Broken Commitment Ledger

Every published contradiction across every tracked entity. Each entry pairs an on-the-record stated position with a later, sourced action that points the other way. Sorted most-recent revelation first.

3 published contradictions

Bill Hagerty elected_official

Stated vs Revealed Statement vs vote · date gap

Stated · —

Hagerty serves on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, the chamber's primary venue for stablecoin and digital-asset legislation.

Source: U.S. Senate Banking Committee — Membershipprimary

Revealed · 2024

Hagerty was a documented beneficiary of Fairshake-network independent expenditures during the 2024 cycle.

Source: Fairshake — 2024 Cycle Summarysecondary

Gain · Career Hagerty's seat on Senate Banking is framed as oversight of stablecoin issuers; he simultaneously accepted independent-expenditure support from a super-PAC funded by those same issuers and exchanges.→ money-flow chain #1992

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BlackRock company

Stated vs Revealed Statement vs disclosure · date gap

Stated · Multiple election cycles through 2024

BlackRock PAC contributes to candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties

Source: Research: BlackRock - FEC donationsprimary

Revealed · 2024

Together IBIT and the Circle Reserve Fund give BlackRock direct fee exposure to both the dollar-stablecoin and crypto-asset markets that the GENIUS Act and SAB 121 reversal regulate.

Source: SEC EDGAR — BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trustsecondary

Gain · Regulatory win BlackRock's PAC is publicly framed as bipartisan civic participation; the firm simultaneously holds direct fee exposure to specific crypto-policy outcomes (Circle Reserve Fund management plus IBIT issuance) that its lobbying disclosures do not break out as line items.→ money-flow chain #1993

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Circle Internet Financial company

Stated vs Revealed Statement vs disclosure · date gap

Stated · 2024

Circle publicly campaigned for the repeal of SAB 121 and for passage of the GENIUS Act stablecoin framework, both of which materially expand its addressable market.

Source: Circle lobbying — OpenSecretssecondary

Revealed · 2024

Circle's S-1 filing disclosed that interest income on reserves accounted for the substantial majority of total revenue, making the company's economics directly geared to short-term U.S. interest rates.

Source: Circle Internet Group, Inc. — Registration Statement on Form S-1primary

Gain · Regulatory win Circle's public framing of its lobbying is regulatory clarity for stablecoin users; its own S-1 discloses that the substantial majority of revenue is interest income on reserves — i.e. the legislation it lobbied for protects the yield-extraction business model rather than the consumer-protection goal cited in its public messaging.→ money-flow chain #1993

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