The Wall Street Journal
Our investigations stand on The Wall Street Journal'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
16 stories, each opening at its source.
- Donald Trump Jr. advisor role at Kalshi — Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg confirmation of dual-platform advisory position
- Six earlier Iran-strike Polymarket traders netting ~$1M collectively — Wall Street Journal (Mar 2026)
- The Wall Street Journal — inside Guilfoyle's final days as ambassador
- The Wall Street Journal — Samuel Alito, 'ProPublica Misleads Its Readers' (Jun 20, 2023)
- Estate confirmation on absence of federal search — Wall Street Journal
- Brandon Lutnick previously interned at Tether; Cantor holds ~$140B Tether reserves + $600M convertible bond
- Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ 1998 disclosure — original identification of the 20-member core
- The Wall Street Journal — 'The Facebook Files'; and Haugen's Senate testimony (2021)
- The Wall Street Journal — 'Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive' (May 2020)
- The Wall Street Journal — 'Donald Trump dealt with members of organized crime' (Sullivan and Shapiro/Scarfo)
- SEC v. Sun case dismissed for $10M settlement, Mar 2026; the case had originally alleged $1B+ in market manipulation
- DOJ opens Hoffman-Epstein inquiry (November 2025) — Wall Street Journal
- The Wall Street Journal — Guilfoyle sought funds while offering access to top administration officials
- NYT ends leak probe without conclusive finding — WSJ, April 2024
- WSJ investigation, Feb 2026: 'Spy Sheikh' secret 49% WLFI stake, $500M, $187M direct to Trump entities
- Wall Street Journal — Eric Trump to invest in Xtend drone company (Feb 17, 2026)
Where their work appears on this site
- Access for Sale →
- The Blanche Record →
- Manufactured Sides →
- Polymarket: Cantor, Palantir, and the PROMIS lineage →
- Samuel Alito's Benefactor →
- The Engagement Machine →
- Trump and the Mob →
- Leslie Wexner →
- Media Ownership →
- Military Grift →
- Return on Investment →
- Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
- Surveillance State(s) and the Criminalization of Dissent →
- The Club →
- The Outrage & Apathy Economy →
- Too Big to Jail →
How we graded the claims built on their work
18 FACT · 3 PROBABLY TRUE · 1 SOME SMOKE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.
- Polymarket: Cantor, Palantir, and the PROMIS lineage →
6. The Trump Family Exposure
FACT - Polymarket: Cantor, Palantir, and the PROMIS lineage →
7. The $2.4M Military-Bets Wallet Cluster (June–July 2026)
FACT - Access for Sale →
After the report, the White House asked for her resignation, and she left the post.
FACT - Samuel Alito's Benefactor →
Alito's own defense: the seat was empty anyway, and Singer wasn't identifiable as a party.
SOME SMOKE - The Blanche Record →
August 2019 — The Balderas Stand-Down
FACT - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Brandon & Kyle Lutnick
PROBABLY TRUE - Leslie Wexner →
Confirmed Mega Group members named in the 1998 WSJ disclosure and subsequent reporting
FACT - The Engagement Machine →
Facebook's own research found Instagram harms teenage girls.
FACT - Manufactured Sides →
Facebook's own research said its algorithms feed division — and executives shelved the fix.
FACT - Trump and the Mob →
His entry into Atlantic City ran through a labor fixer and a Philadelphia mob associate.
FACT - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Howard Lutnick — Commerce Secretary
PROBABLY TRUE - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Justin Sun / TRON
FACT - Surveillance States →
Reid Hoffman — the counter-example, and the DOJ scrutiny
FACT - Access for Sale →
She offered access to top officials — and the donor was seeking help with his own legal matters.
FACT - Leslie Wexner →
The founding, 1991
FACT - Leslie Wexner →
The Mega Group first meeting, 1991
FACT - Media Ownership →
The shelved Daily episode and the leak investigation
FACT - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
The UAE / WLFI ‘Spy Sheikh’ Deal
FACT - Access for Sale →
The Wall Street Journal obtained texts in which Guilfoyle asked a donor to pay her ~$100,000 credit-card bill.
FACT - Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
Trump Jr. · Polymarket + Kalshi + 1789 Capital
FACT - Access for Sale →
Was it bribery? The texts say a lot; the source wanted something, and no one was charged.
PROBABLY TRUE - Military Grift →
Xtend / JFB Construction — Eric Trump’s Feb 17, 2026 announcement, eleven days before Iran strikes
FACT