The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. (2020)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-3.12: In the 2020 cycle WinRed reported $154.7 million in refunded individual contributions on $2.085 billion received, or 7.4 percent, and ActBlue reported $97.9 million refunded on $4.243 billion, or 2.3 percent.
  • POL-3.16: WinRed's published account states that ActBlue pioneered recurring and pre-checked boxes and that pre-checked boxes appeared on ActBlue pages for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. One press account reports that ActBlue began phasing them out in July 2021.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 732 accessed 9 November 2026. Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC API): OpenFEC committee totals, 2016-2024 cycles: WinRed, ActBlue, campaign and party committees
  • Exhibit 739 3 April 2021. The New York Times (Shane Goldmacher): How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations