2026年6月5日04:00:08.145 UTC / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
证据虽属间接，但名单很长。与联邦政府有业务往来的支持者显然认为，向唐纳德·特朗普总统的超级政治行动委员会MAGA公司大额捐款是有利可图的。
根据向联邦选举委员会提交的最新法定月度捐款披露文件，至少五名向MAGA公司捐款百万美元以上的捐赠者中，有四人同时持有联邦合同，或试图通过特朗普政府影响相关政策。但还有众多其他捐赠者向已筹集超3.4亿美元资金的MAGA公司捐款，以期在特朗普第二任期内影响政府决策。
与特朗普其他无需财务披露的私人项目不同——比如东翼建筑拆除计划、白宫宴会厅改造方案、他的就职典礼以及他的总统图书馆——联邦法律要求MAGA公司的捐赠者信息具备一定透明度。那些希望影响加密货币或人工智能监管政策（或反对监管）的科技亿万富翁的捐款增幅有详细记录。但向MAGA公司捐款的利益群体远不止这些。
特朗普已被宪法禁止再次参与总统竞选，但他在第二任期内为超级政治行动委员会筹集的超3亿美元资金，确保他未来多年都能成为选举中的一股金融力量。
联邦法律禁止联邦承包商进行政治捐款，但没有合同的个人和公司不受此限制。监督组织指控部分企业利用法律漏洞。目前没有直接证据能将政治捐款与白宫的特定行动挂钩。
当被问及捐赠者是否会从总统那里获得特殊照顾时，白宫发言人安娜·凯利在电子邮件中表示：
“指导特朗普总统决策的唯一因素是什么对美国人民最有利。任何其他暗示都是懒惰、陈腐且虚假的。”
MAGA公司未回应置评请求。
4月30日，一家名为RAI服务公司的企业向MAGA公司捐款500万美元。RAI是烟草公司雷诺兹美国公司的子公司。正是通过RAI服务公司，雷诺兹正式反对美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）对调味电子烟的禁令。雷诺兹未回应置评请求。
在RAI服务公司向MAGA公司捐款后的两周内，发生了以下事件：
特朗普亲自就调味电子烟禁令事宜斥责其FDA专员马蒂·马卡里。
FDA改变立场，允许美国烟草公司销售电子烟。
马卡里在特朗普早些时候批准解雇他后辞职。
《纽约时报》还报道称，特朗普在捐款后两天内，在其佛罗里达高尔夫俱乐部与雷诺兹的一名高管及两名公司说客共进午餐。
没有证据能将这笔捐款与FDA的行动直接关联。CNN报道称，除调味电子烟问题外，马卡里因多种问题在特朗普政府中处境岌岌可危。
雷诺兹支持合法销售电子烟的理由是什么？即美国公司合法销售电子烟，总比中国产品主导黑市要好。
《泰晤士报》今年早些时候还报道称，一群养老院高管累计向MAGA公司捐款近480万美元。据《泰晤士报》报道，2025年夏天，行业领袖们随后在特朗普位于华盛顿特区的高尔夫俱乐部与他共进午餐。一个月后，政府永久废除了拜登时代制定的一项养老院最低员工人数规定。
代表养老院进行游说的美国卫生保健协会指出，在捐款或特朗普与高管会面之前的数月里，该规定已被法院和法律暂停执行。
“与任何其他无党派倡导组织一样，美国卫生保健协会长期以来一直与两党总统和国会议员接触，以帮助教育政策制定者，并就影响我们居民和护理人员的问题开展合作，”美国卫生保健协会发言人雷切尔·里夫斯在一份声明中表示。
另一位4月捐款百万美元的捐赠者是卡迈勒·加法里安，他掌管着专注于太空探索和核电的企业组合。据加法里安发布的帖子显示，他旗下的一家企业X能源公司及其子公司Triso-X于2月获得批准，将建设美国50多年来首个核燃料制造工厂。X能源公司于4月15日宣布首次公开募股，时间恰在加法里安向MAGA公司捐款一周内，且在白宫发布关于发展太空核电重要性的备忘录次日，而这也是加法里安的目标之一。加法里安的另一家公司公理太空公司于1月被NASA选中，负责明年的载人航天飞行任务，此外还与NASA和国防部签订了多项合同。加法里安未通过其投资公司IBX回应置评请求。
GEO集团是协助特朗普推进大规模驱逐出境行动的私营企业之一。例如，该集团拥有新泽西州移民拘留设施，该设施近期因居住条件问题成为抗议活动的焦点。事实上，自特朗普第二次就职以来，GEO集团已获得数十亿美元的联邦合同。
GEO集团的关联企业GEO重返服务有限责任公司于4月24日向MAGA公司捐款100万美元。GEO重返服务公司没有联邦合同。根据美国支出数据库的数据，GEO集团仅在2025财年就从美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）获得了超8亿美元，2026财年至今已获得近6亿美元。根据政府监督项目的数据，GEO集团一直是特朗普第二任期内ICE合同的顶级获得者之一。
向MAGA公司捐款100万美元只是该公司或其员工近期对特朗普的最新一笔捐款，但并非所有消息都向好。《华盛顿邮报》3月报道称，GEO集团被排除在近期新拘留设施合同的竞标之外。GEO集团未回应置评请求。
联邦法律禁止承包商进行政治支出，以防范权钱交易，但联邦选举委员会曾在首届特朗普政府期间，对监督组织针对GEO一家子公司捐款的投诉陷入僵局。
在其第二任期内，联邦选举委员会委员人数不足，甚至无法开展此类调查。
比詹·赫拉尼是一名加密货币投资者，他于4月27日向MAGA公司捐款100万美元。他的公司Stake.us是一家加密货币支持的博彩网站。记者贾德·莱古姆报道称，该网站出现在特朗普在其真相社交平台上分享的比赛宣传内容中，至少暗含了总统对这家颇具争议的博彩网站的背书。向Stake.us发出的置评请求未获回复。
还有许多其他例子表明，特朗普的捐赠者发现自己从特朗普政府那里获得了利好。比如2025年向MAGA公司捐款100万美元的一名女性，她的父亲是委内瑞拉裔商人，曾因与前波多黎各州长相关的腐败指控认罪，随后获得赦免。白宫当时告诉CNN，赦免的原因是这些指控是出于政治动机提起的。
再来看上周的一则案例：
温克莱沃斯双胞胎亿万富翁于2025年向特朗普的超级政治行动委员会合计捐款100万美元（另有未知金额捐给了他的宴会厅项目），并于5月从联邦政府获得利好消息。
商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）对他们的处罚被撤销。
特朗普提名的首位CFTC主席布莱恩·昆岑去年被白宫撤回提名，昆岑称这是双胞胎兄弟向特朗普游说的结果。
最终获得CFTC主席职位的迈克尔·塞利格周二表示，撤销处罚是为了纠正他所说的拜登政府期间针对加密行业的政治动机执法行为。
“他们政治靶向打击了温克莱沃斯双胞胎这样的人，这不可接受。我们正在纠正这些错误。我们将重新开始，”塞利格在CNBC上表示。
大麻合法化倡导组织美国权利与改革政治行动委员会于去年7月分两笔向MAGA公司捐款100万美元。数月后的12月，特朗普签署行政命令，加快大麻重新分类进程。该政治行动委员会未回应置评请求。
CNN此前曾报道过一场规模更大的游说活动，敦促特朗普兑现其重新分类该毒品的竞选承诺。例如，CNN今年4月报道称，该组织在白宫和海湖庄园针对特朗普的电视投放了支持大麻合法化的广告。
至少从公众认知来看，这里的教训是：那些希望引起特朗普及其政府注意的人都知道该从何处入手：给MAGA公司开一张支票。
本报道由CNN的大卫·赖特和艾米丽·坎登协助完成。
Who is cutting $1 million-plus checks to MAGA Inc. and what do they want?
2026-06-05T04:00:08.145Z / CNN
The evidence is circumstantial, but the list is long. Supporters who have business with the federal government clearly see utility in contributing large amounts to President Donald Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc.
At least four of the five $1 million-plus donors to MAGA Inc. also have federal contracts or policy they’re trying to influence with the Trump administration, according to the most recent legally required monthly donor disclosure filing with the Federal Election Commission. But there are numerous other donors to MAGA Inc., which has raised more than $340 million, seeking to influence the administration during Trump’s second term.
In contrast with some of his other pet projects that don’t require financial disclosures — like the East Wing teardown and White House ballroom plans, his inauguration, and his library — federal law means there is some amount of transparency about who is giving to MAGA Inc. The increasing donations of tech billionaires who want to influence crypto or AI regulation, or the lack thereof, are well-documented. But there are many interests giving to MAGA Inc.
Trump is constitutionally barred from being on the presidential ballot again, but the more than $300 million he has raised for his super PAC during his second term guarantees he could be a financial force in elections for years to come.
Federal law prohibits federal contractors from making political donations, but individuals and companies without contracts have no such prohibition. Watchdog groups have alleged that some companies are exploiting loopholes. And there’s no direct evidence to tie a political donation to a specific action by the White House.
Asked whether donors get special consideration from the president, a White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, said in an email:
“The only factor guiding President Trump’s decision making is what is best for the American people. Any insinuation otherwise is lazy, tired, and false.”
MAGA Inc. did not respond to a request for comment.
On April 30, a company called RAI Services Company gave $5 million to MAGA Inc. RAI is a subsidiary of Reynolds American, the tobacco company. It was through RAI Services Company that Reynolds officially argued against an FDA prohibition on flavored e-cigarettes. Reynolds did not respond to a request for comment.
Within two weeks of RAI Services Company giving the donation to MAGA Inc., the following events occurred:
Trump personally upbraided his FDA commissioner, Marty Makary, over opposition to flavored e-cigarettes.
The FDA reversed course to allow US tobacco companies to sell e-cigarettes.
Makary resigned after Trump earlier approved his firing.
The New York Times also reported that Trump had lunch at his Florida golf club with an executive from Reynolds and two of the company’s lobbyists within two days of the donation.
There is nothing to specifically tie the donation to the action by the FDA. And CNN reported that Makary was on thin ice with the Trump administration for a variety of issues in addition to the flavored e-cigarettes.
What is Reynolds’ argument in favor of legally selling e-cigarettes? That it is better for US companies to sell them legally than for Chinese products to dominate a black market.
The Times also reported earlier this year about a group of nursing home executives who, combined, donated nearly $4.8 million to MAGA Inc. Industry leaders later lunched with Trump at his DC-area golf club in the summer of 2025, according to the Times. A month later the government permanently revoked a Biden-era rule that would have increased the minimum number of staff at nursing homes.
The American Health Care Association, the group that lobbies on behalf of nursing homes, pointed out the rule had already been paused by courts and by law in the months before the contributions or Trump’s meeting with executives.
“Like any other non-partisan advocacy organization, AHCA has a long history of engaging with presidents and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to help educate policymakers and collaborate on issues that impact our residents and caregivers,” AHCA spokesperson Rachel Reeves said in a statement.
Another million-dollar April donor is Kamal Ghaffarian, who oversees a portfolio of companies focused on space exploration and nuclear power. One company, X-Energy and its subsidiary Triso-X, got clearance in February to develop the first US nuclear fuel fabrication facility in more than 50 years, according to a post by Ghaffarian. X-Energy announced its IPO on April 15, within a week of Ghaffarian cutting the check to MAGA Inc. and the day after the White House issued a memo on the importance of developing nuclear power in space, which is also a goal of Ghaffarian’s. Another of Ghaffarian’s companies, Axiom, was selected by NASA in January to lead a manned space flight next year, among other contracts with NASA and the Department of Defense. Ghaffarian did not respond to a request for comment through his investment company IBX.
GEO Group is one of the private companies helping facilitate Trump’s mass deportation efforts. It owns the New Jersey immigration detention facility that has been the subject of protests over living conditions in recent weeks, for instance. In fact, GEO Group has gotten billions in federal contracts since Trump took office for the second time.
A company related to GEO Group, GEO Reentry Services LLC, gave MAGA Inc. $1 million on April 24. GEO Reentry Services does not have federal contracts. GEO Group got more than $800 million from ICE alone in FY2025 and nearly $600 million so far in FY2026, according to USA Spending. It has been a top recipient of contracts from ICE during Trump 2.0, according to the Project on Government Oversight.
The $1 million donation to MAGA Inc. is only the latest contribution by the company or its employees to Trump, but not all the news has been good. The Washington Post reported in March that GEO Group had been locked out of a recent round of contracts for new detention facilities. GEO Group did not respond to a request for comment.
Federal law prohibits political spending by contractors as a way to ward off pay-to-play schemes, but the FEC deadlocked over a watchdog’s complaint about a GEO subsidiary’s donation during the first Trump administration.
During his second administration, the FEC lacks enough commissioners to even conduct such an investigation.
Bijan Tehrani is a cryptocurrency investor who gave $1 million to MAGA Inc. on April 27. His company, Stake.us, is a crypto-backed gambling site. It was featured in promotions for the fights Trump shared on his Truth Social platform, lending the controversial betting site at least an implied presidential endorsement, as the journalist Judd Legum reported. A request for comment made to Stake.us was not returned.
There are many other examples of Trump donors finding reasons to be happy with the Trump administration, like the woman who gave MAGA Inc. $1 million in 2025. Her father, a Venezuela-born businessman who had taken a plea deal in corruption charges related to the former governor of Puerto Rico, was later pardoned. The White House told CNN at the time the pardons were granted because the charges were brought due to political motivations.
Here’s another one from last week:
The billionaire Winklevoss twins, who combined to give $1 million donations to Trump’s super PAC in 2025 (and unknown amounts to his ballroom project), got some good news from the federal government in May.
A penalty against them from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission was withdrawn.
Trump’s first nominee to lead the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, had his nomination withdrawn by the White House last year, something he said resulted from the twins lobbying Trump.
The person who did get the CFTC job, Chairman Michael Selig, said Tuesday that decision to withdraw the penalty was undoing what he said was a politically motivated enforcement actions targeting the crypto industry during the Biden administration.
“They politically targeted people like the Winklevoss twins, and that’s not acceptable. We’re righting those wrongs. We’re going to start fresh,” Selig said on CNBC.
The American Rights and Reform PAC, a marijuana legalization advocacy group, gave $1 million in two separate donations to MAGA Inc. in July of last year. Months later, in December, Trump signed an executive order expediting marijuana reclassification. The PAC did not respond to a request for comment.
CNN has reported on a much larger lobbying effort pushing Trump to make good on his campaign promise to reclassify the drug. For instance, the group aired pro-marijuana ads specifically targeting Trump’s TVs at the White House and Mar-a-Lago, CNN reported in April.
The lesson here, at least as far as perception goes, is that people who want to be noticed by Trump and his administration know where to start: writing a check to MAGA Inc.
CNN’s David Wright and Emily Condon contributed to this report.