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‘The UAE Sent $580 Million Directly to Trump’: Checking the Viral Crypto Bombshell

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Misleading, 1 False

A viral video says the UAE bought half of Trump’s crypto company and funneled $580M ‘directly to the President.’ The deal is real and serious — but the number is inflated and ‘directly’ is wrong.

Trump Family Foreign Deals: Abuse of Office, Hunter Biden Redux, or Illegal?

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 Mostly True, 2 Unproven

The Trump Org did zero foreign deals in term one and eight in term two, plus crypto billions from foreign-linked entities. We check the facts and answer three questions: abuse, hypocrisy, legality.

Does This Deal Stink? Trump’s Crypto Firm Becomes a Bank

Verdicts: 2 True, 1 False

World Liberty Financial — the Trump-family crypto firm — is about to get a federal bank charter from Trump’s own OCC appointee. It’s legal (the president is exempt from the conflict statute) but a…

Analysis

The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized

Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump’s first and second terms, creating a…

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