CNBC
Our investigations stand on CNBC's reporting. This page collects every story of theirs we cite, every page on this site that uses it, and how we graded each claim built on it.
The reporting we cite
24 stories, each opening at its source.
- CNBC — Reid Hoffman-backed Mainstream Democrats PAC targets progressives in Democratic primaries
- CNBC — Musk helps Senate Leadership Fund raise record $273 million
- CNBC — the $1M checks awarded at events
- Bank of America: $72.5M to victims (March 2026)
- CNBC — 'Coinbase, a16z and others pour more than $78 million into pro-crypto PAC' (Fairshake funders)
- Trump names David Sacks AI and Crypto Czar (December 5, 2024) — CNBC
- CNBC — 'Epstein's Silicon Valley ties extended beyond just Musk and Gates' (Brin, Gates, Thiel, Hoffman in the records; Feb 9, 2026)
- CNBC: Biden says he would veto Medicare for All (Mar 10, 2020)
- CNBC — Leon Black sues House Oversight over Epstein-probe subpoenas; Democrats seek contempt
- Alex Karp on Israel — CNBC interview (July 1, 2026)
- CNBC: House votes to hold Leon Black in contempt over Epstein subpoena defiance (Sept 16, 2026)
- CNBC video: Regulation needed to combat manipulated AI content, Cato Networks CEO (the interview itself)
- CNBC — the late STOCK Act disclosure ('filing error')
- CNBC — short sellers made ~$7.25 billion from the March 2023 banking turmoil (Ortex data)
- CNBC — Tether appoints former White House adviser Bo Hines to lead US business
- CNBC: Trump bought AXON Feb 10, 2026 (disclosed May 8, 2026); ICE Sources Sought Notice posted Feb 24, 2026 seeking 5-yr / $220M / ~17,800 conductive-energy weapons; Taser 10 specs match
- CNBC — Trump ordered to pay $2 million for misusing Foundation funds to benefit his campaign
- CNBC — CLARITY Act clears Senate Banking Committee 15–9 (Gallego, Alsobrooks join)
- CNBC — the UK finally finishes paying for World War I (2015)
- CNBC — Paramount Skydance to acquire Free Press; Weiss named CBS News editor-in-chief
- CNBC — Laurence D. Fink (career profile)
- CNBC · DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter (November 24, 2025)
- CNBC — 'What to watch as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before Congress' (Sept 15, 2026; hearing on the financial system)
- CNBC — 'Bessent says U.S. could sanction China over AI model theft'
Where their work appears on this site
- The Investor in the War Room →
- Big Money Fighting for Control of the US Government →
- The Doors That Keep Closing on Epstein's Money →
- “Limit the First Amendment” →
- Checking the Charges Against the Bitcoin Senator →
- The Secretary and the Stablecoin →
- A Million a Day →
- Of, By, and For the People? →
- Suing the Subpoena →
- The Editor-in-Chief →
- The Eugenicist in the Room →
- The Man in the Room →
- The National Design Studio →
- The Only Donor →
- Charity Case →
- The Unpaid Bill of War →
- The Wrong AI Debate →
- Who Lit the Match on SVB? →
- The Epstein Class →
- Israeli Influence on the United States →
- Military Grift →
- The Pretoria Playbook →
- Return on Investment →
- Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
- Surveillance State(s) and the Criminalization of Dissent →
- The Corporate State →
- The Real Voter Fraud? →
- The Tech Right →
- Who Controls What You Get to Know →
How we graded the claims built on their work
27 FACT · 1 PROBABLY TRUE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- Big Money Fighting for Control of the US Government →
'Centrist / moderate': corporate, pharma, finance, and tech — and increasingly open about it.
FACT - The Only Donor →
$158 million, in two checks.
FACT - A Million a Day →
America PAC mailed more than 87,000 checks to people who collected swing-state petition signatures, and handed $1 million checks to selected voters at events.
FACT - A Million a Day →
America PAC offered $1 million a day to registered swing-state voters who signed its petition, October–November 2024.
FACT - The Epstein Class →
Banks paid over $500 million to Epstein victims with no banker charged
FACT - Big Money Fighting for Control of the US Government →
Crypto: one industry, one super PAC, $200 million.
FACT - Surveillance States →
David Sacks — from PayPal COO to AI and Crypto Czar
FACT - The Pretoria Playbook →
David Sacks — the $12 million fundraiser and the AI/Crypto Czar seat
FACT - The Eugenicist in the Room →
Epstein's documented contact with technologists (Brin, Gates) - and their denials
FACT - Of, By, and For the People? →
For-profit health care is bipartisan policy — leaders of both parties defend it and reject universal coverage.
FACT - Suing the Subpoena →
He refused to appear — and instead sued the committee in federal court.
FACT - The Eugenicist in the Room →
His money landed in Peter Thiel's funds.
FACT - The Investor in the War Room →
In 2026, a16z became the largest political donor in the country — more than $115 million.
FACT - Surveillance States →
Israel, Gaza, and the January 2024 Tel Aviv board meeting
FACT - The Doors That Keep Closing on Epstein's Money →
Leon Black sued the Oversight Committee to block its Epstein subpoenas — and the House held him in contempt of Congress.
FACT - “Limit the First Amendment” →
On live television, he called for the government to rank and control what every American says online.
FACT - Checking the Charges Against the Bitcoin Senator →
She disclosed a Bitcoin purchase late under the STOCK Act — and her son-in-law is a Bitcoin-firm executive.
FACT - Checking the Charges Against the Bitcoin Senator →
She writes the crypto rules while personally invested in crypto — and sponsors a bill to make the Treasury buy Bitcoin.
FACT - Who Lit the Match on SVB? →
Someone made a fortune shorting these banks: about $7.25 billion.
FACT - The Secretary and the Stablecoin →
The aide who helped write the law went to work running Tether's US arm.
FACT - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
The AXON Stock Buy Before the $220M ICE Taser Contract
PROBABLY TRUE - Charity Case →
The biggest one: a charity fundraiser run as a campaign event.
FACT - Checking the Charges Against the Bitcoin Senator →
The CLARITY Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15–9, with two Democrats crossing over.
FACT - The Unpaid Bill of War →
The debt outlives the war by a century.
FACT - The Editor-in-Chief →
The installation: a $150M website buys the top chair, and a 'both sides' memo.
FACT - The Man in the Room →
The instrument: the man who helped build mortgage securitization.
FACT - The National Design Studio →
The National Design Studio's six components are staffed by former DOGE personnel
FACT - The Wrong AI Debate →
Washington's AI debate is framed around the China race and catastrophic risk — the frames that suit the biggest labs.
FACT