{"id":3700,"date":"2026-10-20T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:43:42","slug":"corporations-benefiting-from-enforcement-rollback-funnelled-200m-to-trump-aligned-superpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3700","title":{"rendered":"Corporations Benefiting From Enforcement Rollback Funnelled $200M+ to Trump-Aligned SuperPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Corporations that have benefited from the Trump administration\u2019s cancellation of federal enforcement actions have given <strong>$210.5 million in contributions and pledges<\/strong> to MAGA Inc., and other Trump-aligned Super PACs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/cost-of-canceled-corporate-enforcement-200-million-trump-super-pac\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a new investigation by Public Citizen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The finding comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/trump-cascade-canceled-enforcement-200-corporations\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Public Citizen\u2019s new analysis<\/a> documents the Trump administration\u2019s cancellation of <strong>212 federal enforcement actions involving 205 corporations<\/strong>, including 80 investigations, 67 dismissed enforcement lawsuits and 54 canceled accountability measures involving alleged corporate misconduct. <\/p>\n<p>Among the largest contributors, including corporations, executives, and investors are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, whose companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-gutted-civil-rights-agency-stifling-us-scrutiny-of-workplace-bias.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/16\/sens-warren-and-blumenthal-investigate-nlrb-decision-to-drop-charges-against-spacex-for-retaliatory-firings.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a> benefited from at least eight canceled enforcement actions, pledged to spend <strong>$100 million to help elect Republicans in the 2026 midterms<\/strong>, largely through America PAC which he controls, and gave <strong>$5 million to MAGA Inc.<\/strong>. Both Tesla and SpaceX benefited from four canceled actions each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Crypto.com<\/strong>, which profited from the Securities and Exchange Commissions\u2019 (SEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/news\/cointelegraph:6e2480578094b:0-crypto-com-probe-by-the-sec-has-officially-closed-says-ceo\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cancellation of an investigation<\/a> into allegations that the crypto platform traded unregistered securities, gave<strong> $35 million to MAGA Inc.<\/strong>, and another<strong> $2 million to Keep America Great<\/strong>, both Trump-aligned Super PACs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gemini<\/strong>, similarly profited from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/23\/us\/politics\/sec-crypto-winklevoss.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dropped SEC investigation<\/a> into allegations of trading unregistered securities, gave <strong>$20 million to MAGA Inc<\/strong>. Its co-founders, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, personally gave an additional<strong> $10 million<\/strong> each to MAGA Inc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andreessen Horowitz<\/strong>, along with co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, gave <strong>$12 million to MAGA Inc.<\/strong>. Nine corporations that benefit from canceled actions are a part of the firm\u2019s investment portfolio. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCorporations and ultra-wealthy executives with enormous financial interests before the federal government are pouring extraordinary sums into the president\u2019s political operation,\u201d said <strong>Robert Weissman, Public Citizen co-president<\/strong>. \u201cOnce the check is cashed, the administration is pulling back enforcement actions meant to punish corporate misconduct. It\u2019s a great deal for the corporate wrongdoers \u2013 at the expense of their victims and the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe potential is limitless when companies and the wealthy people behind them can give millions of dollars to Trump-aligned political groups,\u201d said <strong>Rick Claypool, a research director for Public Citizen and author of the report<\/strong>. \u201cThe scale of these contributions raises fundamental questions about what corporations are expecting when they invest heavily in a political operation, especially when it involves the President of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/corporate-enforcement-trump-tracker\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Public Citizen\u2019s Corporate Enforcement Tracker<\/a> is an online resource for watchdogging the Trump administration\u2019s cancellation of federal enforcement actions brought against corporations prior to President Trump\u2019s second term. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporations that have benefited from the Trump administration\u2019s cancellation of federal enforcement actions have given $210.5 million in contributions and pledges to MAGA Inc., and other Trump-aligned Super PACs, according to a new investigation by Public Citizen. The finding comes as Public Citizen\u2019s new analysis documents the Trump administration\u2019s cancellation of 212 federal enforcement actions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[742],"class_list":["post-3700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia-y-tecnologia","tag-vr-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}