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Dear Sir or Madam:

As if President Trump’s many side ventures were not troubling enough, he now seeks to continue profiting from them while serving as President of the United States. The presidency was never intended to be a for-profit enterprise. Neither should war. Neither should incarceration. Yet that is precisely what we are witnessing.

We have a president who is using the office to generate personal wealth, enriching both himself and his family while occupying the nation’s highest public office. At the same time, his administration advances policies that financially benefit private prison corporations such as The GEO Group through expanded detention and incarceration. Abroad, his actions embolden those who stand to profit from devastation—whether through the destruction of Gaza or the bombing of schools and civilian infrastructure in Iran.

Equally astonishing is that a sitting president continues to solicit personal donations, even maintaining a GoFundMe account. The spectacle of a president leveraging both public office and public sympathy for personal financial gain is beneath the dignity of the presidency.

None of this is merely distasteful or politically controversial. It reflects a profound collapse of ethical leadership. Those entrusted with governing the country are increasingly weaponizing religion as a political instrument, using financial influence to dominate media narratives, and engaging in backroom wheeling and dealing that places private interests ahead of the public good. The result is a political culture in which power, money, and ideology reinforce one another while transparency, accountability, and ethical governance steadily erode.

This is not simply an accumulation of isolated incidents. It reflects a system in which political access, influence, and policy increasingly appear to operate on a pay-to-play basis, with wealthy donors and well-connected elites reaping the benefits while public trust is steadily undermined.

The examples that follow illustrate the basis for these concerns. Some are included to provide historical context, while others document recent developments that demonstrate how public office, private profit, and political power have become increasingly intertwined.

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1971-08-03 Virginian corporate attorney Lewis Powell wrote a confidential 8-page memo “Attack on American Free Enterprise System” outlining efforts for corporations to take over universities and media. He was later nominated by Nixon to the US Supreme Court in 1972. He sat on the Phillips-Morris board and argued cigarettes did not cause cancer.

1982-01-01 Financier of Project 2025 Leonard Leo also helped found the Federalist Society to select and groom law students.

1989-01-01 Following a case involving the wrongful conviction of five Black and Latino men, Trump tried to push his agenda to reinstate the death penalty.

1989-06-12 Megachurch founder and televangelist Jerry Falwell campaigned for a so-called “moral majority”, calling Regan “God’s instrument”, labeling Democrats as radicals, and weaponizing religion for political power. He stated, “Our goal has been achieved. The religious right is solidly in place and religious conservatives in America are now in for the duration”.

1995-01-01 Trump launched his own bottled water.

2007-05-01 Trump launched his own Trump Steaks.

2008-07-01 Justice Samuel Alito – the person who helped overturn Roe v. Wade – took luxury fishing trips with GOP mega donors Leonard Leo and Paul Singer. Alito wrote an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal claiming ProPublica misleads its readers and that he didn’t have to report on the luxury trip. After the trip, Alito did not recuse himself from a case before the Supreme Court involving Paul Singer, or from a 2023 tax case involving an attorney who interviewed him for articles in the Wall Street Journal. It wasn’t until 2026 when Alito did recuse himself from an oil industry case due to a discovered conflict with his ConocoPhillips stock.

2009-02-23 “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”.

2009-05-30 In 2009 Republicans lost their minds when the Obamas attended a Broadway play.

2010-01-21 The Supreme Court ruled 5-to-4 to strike down restrictions on independent political spending by corporations and labor unions (see Citizens United). By allowing unlimited independent spending, “Super PACs” can raise and spend vast sums of money in pay-to-play schemes and even hide donations behind 501(c)(4) companies (for example, Turning Point USA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit which can participate in partisan political campaigns).

2013-01-01 JD Vance was a former venture capitalist with investors like Peter Thiel (Palantir, PayPal, Facebook), Eric Schmidt (Google), and Marc Andreessen (Silicon Valley Investor).

2015-01-01 McMahon was a megadonor for the 2016 Republican nomination process, donating $5M to the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Between 2015 and 2016, McMahon donated $1.2M to Future-45, a SuperPac which funded anti-Bernie Sanders advertisements.

2016-01-01 Linda McMahon donated $6M to Trump-supporting SuperPAC Rebuilding America Now.

2019-07-11 Trump posted “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity”. Then he launched his own crypto.

2020-04-01 Karoline Leavitt leveraged “blue-collar roots,” though reports said her family business received $250,635 in two Paycheck Protection Program loans in February and April 2020, as well as two Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) Loans totaling $160,000, also in April 2020.

2020-12-15 After Biden won Trump posted, “This Fake election can no longer stand. Get moving Republicans”.

2020-12-19 Trump posted, “Big protest in D.C on january 6th Be there, will be wild!”

2021-01-06 When insurrectionists demolished the capitol some relieved themselves on desks like animals while others brutally attacked law enforcement officers. One officer died of a stroke 7 hours later. Multiple lawsuits were filed for damages and bodily harm, but Trump refunded penalties to the insurrectionists and attempted to build a slush fund in 2026 for them to receive payouts.

2021-01-06 Jared Wise was caught on camera saying “kill ‘em all”. Trump later hired him on as a senior advisor to the DOJ.

2021-01-17 An upside-down U.S. flag was displayed outside Justice Samuel Alito’s Virginia home, and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag flew at his New Jersey property. Both symbols have been linked to far-right Christian nationalist movements.

2021-08-29 JD Vance was quoted as attributing his entire career to Peter Thiel. Thiel invested in JD Vance’s venture capital firm and backed Vance’s 2022 Senate campaign as the ‘largest amount given to a single candidate in congressional history’.

2022-03-29 Kash Patel published a politically biased children’s book The Plot Against the King, featuring King Donald, Hillary’s horrible plot, and Komey’s spying slugs.

2022-04-10 The House Oversight Committee investigated a $2 billion Saudi investment in Jared Kushner’s firm and Trump’s receipt of more than $250,000 in foreign gifts. In an article with CBS, Kushner stated he was not interested in rejoining the White House if Trump won the 2024 presidential election. In 2025, Kushner DID JOIN the White House as Trump’s special envoy in foreign affairs.

2022-12-15 Trump launched his own NFT.

2023-02-16 In a $1.6B defamation lawsuit between U.S. Dominion v. Fox News Network, Sean Hannity, Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson allegedly did not find election fraud claims fully credible or found them “crazy” but reported election fraud claims anyways.

2023-09-15 Multiple reports alleged an ongoing affair between Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski.

2024-02-15 During an interview at Harvard University, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner called Gaza’s waterfront property very valuable, stating he believed declaring Palestine as a State would be rewarding terrorism.

2024-02-16 Elena Cardone put up a GoFundMe “Stand With Trump” fundraiser for “unjust judgement”.

2024-02-17 Trump launched his own Trump Sneakers

2024-03-06 RFK Jr. allegedly boasted about friendships with multiple sex offenders.

2024-03-26 Trump rebranded the Lee Greenwood Bible as his own, had them made in China for $3 per book, then sold them for a profit at $59.99 and up and placed restrictions on schools which carry the bible to ensure that only Trump’s version was purchased.

2024-03-26 Trump Media and Technology Group TMTG started trading publicly on NASDAQ.

2024-04-16 The Bradley Foundation donates heavily to Turning Point USA, America First Legal, Conservative Partnership Institute, and America’s Future.

2024-06-11 Trump posted on social media that bitcoin mining was the last line of defense against a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency).

2024-06-20 Convicted ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli partnered with Barron Trump behind the new DJT Coin.

2024-08-12 Trump used the Epstein “Lolita Express” to fly to campaign events. Did You Know? Lolita is a controversial 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov about predatory manipulation of a 14-year-old girl?

2024-08-28 Trump posted on social media his release of Trump Digital Trading cards series 4.

2024-09-26 Trump launched his own Trump watches

2024-11-20 Trump launched the Trump guitar.

2024-11-29 Pete Hegseth’s own mother wrote him a letter back in 2018 accusing him of being an abuser, then later defended her son and apologized for the letter December of 2024.

2024-12-18 Powerful CEOs and other megadonor billionaires met at Mar-a-Lago for a dinner party.

2024-12-23 A House Ethics Committee report concluded Matt Gaetz had engaged in illicit drug use and sex with underage girls.

2025-01-13 Prediction market Kalshi named Donald Trump Jr. as their paid advisor.

2025-01-17 JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, made a $5m donation to Trump’s inauguration.

2025-01-17 United Airlines donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

2025-01-17 Several businesses donated to Trump’s inaugural fund (pay to play).

2025-01-17 TrumpCoin was launched 3 days before inauguration.

2025-01-20 The Big Beautiful Bill expanded tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high-income earners, with the top 1% receiving over $1T in tax cuts over the next decade.

2025-01-29 During a confirmation hearing, Bernie Sanders questioned RFK about his non-profit Children’s Health Defense selling anti-vax propaganda onesies for infants on their website: “Unvaxxed – Unafraid” and “No Vax - No Problem”.

2025-02-10 Trump fired the head of the independent Office of Government Ethics David Huitema.

2025-02-14 New York US Attorney Danielle Sassoon resigned after refusing to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams per order of Pam Bondi who wanted Sassoon to quash the federal indictment as a favor to Trump.

2025-03-04 Trump hosted one of multiple millionaire dinners at Mar-a-Lago, “MAGA Inc. Candlelight Finance Dinner”.

2025-03-07 The Trump administration fired head of the Office of Professional Responsibility Jeffrey Ragsdale.

2025-04-09 Democrats called for an investigation into insider trading after Trump used his Truth Social posts in correlation with stock surges. For example, Trump posted, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT”.

2025-05-01 A United Arab Emirates family invested $2B (billion) into Trump & Witcoff family cryptocurrencies through World Financial Liberty.

2025-05-09 Reporters asked Karoline Leavitt about conflicts of interest involving Trump’s Middle East business contacts. Leavitt berated the reporter stating it was “frankly ridiculous” that anyone “would suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit” and claimed that this administration holds itself to the “highest of ethical standards”.

2025-05-21 Saudi Arabia gifted Trump with a luxury jetliner.

2025-05-22 Trump hosted his meme coin dinner. While some experts expressed concern over conflict of interest, Karoline Leavitt asserted Trump was “doing this in his personal time”.

2025-06-02 Iraqi war vet Hagan Scotten resigned rather than follow an order from Bondi to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. He wrote, “If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me”.

2025-06-16 Eric Trump launched Trump Mobile and offered a pre-order of the phone. When customers later asked in 2026 why they still hadn’t received their phones, customer service representatives told callers it was the government shutdown’s fault.

2025-06-30 Trump launched his own perfume line.

2025-07-11 Pam Bondi fired Justice Department ethics chief Joseph Tirrell. Tirrell had sought to investigate Kash Patel over luxury gifts allegedly received from Conor McGregor which violated the FBI ethics codes.

2025-07-16 Several senators proposed the Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act to prevent presidents from using their presidential library as a tool for corruption and bribery.

2025-07-31 The White House announced they would be constructing a 90,000 square foot ballroom, which they said would be paid for through private donations. They also promised the construction would not interfere with or cut into the East Wing.

2025-08-01 Donald Trump Jr. is an investor for and sits on the advisory board of Polymarket through his venture capital firm 1789 Capital.

2025-08-06 Florida official Carolina Amesty was charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $100,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. After hiring Brad Bondi, Pam Bondi’s brother, the DOJ dropped the charges later that month.

2025-08-06 Tim Cook presented Trump with a gold-themed plaque during Apple investment announcements. Numerous CEOs exhibited sycophancy during this term. The term “apple polisher” is an informal, often derogatory term for a sycophant or a “suck-up.”

2025-08-19 Trump promoted Eric Schmitt’s book on Truth Social “The Last Line of Defense - How to Beat the Left in Court”.

2025-08-28 Real-estate developer Sid Chakraverty was charged with improperly claiming millions in tax incentives. After retaining Brad Bondi, the DOJ dismissed the charges.

2025-08-28 Trump withdrew the U.S. from the UN Review of Human Rights Record, stating it would not participate in the upcoming Universal Periodic Review. The ACLU issued a press release calling this an attempt to evade accountability.

2025-09-05 Tesla introduced a new pay package to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire in history.

2025-09-05 The White House hosted a big-tech dinner party to carve up the country amongst themselves.

2025-09-18 Israel’s finance minister described postwar Gaza as a “real-estate bonanza,” claimed the “demolition phase” was complete, and said a business plan was on Trump’s desk.

2025-09-20 Footage from 2024 showed Tom Homan accepting a $50K bribe from FBI agents in exchange for securing government contracts. The Trump administration shut down the investigation. As MAGA loyalist Megyn Kelly put it on a Truth Social post, MAGA does not care if Tom Homan took a bribe or not.

2025-09-29 Trump submitted a video on social media to display layouts of the gold inlays purchased to decorate the Oval Office. Tacky.

2025-10-01 When asked why Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is allowed to indulge in huge financial involvements overseas, Leavitt accused the reporter of being despicable for trying to suggest that behavior was inappropriate.

2025-10-12 Asked about allegations that Tom Homan accepted a $50,000 bribe, JD Vance denied the claim in an ABC interview, “George, you’ve covered the story ad nauseum. Tom Homan did not take a bribe. It’s a ridiculous smear…”.

2025-10-23 Allegedly Melania Trump meme coin architects knew the token value would plunge before they sold it.

2025-10-23 Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had been convicted of money laundering. Later that month, Trump told 60 Minutes he did not know Zhao even though Binance facilitated a $2 billion purchase of a World Liberty Financial stablecoin founded by Trump’s family.

2025-10-24 Open AI announced plans to sell erotica to boost sales. AI has a massive environmental impact and is vastly unregulated.

2025-11-03 Despite court orders, Trump continued delaying SNAP funding, at times proposing partial or no release of funds

2025-11-03 Kash Patel used a government jet to visit his girlfriend. After the story surfaced, Patel fired FBI veteran Steven Palmer, whose unit oversaw the agency’s aircraft fleet.

2025-11-14 Kristi Noem allegedly funneled $143M of the $220M in taxpayer money to a Virginia media company for her ad campaign.

2025-11-18 In litigation over Hawaii’s cruise-ship tourism tax, the DOJ intervened on behalf of cruise lines represented by attorney Brad Bondi (Pam Bondi’s brother).

2025-11-18 The White House hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks involving Trump family investments, AI chips, nuclear energy, and the Abraham Accords. The crown prince had previously faced scrutiny over the brutal dismemberment and killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Jared Kushner has business ties with Saudi Arabia, has helped broker the Abraham Accords, and is a close friend with Salman.

2026-01-28 New York city comptroller Mark Levine encouraged people to reinvest the city’s pension funds in Israeli bonds. In response, protestors stated, “Levine says it’s profitable to invest in the Israeli bonds. He says that they are solid investments with high returns. It’s not surprising that a war economy is profitable. That’s what Israel’s economy is. It’s a war economy. That’s why there is high yields. But buying these bonds only ensures the injustice and the system of occupation continues”.

2026-02-01 Trump family’s World Liberty Financial sold a 49% stake in its cryptocurrency business to members of the Emirati royal family.

2026-02-03 French prosecutors raided X offices over allegations Grok generated CSAM material.

2026-02-12 GEO Group profited from ICE detention centers and private prisons.

2026-02-24 Kash Patel used the FBI jet and taxpayer money to fly to Italy for the Olympics.

2026-02-26 Lauren Boebert leaked a Hillary Clinton deposition photo to a podcaster.

2026-02-27 Trump administration officials devised legal strategies to pocket illegal tariffs despite a Supreme Court ruling.

2026-03-01 Trump peddled a veteran’s edition of his Trump bible for $99.99 on his website and on eBay.

2026-03-05 Pam Bondi sought to limit ethics investigations involving DOJ attorneys by proposing a regulation which would allow the DOJ to head off state bar investigations.

2026-03-05 Democrats introduced the No Getting Rich in Congress Act to ban the President, Vice President, members of Congress, candidates for federal office, and their dependents from buying and selling individual stock.

2026-03-06 Trump accused Bill Maher of having “Trump Derangement Syndrome” after Maher criticized Trump. Bill Maher responded, “I go by what George Bush said to Obama on the day he was inaugurated: ‘We want you to succeed’. I always want the American president to succeed, and I do give credit when you have. But there’s lots of stuff you do that is not my idea of success and I have every right to say so in a democracy…it’s not derangement for me to be always calling out the election denying obsession you have, or the pardons from my friends and punishment for my enemies mode of governing, or the side deals for your family that always seem to be part of everything. We see how rich you’ve all become, but the people of West Virginia don’t seem to be feeling the winning.”

2026-03-07 Trump wore campaign merchandise during a military dignified transfer and used the images in a fundraising email which read, “This is President Donald J. Trump. I made a special announcement to the public an hour ago. For the very first time ever, I’m opening up spots on the National Security Briefing membership. Claim your spot”. Then it offers a link to donate.

2026-03-09 Lindsey Graham said the Iran war would make the U.S. “a ton of money.”

2026-03-13 Jared Kushner allegedly solicited funds for his firm while working as a Mideast envoy.

2026-03-14 Trump received a $10B transactional payout for brokering TikTok’s sale to Larry Ellison.

2026-03-25 House Republican leaders blocked an effort to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. regarding investments his venture capital firm made to a rare earth minerals company and a Pentagon-backed $620 million loan.

2026-03-26 Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote that $1.5B in S&P 500 futures were sold minutes before Trump announced a 5-day pause on attacking Iran, “…let me say it again – a $1.5B bet, bigger than any futures purchases made at the time, 5 minutes before Trump’s post. Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer? This is corruption. Mind blowing corruption”.

2026-03-27 Trump attended a Saudi investor meeting in Miami.

2026-04-06 Gulf investors, including Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund L’imad, backed Paramount’s proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner

2026-04-14 Two members of Congress resigned, and two others faced expulsion proceedings in an unprecedented series of ethics scandals. Eric Swalwell resigned amid sexual-assault allegations, while Tony Gonzales resigned after acknowledging an affair with an aide who later died by suicide.

2026-04-15 JD Vance and Mike Johnson lashed out at the Pope for criticizing Trump’s elective war in Iran. Vance threatened the Pope should “be careful talking about theology,” while Johnson cited “Just War Doctrine.” The Pope later warned against manipulating religion for political, economic, or military purposes and condemned a world “ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”

2026-04-17 The worlds 100 top oil and gas companies banked $30M per hour during the first month of the Israeli-Iran war.

2026-04-20 Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Dreamer resigned amid allegations of abusing public funds, drinking on duty, and misconduct involving staff and her husband.

2026-04-22 A Senate finance committee hearing revealed TrumpRX is not more affordable as advertised. For example, TrumpRX offers Protonix for $200, but Costco offers it for $16. TrumpRX offers heart medication for $336 while CostPlus sells it for $12.

2026-04-22 Trump Media fired Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes after stock dropped 67%, and TMTG pivoted to crypto and prediction markets.

2026-04-23 Eric Trump’s startup company Foundation Futures Industries - of which he is the Chief Strategy Adviser - landed a $24M contract with the Pentagon.

2026-04-27 Lindsey Graham pushed for taxpayers to fund Trump’s ballroom despite earlier promises of private financing.

2026-05-05 Howard Lutnick was forced to testify for his involvement with Epstein.

2026-05-07 Oil companies reported record profits amidst rising fuel prices and the war in Iran. Shell reported $6.9B in its first quarter.

2026-05-11 Trump Mobile was launched in June 2025 and took preorders for phones. In 2026 they changed their terms to indicate now phones aren’t coming, “Trump Mobile does not guarantee that: the Device will be commercially released; regulatory approvals…will be obtained; carrier certification will be secured…or delivery will occur within any specific timeframe”.

2026-05-12 The Trump administration announced former Vice President of for-profit private prisons Geo Group David Venturella would become the new acting director for ICE.

2026-05-12 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy filmed a reality show, funded by firms he regulates. He was a reality TV star in the late 90’s for MTV’s The Real World and Road Rules.

2026-05-14 Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks resigned following reports that he had boasted about paying for sex while traveling abroad. The investigation ended abruptly once Kristi Noem served as DHS head.

2026-05-18 Financial disclosures showed Trump earned an estimated $220–750 million from trading activity during the first three months of 2026.

2026-05-18 The Trump phone was finally released after nine months, but the design leaves questions as to where the phone was made. The devices looked different than advertised, resembled another phone made in Taiwan, and the American flag has 11 stripes instead of 13.

2026-05-19 Trump sued Minnesota for banning Kalshi prediction markets.

2026-05-19 As part of the IRS settlement, the Justice Department agreed to drop pending tax claims involving Trump and his family.

2026-05-21 Applications opened for a $1.8 billion compensation fund benefiting January 6 defendants and other Trump allies, including Enrique Tarrio, Mike Lindell, George Santos, Rod Blagojevich, and Adam Johnson.

2026-05-23 Hawaii banned dark money elections like Citizens United, in a strategy known as the “Corporate Power Reset”.

2026-05-27 The White House targeted E. Jean Carroll who Trump was found liable in courts for sexually abusing in 1996.

2026-05-28 The White House intervened to get a $620M business deal for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr.

2026-05-29 Reports alleged Trump purchased significant amounts of TKO stock while promoting a White House UFC event.

2026-05-31 On Fox, Ken Paxton responded to being called ‘scandal plagued’, “The reality is they could say the same thing about Donald Trump…”

2026-06-13 Protesters in Albania tore down fences surrounding Jared Kushner’s luxury development site.

2026-06-16 An investigation was launched into allegations that Kash Patel created a $1M personal slush fund of taxpayer money to pay off MAGA loyalists.

2026-06-30 SCOTUS struck down a rule to limit how much political parties can spend on campaigns.

2026-06-30 Trump purchased $5M in stock from a company (Axon Enterprise) that makes taser weapons just 2 weeks before ICE secured a $220M contract for the devices.

2026-06-30 Mamdani announced the permanent closure of Rikers Island, stating, “For decades, Rikers Island has represented one of the deepest failures of our City government…this milestone brings us closer to ending that chapter. We are replacing a system built around neglect with one centered on rehabilitation”.

2026-07-02 The House voted to pass a legislation forcing public disclosure of congressmember use of taxpayer dollars to fund sexual misconduct payouts.