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    "confidence": "high",
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    "date_start": "2025-01-20",
    "does_not_establish": "That any specific revenue stream resulted from official action.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "trump-organization",
    "predicate": "benefits_from",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-oge-278e-2025",
      "src-wsj-gulf-fees"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "Day-to-day control of the company by the president.",
    "establishes": "A 53% ownership stake held in a trust controlled by Donald Trump Jr., per PBS/AP reporting of company records.",
    "id": "edge-002",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "trump-media-technology-group",
    "predicate": "owns",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-pbs-ap-april9"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "Any role in the trades documented elsewhere in this ledger.",
    "establishes": "Eldest son; trustee of the trust holding the TMTG stake.",
    "id": "edge-003",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "family_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-pbs-ap-april9"
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    "subject": "donald-trump-jr"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "That he directed any government action.",
    "establishes": "Son of the president; Trump Organization executive who attended the Vietnam groundbreaking.",
    "id": "edge-004",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "family_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-reuters-vietnam-groundbreaking"
    ],
    "subject": "eric-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-01-01",
    "does_not_establish": "That crypto policy actions were taken to benefit the venture.",
    "establishes": "Almost $800 million in reported 2025 receipts to Trump companies from the venture, per Reuters' review of the disclosure.",
    "id": "edge-005",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "world-liberty-financial",
    "predicate": "benefits_from",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-reuters-crypto-14b",
      "src-oge-278e-2025"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2024-09-01",
    "does_not_establish": "The internal ownership split of the venture.",
    "establishes": "Co-founded World Liberty Financial with Trump's sons; Trump is listed as co-founder emeritus, per reporting.",
    "id": "edge-006",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "business_partner_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-reuters-crypto-14b"
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    "subject": "zach-witkoff"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-01-01",
    "does_not_establish": "Exact earnings; the figure reconstructs range-based disclosure.",
    "establishes": "$636 million in reported 2025 earnings from CIC Digital LLC listed on the disclosure, per ABC News.",
    "id": "edge-007",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "cic-digital-llc",
    "predicate": "benefits_from",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-abc-crypto-14b",
      "src-oge-278e-2025"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "The precise corporate relationship, which is not detailed in reviewed sources.",
    "establishes": "Described in reporting as a cryptocurrency firm affiliated with the Trump Organization.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "trump-organization",
    "predicate": "affiliate_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-abc-crypto-14b"
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    "subject": "cic-digital-llc"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "The relationship's terms. Changpeng Zhao denies any business relationship with the Trumps; the dispute is recorded on the related claim.",
    "establishes": "A reported business relationship including a $2 billion investment into Binance denominated in World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin, per WSJ.",
    "id": "edge-009",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "world-liberty-financial",
    "predicate": "contracted_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-wsj-zhao-pardon"
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    "subject": "binance"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-04-30",
    "does_not_establish": "The deal's fee terms or any link to US policy toward Qatar.",
    "establishes": "A Qatar golf-resort licensing deal involving the sovereign-wealth-backed firm, per NYT, AP, and CNN.",
    "id": "edge-010",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "qatari-diar",
    "predicate": "contracted_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-nyt-qatar-dubai-deal",
      "src-ap-qatar-golf",
      "src-cnn-mideast-business"
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    "subject": "trump-organization"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "The precise ownership structure.",
    "establishes": "Qatari Diar is described in reporting as the real-estate arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund.",
    "id": "edge-011",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "qatari-diar",
    "predicate": "owns",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-cnn-mideast-business",
      "src-nyt-qatar-dubai-deal"
    ],
    "subject": "qatar-investment-authority"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "Any link between the fees and US policy toward the UAE.",
    "establishes": "Management and licensing fees of roughly $12.5 million paid in 2025 for Dubai and Abu Dhabi projects, per The National's review of the disclosure.",
    "id": "edge-012",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "damac-properties",
    "predicate": "contracted_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-thenational-gulf",
      "src-oge-278e-2025"
    ],
    "subject": "trump-organization"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "Per-project fee splits inside the disclosure's ranges.",
    "establishes": "Licensing partnerships on Gulf projects including Saudi Arabia and Oman, within the $38 million of 2025 Gulf fees reported by WSJ.",
    "id": "edge-013",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "dar-global",
    "predicate": "contracted_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-wsj-gulf-fees"
    ],
    "subject": "trump-organization"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2024-09-01",
    "does_not_establish": "Total fees over the project's life.",
    "establishes": "Partnership on the $1.5 billion Hung Yen project approved by Vietnam in May 2025, per Reuters.",
    "id": "edge-014",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "hung-yen-hospitality",
    "predicate": "contracted_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-reuters-vietnam-approval",
      "src-reuters-vietnam-groundbreaking"
    ],
    "subject": "trump-organization"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-05-21",
    "does_not_establish": "That the gift violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause — a legally unsettled question — or any policy concession in return.",
    "establishes": "The gift of a Boeing 747-8, valued around $400 million, accepted by the Pentagon on May 21, 2025.",
    "id": "edge-015",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "department-of-defense",
    "predicate": "donated_to",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-reuters-qatar-jet",
      "src-hres-410"
    ],
    "subject": "state-of-qatar"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-01-29",
    "does_not_establish": "The merits of the underlying suit or any regulatory motive.",
    "establishes": "A $25 million settlement of the account-suspension lawsuit; $22 million to the library fund per reporting.",
    "id": "edge-016",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "settled_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-npr-meta-settlement"
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    "subject": "meta-platforms"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
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    "date_start": "2025-02-12",
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    "establishes": "A settlement in the range of $10 million of the suspension lawsuit, per NYT.",
    "id": "edge-017",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "settled_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-nyt-x-settlement",
      "src-npr-x-settlement"
    ],
    "subject": "x-corp"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-07-02",
    "does_not_establish": "The merits of the underlying suit or any regulatory motive.",
    "establishes": "A $16 million settlement of the '60 Minutes' editing lawsuit, per AP.",
    "id": "edge-018",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "settled_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-ap-paramount-settlement"
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    "subject": "paramount-global"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2024-12-01",
    "does_not_establish": "The merits of the underlying suit.",
    "establishes": "A $15 million defamation settlement (December 2024) directed to the library fund, per the congressional oversight record.",
    "id": "edge-019",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "donald-trump",
    "predicate": "settled_with",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-warren-library-press"
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    "subject": "abc-news"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2024-12-01",
    "does_not_establish": "Personal use of fund assets; the senators' accounting questions are unresolved.",
    "establishes": "Media-settlement proceeds were directed to his future presidential library fund, per settlement reporting and oversight letters.",
    "id": "edge-020",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "presidential-library-fund",
    "predicate": "benefits_from",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-warren-library-press",
      "src-npr-meta-settlement"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-03-27",
    "does_not_establish": "That documented donations caused the pardon.",
    "establishes": "Full pardon signed March 27, 2025, per the DOJ warrant.",
    "id": "edge-021",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "trevor-milton",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-doj-warrant-milton"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-04-23",
    "does_not_establish": "That the family donation or dinner caused the pardon.",
    "establishes": "Full pardon signed April 23, 2025, per the DOJ warrant.",
    "id": "edge-022",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "paul-walczak",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-doj-warrant-walczak"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-10-21",
    "does_not_establish": "That lobbying or reported business ties caused the pardon.",
    "establishes": "Full pardon signed October 21, 2025, per the DOJ warrant.",
    "id": "edge-023",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "changpeng-zhao",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-doj-warrant-zhao"
    ],
    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2026-01-15",
    "does_not_establish": "The truth of the pending FEC straw-donor allegation.",
    "establishes": "Pardon signed January 15, 2026 (amended January 20), per the DOJ warrant.",
    "id": "edge-024",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "julio-herrera-velutini",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-doj-warrant-herrera"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2026-01-15",
    "does_not_establish": "Any exchange; the White House says the pardon materials deny one.",
    "establishes": "Pardon signed January 15, 2026, per the DOJ warrant.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "wanda-vazquez-garced",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-doj-warrant-vazquez"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-11-26",
    "does_not_establish": "The truth of reported, unproven payment allegations.",
    "establishes": "Commutation to time served (not a full pardon) on November 26, 2025, per NYT reporting of the clemency record.",
    "id": "edge-026",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "david-gentile",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-nyt-gentile-commutation"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-11-14",
    "does_not_establish": "That lobbying payments caused the pardon.",
    "establishes": "Full pardon on November 14, 2025, per Washington Post reporting.",
    "id": "edge-027",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "joseph-schwartz",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-wapo-schwartz-pardon"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-12-02",
    "does_not_establish": "Guilt or innocence on the ended charge.",
    "establishes": "Pretrial pardon on December 2, 2025, ending a pending prosecution, per WSJ.",
    "id": "edge-028",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "tim-leiweke",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-wsj-leiweke-pardon",
      "src-sbj-leiweke"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": "2025-12-01",
    "does_not_establish": "That the timing determined the Honduran election.",
    "establishes": "Full pardon signed December 1, 2025, per WaPo and WSJ.",
    "id": "edge-029",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "juan-orlando-hernandez",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-wapo-hernandez",
      "src-wsj-pardon-process"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
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    "date_start": "2025-05-27",
    "does_not_establish": "Any payment connected to the pardon; none is documented.",
    "establishes": "Full pardon on May 27, 2025, the eve of his reporting to prison, per NBC News and the underlying USAO record.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "scott-jenkins",
    "predicate": "pardoned",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-nbc-jenkins-pardons",
      "src-doj-usao-jenkins"
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    "subject": "donald-trump"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
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    "date_start": "2024-10-01",
    "does_not_establish": "That the donations were connected to the later pardon.",
    "establishes": "$920,000 to the committee within ~$1.8 million of October 2024 donations with his wife, per FEC filings as reported by AP and NYT.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "predicate": "donated_to",
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      "src-ap-milton-pardon",
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    "subject": "trevor-milton"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
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    "establishes": "A $1 million donation to the super PAC before her son's pardon, per NYT.",
    "id": "edge-032",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "maga-inc",
    "predicate": "donated_to",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-nyt-walczak-pardon"
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    "subject": "elizabeth-fago"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "—",
    "establishes": "Mother of the pardon recipient.",
    "id": "edge-033",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "predicate": "family_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-nyt-walczak-pardon"
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    "subject": "elizabeth-fago"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
    "object": "maga-inc",
    "predicate": "donated_to",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-clc-fec-complaint"
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    "subject": "isabela-herrera"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
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    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "—",
    "establishes": "Daughter of the pardon recipient.",
    "id": "edge-035",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "predicate": "family_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-clc-fec-complaint"
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    "subject": "isabela-herrera"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "establishes": "A reported $1.3 million engagement to pursue clemency, per Politico and The New Yorker as recorded in research.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "source_ids": [
      "src-politico-zhao-lobbying"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "establishes": "Stone delivered the four-page clemency plea and urged its election timing, by his own account to WSJ.",
    "id": "edge-037",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "predicate": "advised",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-wapo-hernandez",
      "src-wsj-pardon-process"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "date_start": null,
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "source_ids": [
      "src-wsj-pardon-process"
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    "subject": "trey-gowdy"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
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    "establishes": "CEO of Oak View Group at the time of the pardon.",
    "id": "edge-039",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "source_ids": [
      "src-wsj-leiweke-pardon"
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    "subject": "tim-leiweke"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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    "id": "edge-040",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "predicate": "officer_of",
    "source_ids": [
      "src-ap-milton-pardon"
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "—",
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    "id": "edge-041",
    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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      "src-nyt-zhao-pardon"
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  {
    "confidence": "high",
    "date_end": null,
    "date_start": null,
    "does_not_establish": "—",
    "establishes": "Mar-a-Lago is a Trump family property whose income appears on the president's disclosure.",
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    "last_verified_at": "2026-07-21",
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    "predicate": "owns",
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      "src-independent-maralago",
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  {
    "confidence": "medium",
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