Private financial interests, foreign gifts, conflicts of interest, pay-to-play concerns and disputed misuse of public office.
Trump Media and Technology Group announced on July 16, 2026 a paid service, called Truth PSI, that would give banks, algorithmic trading firms and other institutional customers millisecond-scale priority access to posts...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is in settlement talks with Gabriel Perez, President Trump's teleprompter operator since 2016, over allegations he made close to $100,000 on the prediction market Kalshi by...
A data-driven CNN investigation published July 16, 2026 found that during 2025 President Trump bought shares in at least 21 companies and, within a week of the purchase, posted favorable comments on Truth Social about...
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled on July 13, 2026 that the civil settlement between President Trump and his own Justice Department in his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was an improper use of the courts...
On July 9, 2026, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, announced a bicameral investigation into FBI Director Kash Patel's use of bureau aircraft and...
On July 8, 2026, The New York Times reported, citing anonymous sources, that the Secret Service urged President Trump to depart the NATO summit in Turkey aboard an older Air Force One rather than the Boeing 747 donated...
On July 7, 2026, CBS News reported that Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden had sent letters to 11 businesses tied to the Trump family asking whether they consider themselves covered by a May...
Among 11 pardons President Trump issued on July 3, 2026 was one for Adam Kidan, a former business partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Kidan pleaded guilty in 2005 to fraud and conspiracy tied to the purchase of a fleet of...
On July 3, 2026, President Trump announced pardons for a group of people he said had been wrongfully prosecuted for "fixing their car," describing the cases as an act of "weaponization" by federal prosecutors. CBS News...
President Trump's 2025 annual financial disclosure, filed with the Office of Government Ethics and released on June 30, 2026, lists 11 gifts totaling more than $371,000. They include a $250,000 sculpture from a business...