Documentary Links Trump Administration to $377 Billion in Alleged Corruption Ahead of Midterms
Key Takeaways
- •The documentary "Corruptionland" ties President Trump and his administration to $377 billion in alleged corruption, covering 100 episodes of potential misconduct since he returned to office.
- •The project is led by Miles Taylor, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official, who says the total is unprecedented and that unquantifiable actions such as the president's revenge agenda and weaponization of federal power make it an undercount.
- •The $377 billion estimate is based on a published methodology assigning values to public funds, private benefits, and transactions, supported by court filings, government documents, congressional records, and published reports.
- •The filmmakers argue traditional government guardrails have been dismantled, describing congressional oversight, inspectors general, and ethics attorneys as "purged, captured or sidelined."
- •The documentary debuts a week before the November 3 midterm elections, in which all 435 House seats and roughly one-third of Senate seats will determine congressional control and oversight powers, amid polls showing bipartisan concern about government corruption.

President Donald Trump and his administration have been tied to an unprecedented $377 billion in alleged corruption and abuses of power, according to a new documentary examining 100 episodes of potential misconduct since he returned to office.
The film, Corruptionland, investigates the allegations and details each instance through an interactive map available on the project's website. The documentary is also free to stream.
The project is led by Miles Taylor, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official during Trump's first administration. "For two years, Trump's scandals have hit one at a time, and each one gets buried under the next," Taylor said. He described the findings as "a tangled web of alleged corruption," amounting to $377 billion — a total he calls unprecedented in American history.
"Even that number undersells it, because you can't put a price on the president's revenge agenda and his weaponization of federal power," Taylor said. "Every American deserves to see the full picture before they vote, and now they can."
The $377 billion figure is based on a published methodology that assigns values to public funds, private benefits, and transactions involved in the 100 cases examined. The investigation draws on court filings, government documents, congressional records, and published reports. It also covers administration actions that cannot be measured financially, such as the removal of government watchdogs and allegations of retaliation against political opponents.
In the documentary, Taylor tours the National Mall with Donald Sherman, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit government ethics watchdog, using locations around the capital to explain the alleged misconduct. Other contributors include former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer, former FBI official Chris O'Leary, journalist Terry Moran, and Democratic Rep. Jason Crow.
The filmmakers also examine how Trump has dismantled the traditional guardrails designed to protect against government misconduct, describing congressional oversight, inspectors general — the independent officials tasked with auditing federal agencies and investigating waste and abuse — and ethics attorneys as having been "purged, captured or sidelined."
Taylor further accuses Trump of using the federal government to target him personally because of his criticism of the administration.
The documentary arrives as polls have shown Americans are concerned about corruption; some surveys indicate those concerns are surpassed only by worries over the rising cost of living. A September Gallup survey found that 89 percent of Americans believe corruption is widespread in government, including 83 percent of Republicans and 91 percent of Democrats — a bipartisan consensus, with clear majorities of both parties in agreement.
Democrats have used corruption attacks on the campaign trail to argue that voters cannot trust their GOP officials. The film comes just a week before the midterm elections, in which all 435 House seats and roughly one-third of the Senate are on the ballot — races that will determine which party controls Congress and its oversight powers over the executive branch. Voters are likely to have corruption on their minds when they cast their ballots on November 3.