Closed loop: Raytheon Technologies (RTX) → Greg Stanton → Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC → Raytheon Technologies (RTX)

Involved entities

Inference logic

1. Edge A→B: Raytheon Technologies (RTX) → Greg Stanton (relationship: funding-type, "$6,000 to Greg Stanton's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00097568/").
2. Edge B→C: Greg Stanton → 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, "Raytheon Missiles and Defense employs 12,500 people in Stanton's district.").
Each edge is independently documented in the connections table (IDs 81271, 93489, 13366). 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)

• Greg Stanton ↔ Raytheon Technologies (RTX) — employment (Raytheon Missiles and Defense employs 12,500 people in Stanton's district.)
• Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC ↔ Greg Stanton — donor ($6,000 to Greg Stanton's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00097568/)
• Raytheon Technologies (RTX) ↔ Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC — political_action_committee (The political action committee representing the employees of RTX.)

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=10993 AND entity_b_id=52941) OR (entity_a_id=52941 AND entity_b_id=10993)) 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=10993) OR (entity_a_id=10993 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

Questions this raises

Each question can be commissioned at the matching investigation tier.

• SEED — $5 What is the timeline of these three relationships — does Raytheon Technologies (RTX)'s support of Greg Stanton predate Greg Stanton's authority over Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC?
• SKETCH — $20 What is the dollar value flowing on each edge over the past five years?
• SKETCH — $20 Are there public records of Greg Stanton recusing from any decision involving Employees Of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PAC?
• DOSSIER — $75 Map every contract, grant, or appointment between the three entities since the loop closed.