal": 0,
        "from": "Paramount Global (CBS parent)",
        "to": "Donald J. Trump presidential library foundation",
        "amount": "16000000",
        "mechanism": "settlement",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "citations": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5290171/trump-lawsuit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-kamala-harris",
            "title": "NPR"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "createdAt": "2026-06-01T10:54:02.027Z"
  },
  "entities": [],
  "verificationSteps": [
    "Retrieve chain #2015 from money_flow_chains and confirm title and documented total.",
    "Hop 0: verify Paramount Global (CBS parent) → Donald J. Trump presidential library foundation ($16000000, settlement) via https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5290171/trump-lawsuit-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-kamala-harris",
    "Verify the SHA-256 content hash by re-generating the JSON bundle."
  ]
}