1. Edge A→B: Raytheon Technologies (RTX) → Gabe Amo (relationship: funding-type, "$6,000 to Gabe Amo's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00097568/"). 2. Edge B→C: Gabe Amo → Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC (relationship: authority-type, "The political action committee representing the employees of RTX."). 3. Edge C→A: Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC → Raytheon Technologies (RTX) (relationship: benefit-type, "Accepted thousands of dollars from Raytheon employees per Jewish Voice for Peace–Rhode Island; Raytheon/RTX is a major defense contractor with facilities in Rhode Island district employing approximately 3,000 workers"). Each edge is independently documented in the connections table (IDs 22932, 93489, 13101). 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.
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SELECT (
EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=10879 AND entity_b_id=52941) OR (entity_a_id=52941 AND entity_b_id=10879)) 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=52941 AND entity_b_id=130) OR (entity_a_id=130 AND entity_b_id=52941)) 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=130 AND entity_b_id=10879) OR (entity_a_id=10879 AND entity_b_id=130)) 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
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