Follow the money.Receipts daily, sources attached
Swamp Watch
Exposing the political class.
Vol. I, No. 1Washington, D.C.Free
New documentaryThe ClosetocracyPremieres October 22.

Top story

Trump dropped their cases. They gave $210 million to his super PACs.

Public Citizen found the companies and executives spared gave or pledged $210.5 million to Trump-aligned super PACs.

Washington. By Swamp Watch

Read the receiptOpen the report (PDF)
Page 2 of the Public Citizen report, with the line on $210.5 million given or pledged to Trump-aligned super PACs boxed in redDonald Trump
From the source: Public Citizen, "The Cost of Canceled Corporate Enforcement," October 2026, page 2. Red box added by Swamp Watch.
The wire

Faces of the week

Named most often in receipts from the past seven daysAll 40 people ›
Halftone photograph of the United States Capitol dome at night
The United States Capitol at night. Photograph: Diliff, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
From the editors

What Swamp Watch is

Swamp Watch reports on corruption and hypocrisy in American politics. We match each donation to what the donor got back and link the record behind it.

About Swamp Watch

Millions of views every month
Investigations

Who paid, and what came back

Money trails from our reporting, one published receipt per line.

Halftone photograph of workers stacking sheets of newly printed currency
Workers move freshly printed currency into a drying box at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Photograph: Frances Benjamin Johnston, Library of Congress, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
Elon Musk$500,000
Gov. Greg AbbottTexas, campaign
$1.6Bin tax breaks for Musk's chip plant, about 3 months laterRead the receipt
A banker's daughterplus $2.5M pledged to the ballroom$3.5M
Donald Trumpsuper PAC and ballroom
Pardonfor her father, charged in a bribery schemeRead the receipt
The Winklevoss twins$5M
Donald Trumpballroom
$5Mpenalty against their crypto firm that Trump is now trying to cancelRead the receipt
Larry Ellison's trust$1M
Sen. Darline Grahamsuper PAC backing her
Data centersshe now says construction must accelerate to beat ChinaRead the receipt
Swamp Watch ledgerEvery line links to the receipt and its source
Receipts

The latest receipts

Recent posts as we published them, each next to a crop of the document behind it. Click a crop to open the source.

Browse receipts by politicianBrowse by topicNew receipts daily on X
Where the money lands

The rooms we watch

Most of the decisions in our receipts are made in these rooms. Contracts and policy come out of the White House, pardons out of the Oval Office, and votes out of the Capitol.

Halftone photograph of the White House North Portico
The White HouseTrump-world self-dealing ›The North Portico of the White House. Photograph: Nishkid64, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
Halftone photograph of the carved eagle on the Resolute Desk
The Oval OfficePardons and clemency ›Carved detail of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Photograph: The White House, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
Halftone photograph looking up into the Capitol Rotunda
The CapitolCampaign finance and super PACs ›The Rotunda of the United States Capitol. Photograph: Architect of the Capitol, public domain. Halftone by Swamp Watch.
What we cover

Index to our beats

On every beat we ask who paid, and whether the people in charge follow their own rules.

Three men interviewed on camera in The Closetocracy, shown in black and white
From The Closetocracy.
Documentaries

The Closetocracy

Our first long-form documentary looks at Lindsey Graham's three decades in public life, with on-camera interviews and the documents behind them.

Premieres October 22

Lindsey Graham: profile

Standards

How we report

  1. The money

    A donation, pledge, stock trade, or holding, as it appears in filings and disclosures.

  2. The payoff

    The vote, pardon, contract, waiver, or tax break that came after.

  3. The source

    A link to the record or the reporting behind it. If we cannot show all three, we do not publish.

Read our standards and corrections policy

Explainers

The rules behind the money

Follow

Follow Swamp Watch

Daily receipts on X and Threads, and short videos on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

X@Swamp__Watch
Daily receiptsThreads@swamp_watch
Daily receiptsFacebookSwamp Watch
ReelsInstagram@swamp_watch
ReelsYouTubeSwamp Watch
ShortsTikTok@swamp.watch
Short videos