SUBJECT-36430.dossier · company · status: active
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subject of file

Apple Inc

Tracked because Company with government contracts or ties to tracked networks · 3 documented connections
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Apple Inc is documented in FEC and OpenSecrets aggregations as a corporate donor to 1 federal official (1 Democrat) in the U.S. House. Top documented contributions where dollar amounts are parseable: Sam T. Liccardo ($58K). Surfaced through the congressional donor-handoff pipeline; descriptions on each individual donor→official edge cite the originating cycle, payment count, and policy framing where available.

Facts on record2
Connections mapped3
Sources cited16
Evidence: 2S
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

PATTERN person → [donor] → company → [competitor] → company 558× PATTERN elected official → [donor] → person → [donor] → company 489× PATTERN company → [competitor] → company → [competitor] → company 339× PATTERN elected official → [donor] → company → [competitor] → com... 122× PATTERN company → [coverage subject] → company → [coverage subjec... 120×
Connection Map
Facts (2)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 144d ago · Avg age: 1111d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Raw Filing Records (2) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Top documented donor→official edge by parseable dollar amount: Sam T. Liccardo ($58K, Democrat). Amount string extracted from the connection's source-text blob.
Added: 24 May 2026
Pending Review Apple Inc is recorded in the platform's donor graph as funding 1 federal official (1 Democrat) in the U.S. House. All edges are sourced from FEC/OpenSecrets aggregations imported via the congressional-handoff pipeline.
Added: 24 May 2026
All Connections (3)
→ Sam T. Liccardo person
donor secondary
2024: $58,075 via employee contributions — third-largest contributing organization
← TechCrunch company
coverage_subject secondary since 2005
TechCrunch provides ongoing coverage of Apple product launches, services revenue, privacy initiatives, and supply chain developments.
← Alphabet company
competitor inferential since 2020
Alphabet (Google) competes with Apple in mobile operating systems (Android vs iOS), app stores, and hardware.
Sources (16)
2026-05-24 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Apple Inc not found in usaspending claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-24 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Apple Inc not found in sam_gov claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-24 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Apple Inc not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt