SUBJECT-0549.dossier · organization · status: active
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subject of file

Donald J. Trump for President

Trump's 2016 presidential campaign committee
Tracked because Trump's 2016 presidential campaign committee · 21 documented connections
Facts on record3
Connections mapped21
Sources cited11
✦ Thin coverage gap +71 connected to 21 entities · only 3 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 3P
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Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 10 elected officials hold documented connections.
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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 organization → [donor] → elected official → [affiliation]... 1307× PATTERN organization → [donor] → person → [affiliation] → organiz... 1114× PATTERN organization → [donor] → person → [legislative opposition... 358× PATTERN organization → [donor] → person → [legislative support] →... 263× PATTERN institution → [legislative support] → person → [donor] → ... 263×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← Donald Trump person
affiliation
Donald Trump's official campaign committee, affiliated with his presidential campaigns.
← This Is Your Digital Life instrument
data beneficiary
Data harvested by This Is Your Digital Life was used by Cambridge Analytica to develop voter targeting tools for the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. The campaign paid Cambridge Analytica for access to the data and analytics.
← SCL Elections company
contractor
SCL Elections/Cambridge Analytica provided data analytics and consulting services to the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
← Ken Howery person
Financial Support / Fundraising
Howery was a major fundraiser and donor to Donald Trump's presidential campaigns, later serving as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden (Trump appointee 2019-2021).
← Eric Trump person
affiliation
Eric Trump served as a surrogate and campaign representative for his father's presidential campaigns.
← Russell Vought person
advisory
Vought served as a policy director for the 2024 Republican National Convention platform and was a senior official in the Trump administration.
← Gilbert Ray Cisneros person
impeachment_vote
Cisneros voted yea on H.Res. 755 to impeach President Donald J. Trump for abuse of power on December 18, 2019, co-authoring a Washington Post op-ed with six other freshman Democrats from swing districts calling for impeachment.
← James Cayne person
donor
James E. Cayne of Boca Raton, FL (employer: retired, occupation: retired) made a campaign contribution of $2,800 to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. on 2020-08-27. FEC transaction ID: SA18.149283.
Facts (3)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 1095d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (3)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Primary Source The Trump campaign's final payment to Cambridge Analytica was $312,500 in December 2016
Date: 2016-12-31 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: FEC records reported by PolitiFact
✓ verified Primary Source Trump campaign's total payments to Cambridge Analytica were $5.9 million across five payments from July 2016 through December 2016
Date: 2016-12-31 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: FEC records compiled by multiple news outlets
✓ verified Primary Source Trump campaign paid Cambridge Analytica $5 million on September 1, 2016, about two weeks after Bannon's appointment as CEO
Date: 2016-09-01 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Federal Election Commission records
All Connections (21)
→ DT Marks DEFI LLC company
majority_owner primary
Trump owns 70% of DT Marks DEFI LLC according to his June 2025 OGE financial disclosure. The entity was originally formed as DT Tower II LLC — of which Trump owned 100% — before being renamed and restructured to distribute 30% to family members.
← Steve Bannon person
campaign CEO confirmed
Appointed CEO on August 17, 2016, two weeks before largest payment to Cambridge Analytica
← Cambridge Analytica company
contractor confirmed
Received $5.9 million total for data management services from July-December 2016
← Matt Oczkowski person
possible work or campaign association inferential since 2026
Matt Oczkowski appears in the known entities list adjacent to other Trump campaign operatives (Doug Watts, Brad Parscale), but no documented fact in the provided data directly links Oczkowski to the Trump campaign committee, only his name co-occurs in the same list.
← Brian Jack person
employment primary since 2024
Jack was a senior advisor on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and previously served in the Trump White House.
← Harriet M. Hageman person
Campaign Endorsement primary since 2022
Trump endorsed Hageman's 2022 primary campaign. Hageman stated Trump 'was the greatest president of my lifetime, and I am proud to have been able to renominate him in 2020.'
impeachment_vote primary since 2019
Cisneros voted yea on H.Res. 755 to impeach President Donald J. Trump for abuse of power on December 18, 2019, co-authoring a Washington Post op-ed with six other freshman Democrats from swing districts calling for impeachment.
← Don Bacon person
affiliation inferential since 2017
Bacon's votes often aligned with party leadership (e.g., ACA repeal, tax cuts, gun votes), and the entity 'Donald J. Trump for President' appears in the database as a Trump-aligned committee.
← This Is Your Digital Life instrument
data beneficiary primary since 2016
Data harvested by This Is Your Digital Life was used by Cambridge Analytica to develop voter targeting tools for the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. The campaign paid Cambridge Analytica for access to the data and analytics.
← SCL Elections company
contractor primary since 2016
SCL Elections/Cambridge Analytica provided data analytics and consulting services to the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
← Trump Organization company
shared name/brand inferential since 2015
The Trump Organization shares the 'Trump' brand with the campaign entity Donald J. Trump for President. Both entities are connected through Donald Trump's personal and business brand, with Trump Organization historically providing services, space, or brand licensing to campaign activities.
← Henry Paulson person
political_association inferential since 2016
Henry Paulson publicly criticized Donald Trump's trade policies and economic approach during the 2016 and 2020 campaigns, though the relationship is indirect. This is inferred from public statements, not directly documented in the facts above.
← Jim Jordan elected official
affiliation inferential since 2020
Jim Jordan has been a strong public supporter of Donald Trump and has coordinated with Trump's campaigns and political activities.
← Frederica S. Wilson person
Political Opposition primary since 2025
Wilson voted against Trump's tax-and-spending reconciliation package (OBBBA) in 2025, publishing an op-ed and publicly condemning it.
← Donald Trump person
affiliation primary since 2015
Donald Trump's official campaign committee, affiliated with his presidential campaigns.
← Chuck Schumer elected official
Legislative Vote primary since 2023
Schumer voted to preserve some of the 2017 Trump tax cuts via the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which made permanent some tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy by not allowing full expiration of the 2017 law's provisions.
← Ken Howery person
Financial Support / Fundraising primary since 2016
Howery was a major fundraiser and donor to Donald Trump's presidential campaigns, later serving as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden (Trump appointee 2019-2021).
← James Cayne person
donor primary since 2020
James E. Cayne of Boca Raton, FL (employer: retired, occupation: retired) made a campaign contribution of $2,800 to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. on 2020-08-27. FEC transaction ID: SA18.149283.
← Dusty Johnson person
donor primary since 2020
Johnson donated $10,000 to Trump's re-election campaign and served as Trump's South Dakota campaign chairman in 2020.
← Eric Trump person
affiliation primary since 2016
Eric Trump served as a surrogate and campaign representative for his father's presidential campaigns.
← Russell Vought person
advisory primary since 2017
Vought served as a policy director for the 2024 Republican National Convention platform and was a senior official in the Trump administration.
Sources (11)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Donald J. Trump for President — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Donald J. Trump for President not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-04-12 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Donald J. Trump for President (2021-04-12) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Donald J. Trump for President — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Donald J. Trump for President — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Donald J. Trump for President — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Donald J. Trump for President — IRS Form 990 filings (no results) form_990 Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Donald J. Trump for President — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2016-12-31 ↗ FEC records reported by PolitiFact web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2016-12-31 ↗ FEC records compiled by multiple news outlets web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2016-09-01 ↗ Federal Election Commission records web_search Processed 📜 Receipt