Public Trust Tracker

For journalists

For journalists and researchers

The Public Trust Tracker is a free, nonpartisan reference on official investigations, inquiries and public records concerning US federal executive officials, and on what Donald Trump promised on the record. Every entry links to its sources. You are welcome to use it without asking.

Use and credit

  • Text, data and screenshots are free to reuse under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
  • Please credit "Public Trust Tracker" and link the case page you used, so readers can check the sources themselves.
  • For facts in your own reporting, please cite the primary sources listed on each case page. The tracker is a guide to the record, not a substitute for it.

How to cite a case

Every case and promise page ends with a ready-made citation, for example:

Public Trust Tracker. "Trump family crypto ventures" (INV-001). Last updated 21 Oct 2026. https://publictrusttracker.org/case/inv-001-trump-family-crypto-ventures/

Case numbers never change. INV is a Money & ethics case, ELX an Elections case, MED a Press & media case and PRM a promise. Links stay valid when a case is updated.

What a listing means

Being listed is not a finding of wrongdoing. Each case shows its stage, from 1 (news reporting only) to 5 (an outcome, with the result stated). A case moves up only when a dated official step is on the record. Allegations are labelled as allegations, and the response of the people involved is quoted where one exists. Money is shown by type and never added up into one total. The full method is on the About & method page.

Staying up to date

  • Each page shows the date of its last development.
  • The news feed lists new developments in any feed reader.
  • The open data (JSON and CSV) is refreshed with every change to the site.

Screenshots

Free to use with credit to "Public Trust Tracker". Taken 25 Oct 2026, so figures may have changed since.

Each case page also has its own share image, which shows when you post the link.

Short description

If you need a line to describe the site:

Public Trust Tracker (publictrusttracker.org) is a free, nonpartisan tracker of official investigations into US federal officials, with sources for every entry.

Errors, leads and questions