Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees ⁠6%

By Al Shaw⁠0% Brandon Roberts⁠0%

3/4/2026, 4:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 24 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 23.5% saturation with 227 hits. Analysis detected 1,029 faulty-reasoning hits from 966 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 22.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠6% (20,610 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 94.20% of the article peer group.

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees 
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. 
The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things. 
1,607 Appointees 
3,596 Documents 
122K Assets Reported 
$21B–$51B Asset Values 
Wealthiest Officials 
Based on minimum reported asset values. 
Stephen Andrew Feinberg 
Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense 
$2B 
Donald J. 
Trump 
President of the United States, White House 
$1.4B 
Warren Stephens 
Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Department of State 
$1.1B 
John Phelan 
Secretary of the Navy, Department of Defense 
$791M 
Howard Lutnick 
Secretary, Department of Commerce 
$723M 
West Cuthbert 
Associate Deputy Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services 
$605M 
Melinda Hildebrand 
Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Department of State 
$603M 
Scott Bessent 
Secretary, Department of the Treasury 
$521M 
Charles Kushner 
Ambassador to France & Monaco, Department of State 
$514M 
Kenneth Howery 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, Department of State 
$507M 
Tilman Fertitta 
Ambassador to Italy & San Marino, Department of State 
$459M 
Linda McMahon 
Secretary, Department of Education 
$413M 
Steven C. 
Witkoff 
Assistant to the President and Special Envoy for Peace Missions, White House 
$400M 
Benjamin Leon Jr. 
Ambassador to Spain & Andorra, Department of State 
$379M 
Leandro Rizzuto 
Ambassador to Organization of American States (OAS), Department of State 
$358M 
Paul Atkins 
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission 
$324M 
Jared Taylor Isaacman 
Administrator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration 
$314M 
Frank John Bisignano 
Commissioner, Social Security Administration 
$250M 
Michael Boren 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture 
$222M 
Richard Duke Buchan 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Department of State 
$213M 
View All Appointees → 
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Find common asset types and organizations. 
Think Tanks and Media 
Heritage Foundation, Fox Corp., Federalist Society, Turning Point, America First, Hudson Institute, American Compass, Cato Institute, Trump Media, Newsmax 
Defense, Tech and Business 
Palantir, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Chevron, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, L3Harris, Taiwan Semiconductor, Airbus, CACI, BlackRock, GEO Group, Anduril 
Cryptocurrency 
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Litecoin, NFT, Coinbase, Robinhood, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Polygon, Polkadot 
Musk-Connected Companies 
X (formerly Twitter), Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Boring Co., OpenAI 
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Based on the role in the most recent disclosure form in our data. 
White House 
Department of Agriculture 
Department of Commerce 
Department of Defense 
Department of Education 
Department of Energy 
Department of Health & Human Services 
Department of Homeland Security 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Department of the Interior 
Department of Justice 
Department of Labor 
Department of State 
Department of Transportation 
Department of the Treasury 
Department of Veterans Affairs 
Environmental Protection Agency 
Office of Management and Budget 
Office of Personnel Management 
Federal Communications Commission 
General Services Administration 
Office of the Vice President 
View All Agencies → 
About the Data 
What Is This Data? 
Most political appointees and senior officials in the executive branch are required by law to file public financial disclosure reports. 
These are documents that detail their financial holdings, positions they hold outside government, their spouse’s holdings, their liabilities and their recent financial transactions (such as buying or selling stock) during a defined reporting period. 
The most senior officials file their disclosures with an agency called the Office of Government Ethics, and others file them with a designated ethics official within their agency. 
The Ethics in Government Act allows members of the public and the press to request these documents. 
We’re publishing this information to give the public an important glimpse into the financial ties of a powerful and often hidden cadre of presidential appointees within the federal bureaucracy. 
The main document type included in the database is the OGE Form 278e, which appointees must file when they are nominated (for Senate-confirmed appointees) or when they enter government (all others), and then annually while in the position. 
Another common document included is the OGE Form 278-T, also known as a periodic transaction report, which all public filers must submit within 30 days of a transaction. 
We are also making other ethics documents available, such as ethics agreements, certificates of divestiture and other documents we have obtained under the Ethics in Government Act. 
How Did We Get It? 
How Complete Is This? 
Design and additional development by Jeff Frankl. 
Kate McQuarrie contributed reporting. 
Art direction by Andrea Wise and Alex Bandoni. 
Related Stories 
Read ProPublica reporting on the disclosure documents. 
Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate 
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. 
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding Crypto Investments 
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. 
His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica. 
More Than a Dozen U.S. 
Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging 
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. 
Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets. 
Headshots: Benjamin Black by Lauren Justice/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Pam Bondi by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Michael Boren by Alex Wong/Getty Images; Howard Brodie via LinkedIn; Richard Duke Buchan by Carlos R. 
Alvarez/Getty Images; Jared Taylor Isaacman by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Benjamin Leon Jr. by C.M. 
Guerrero/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; Joseph Popolov via X; Leandro Rizzuto Jr. by Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Donald Trump by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; JD Vance by Bloomberg/Getty Images. 
All others via the United States government. 
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