Closed loop: US Navy → Boeing → Trent Kelly → US Navy

Involved entities

Inference logic

1. Edge A→B: US Navy → Boeing (relationship: funding-type, "Boeing PAC donated $2,500 to Kelly's 2025-2026 campaign").
2. Edge B→C: Boeing → Trent Kelly (relationship: authority-type, "As Chairman of Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Kelly has direct oversight of Navy programs and Naval Air Station Meridian borders his district").
3. Edge C→A: Trent Kelly → US Navy (relationship: benefit-type, "Boeing is a known defense contractor that historically contracts with the US Navy, though specific contracts were not found under the colloquial name.").
Each edge is independently documented in the connections table (IDs 13615, 13627, 18770). Together they form a directed cycle: money flows from A, authority flows through B, benefit returns to A. This is the structural definition of a closed conflict-of-interest loop.

Source edges (3)

• Trent Kelly ↔ Boeing — donor (Boeing PAC donated $2,500 to Kelly's 2025-2026 campaign)
• Trent Kelly ↔ US Navy — oversight (As Chairman of Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Kelly has direct oversight of Navy programs and Naval Air Station Meridian borders his district)
• US Navy ↔ Boeing — contractor (Boeing is a known defense contractor that historically contracts with the US Navy, though specific contracts were not found under the colloquial name.)

Comparative baseline

Steelman — strongest benign interpretation

Sensitivity

Replication query (SQL)

Anyone can re-execute this query to verify the published value. If the result diverges, the finding auto-flags as stale.

SELECT (
      EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=31234 AND entity_b_id=11117) OR (entity_a_id=11117 AND entity_b_id=31234)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%investor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donation%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contributor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contribution%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%funder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%co-founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%shareholder%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=11117 AND entity_b_id=83) OR (entity_a_id=83 AND entity_b_id=11117)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory_oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulator%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee_membership%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%chair%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointed_by%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supervisor%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=83 AND entity_b_id=31234) OR (entity_a_id=31234 AND entity_b_id=83)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor_relationship%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%client%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supplier%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%vendor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%grant_recipient%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%former_employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%consultant%'))
    )::int AS value

Questions this raises

Each question can be commissioned at the matching investigation tier.

• SEED — $5 What is the timeline of these three relationships — does US Navy's support of Boeing predate Boeing's authority over Trent Kelly?
• SKETCH — $20 What is the dollar value flowing on each edge over the past five years?
• SKETCH — $20 Are there public records of Boeing recusing from any decision involving Trent Kelly?
• DOSSIER — $75 Map every contract, grant, or appointment between the three entities since the loop closed.