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  Trump's sons are investors in mining business Kaz Resources which is approved for up to $1.6 billion in US government financing. Highlights of an executive tied to Kaz Resources and USA Rare Earth, another company approved for similar financing. My latest: #Trump #EricTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #KazResources #USARareEarth #PiniAlthaus #PinchasAlthaus https://newstracs.com/trump-sons-mineral-deals-kaz-resources-usa-rare-earth/2026/10/13/

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  NEW: Former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser's latest gig is CEO of crypto firm AlphaTon Capital - new research shows multiple people linked to this business have connections to Russia, and a company co-founder was a Brexit supporter, my latest: #BrittanyKaiser #AlphaTON #Russia #Crypto #CambridgeAnalytica https://newstracs.com/former-cambridge-analytica-exec-brittany-kaisers-latest-gig-is-ceo-of-crypto-firm-with-links-to-russia/2025/09/12/

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  $2 billion Trump Tower Tbilisi project launched in Georgian capital Eric Trump addressed ceremony by video link Partners include Archi Group, Invia and Sapir Org (former Trump Soho partner), investors include Block Stone Capital, Finvest, Vector Group https://georgiatoday.ge/trump-tower-tbilisi-unveiled-as-flagship-project-of-2-billion-development/ A bit of a blast from the past - my 2017 chart on Trump Soho and Sapir https://newstracs.com/trump-soho-drake-hotel-deals/2017/06/23/

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  Inside the Collapse of a MAGA Marketplace Backed by Trump Jr. - PublicSquare racked up costs before shifting into fintech, and its stock has cratered by 99% since it went public, via The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/business/inside-the-collapse-of-a-maga-marketplace-backed-by-trump-jr-63d7896b

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/115192866792062867 Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser runs AlphaTon, now named Alpha Compute, an AI infrastructure company w/focus on messaging app Telegram At CPAC London Kaiser announced launch of Right2Compute to "secure rights for building AI data centers" https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/23/3332486/0/en/right2compute-coalition-launches-to-secure-rights-for-building-ai-data-centers-for-sovereign-ai-and-data-ow...

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  Justin Sun accuses the Trump family's World Liberty Financial of 'Criminal Extortion' An awkward detail (that I'm not sure has been reported) is in 2025 Tron Inc majority owned by Sun's father signed a lease agreement for 2,791 sq feet in Trump Tower NYC through 2028 https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/crypto-billionaire-accuses-trump-familys-world-liberty-of-criminal-extortion-14a82769 SEC filing for Tron Inc with details on lease agreement: https:...

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  Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investors in two publicly listed companies (a golf business and a construction company) that plan to merge with drone companies and are pursuing business with the Pentagon. While deals were previously reported, my latest piece adds new details: https://newstracs.com/eric-trump-and-donald-trump-jr-and-their-links-to-several-drone-deals/2026/05/14/

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/115192866792062867 Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser runs Alpha Compute (formerly AlphaTon) Recent updates: $16.1M contracted revenue $200M sales pipeline Strategic Partnerships: Telegram Cocoon, Animoca, Midnight Network GAMEE acquisition Filing of US Govt Contracting entity https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1095435/000117184326003608/exh_991.htm

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  The U.S. Treasury has approved a license for Australian company Tamboran to acquire Ireland-based Falcon Oil & Gas, which is part owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg https://newstracs.com/us-treasury-approved-license-for-australian-company-tamboran-to-acquire-ireland-based-falcon-oil-gas-part-owned-by-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-viktor-vekselberg/2026/05/26/

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  UK sanctions Justin Sun's crypto exchange HTX on suspicion of supporting Russian govt via crypto network A7 and Garantex Sun was a big investor in Trump's memecoin and crypto venture World Liberty Financial - now World Liberty & Sun are suing each other https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/u-k-sanctions-justin-suns-crypto-exchange-over-russia-business-bc11b9b6

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/116575143545658001 Eric Trump is an investor in merger deal of drone company Xtend & JFB Construction (Don Jr also an investor thru stake in American Ventures) Xtend announced it was selected for phase II qualifier stage of US Defense Dept $1 billion drone dominance program https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/28/3302840/0/en/xtend-selected-for-phase-ii-qualifier-of-u-s-department-of-defense-1-billion-drone-dominance-program.ht...

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  The Moscow Times reports that Trump’s White House Ballroom Commissioner will attend Putin’s speech at St. Petersburg Economic Forum Rodney Mims Cook Jr. - overseeing new ballroom, DC arches etc - will be first American official to attend forum in 10 yrs Per RIA Novosti Cook is a Russia specialist at NYC-based non-profit World Monuments Fund, and was involved in restoration of a replica of The Church of the Holy Sepulchre located outside Moscow. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/22/trump...

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  Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating a resort project linked to Jared Kushner on the island of Sazan. Affinity Partners wants to turn the coastal wetland into a huge resort. Citizen and environmental groups are protesting the project. https://www.politico.eu/article/albanian-authorities-probe-seaside-resort-project-linked-to-jared-kushner/

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  NEW: Blackwater founder Erik Prince is Chairman of drone company Swarmer which operates in Ukraine - Swarmer has just signed an MOU with drone company Powerus that plans to merge with a firm where Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investors. My latest: https://newstracs.com/erik-prince-is-chairman-of-drone-company-swarmer-links-to-firm-backed-by-trump-sons/2026/06/04/

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  US Dept of Energy created an Office of Fusion and published a 'Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap' that includes leveraging public private partners One of 13 companies listed is TAE Technologies which plans to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group The roadmap does not specify any funding (yet) for TAE Technology, and the merger with Trump Media has not yet happened - but add this to long list of conflicts of interest (current and pending) to keep an eye on https...

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  Trump family wins, investors lose Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their crypto ventures, while investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, per Reuters https://www.reuters.com/investigations/under-trump-crypto-playbook-family-always-wins-investors-dont-2026-06-09/

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/116479445262635899 Dominari Holdings subsidiary Dominari Securities announced it raised $200 million from investors for American Ventures Opportunity QP Series IV SpaceX Fund - to acquire 1.48 million shares of SpaceX https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dominari-securities-raises-200-000-000-00-in-worlds-largest-ipo-302799798.html Don Jr. and Eric Trump own 12% of Dominari Holdings

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/116479445262635899 Trump Sons Invested In Private Fund Making Millions On Microcaps - Bloomberg reports on Don Jr and Eric Trump, Dominari Holdings and investment vehicle American Ventures which often invests in microcaps They cover Genius Group which I reported on in April https://www.fa-mag.com/news/trump-sons-invested-in-private-fund-making-millions-on-microcaps-87541.html

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  A top advisor shaping U.S. defense spending is a director of a public company with ties to Trump's Truth Social and deals linked to China, my latest: https://newstracs.com/a-top-advisor-shaping-u-s-defense-spending-is-a-director-of-company-with-links-to-trump-and-china/2026/06/29/

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/116654640494746034 In the latest installment of the Trump-Family-Conflict-of-Interest saga, Xtend (which plans merger w/JFB Construction, Eric Trump is an investor deal) announced they have advanced to Gauntlet II phase (w/19 companies) of $1B US Drone Dominance program https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2111860/000149315226031685/form425.htm

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  Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. An agreement between US and Kazakhstan gave investors tied to Trump and Commerce Sect Howard Lutnick access to one of the largest untapped reserves of tungsten. Via the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/world/europe/trump-lutnick-sons-kazakhstan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uVA.Ab6Y.5H6Ao6OwshPC&smid=url-share

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/115146035030926313 Talk about a big payday - Asher Genoot (31 yrs old) and Michael Ho (32) run American Bitcoin with Eric Trump who owns 9.3% Genoot & Ho also run Hut 8 (8B market cap, owns American Bitcoin) 2024: Genoot & Ho salary+bonus+stock was $10M 2025: Genoot's comp $239M, Ho's comp $121M Here's the filing showing executive compensation for Hut 8 https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964789/000110...

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  Meet the Operatives Who Profited From January 6 New evidence shows how political professionals made big money organizing the rallies that preceded the riot. Billionaire Publix supermarket heir Julie Fancelli spent $2.7million distributed by Caroline Wren (who profited $200K) on Jan 6 including: $1mil Charlie Kirk Turning Point USA ($60K Guilfoyle/Don Jr) $200K Tea Party Express $300K Women for America First $200K Alex Jones By Dan Friedman for @MotherJones #Jan6 https://www.motherjones....

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  Right-wing Albanian party paid Trump fixer with Kremlin-linked cash Kremlin-linked oligarch Oleg Deripaska is behind shell company that funded political lobbying by former Trump operative in Europe, leaked documents suggest Great reporting by Lukas Kotkamp #Deripaska https://www.ftm.eu/articles/albania-conservative-party-trump-kremlin-deripaska?share=cguQCkUMNWc9wyExJR%2BPygr%2B2Fpf5Kk5acjs5x%2F80Ecg0oTPq3Lkhkko6XEKSIM%3D

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  Business jet owned by Aman Resorts & CEO Vladislav Doronin has been grounded since November. The jet is operated and managed by Malta- and Russia-based Emperor Aviation, sanctioned because it coordinated travel for relatives of Suleiman Kerimov. The sanctions are not directly tied to Doronin and Aman; however, the Bombardier Global Express aircraft has been on OFAC’s “Specially Designated Nationals” list for nearly nine months. #Aman #Doronin #VladDoronin https://www.aspendailynews....

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  House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Opens Sweeping Investigation into “U.S. Special Envoy for Peace” Jared Kushner’s Foreign Entanglements and Staggering Conflicts of Interest Raskin Warns Kushner’s Dual Role as U.S. Negotiator in the Middle East and Financier Funded by Middle Eastern Governments Poses Grave National Security Risks and Likely Violates Federal Law #JaredKushner #Kushner https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-op...

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  Email blunder exposes $90bn Russian oil smuggling ring The US sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil last Oct. Since then a network of companies linked to Azeri businessmen Etibar Eyyub and Tahir Garayev appear to have stepped in. An obscure company Redwood Global Supply is now the largest exporter of Russian crude oil. Amazing reporting from the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/4310f010-2b3c-493e-ba0a-26dc6d156b2e

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@wendysiegelman/115906430244339881 Last month I reported Trump Media & Technology Group execs Devin Nunes & others were directors of Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp They just announced with TAE Technologies discussions to spin-off Truth Social to a company that would merge with Texas Ventures III https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-media-technology-group-tae-133000367.html

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  SEC settles case against Justin Sun, an investor in the Trumps' crypto coins The decision to settle is striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges. Sun's company to pay $10 million penalty. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/sec-justin-sun.html

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  Trump Sons Back New Drone Company Targeting Pentagon Sales - Powerus says it plans to acquire Ukrainian drone tech to sell to US military Powerus to merge with Aureus Greenway Holdings, company backed by Trumps' American Ventures and Dominari https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-sons-back-new-drone-company-targeting-pentagon-sales-2f74abca?mod=e2tw