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Leandro Rizzuto Jr., nominee for Ambassador to the Organization of American States. Net worth: $3.5 billion

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is a mega donor and conservative activist with no real experience in Education, but spent her career as a CEO in scandal after scandal.

Republican mega donors Dick and Liz Uihlein have spent years donating millions to conservatives and conservative causes.

Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack. Net worth: $1 billion

Former North Dakota Governor cum Trump Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was a venture capitalist who sold his software company for over a billion dollars.

Frank Bisignano, nominee for Social Security Administration Commissioner. Net worth: $1 billion

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. Net worth: $200 million

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. Net worth: $170 million

Trump Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is a major Trump donor, real-estate mogul, and crypto scam artist.

Trump 2.0 Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler is a mega donor who bought her way into politics.

Department of Interior understaffing has been threatening environmental protection efforts and the health of marginalized communities.

IRS understaffing could undermine tax collection, audits, and public service.

Musk Connection: Unknown
Other Corporate Affiliations: Lead Palantir’s platform infrastructure and cloud strategy
DOGE Deployment: Department of Health and Human Services

It’s week eleven of the Revolving Door Project’s Corruption Calendar, where we highlight the latest slate of corporate corruption that’s shaping the Trump Administration, its agenda, and the material impacts of that corruption on real people. Our first ten issues can be found here, and follow us on Bluesky and X for more updates on this work.

This week has been defined by yet more chaos, as the gaggle of incompetent buffoons that seemingly make up the policy infrastructure of this administration continue to play at political theater while doing all that they can to ruin the rest of our lives. From crashing the global economy to giving corporations free license to do whatever they want, they’re succeeding.