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★ Private Action

Pilgrim's Pride donates $5M to Trump-Vance inaugural, largest donor

Corporate FavorsJBS/Pilgrim's Pride Inaugural Donation

Filed January 2025$5,000,000

★ The Brief

What happened

Pilgrim's Pride, a JBS USA subsidiary, made the donation while parent JBS had a pending NYSE dual-listing application and faced multiple federal antitrust and grower-contract investigations.

Who enabled it

Who benefits

Deal or steal?

Months after the donation, the SEC approved JBS's NYSE dual listing, one of multiple federal matters JBS faced at the time.

Pilgrim's Pride, a subsidiary of JBS USA, donated $5 million to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee prior to January 2025. The contribution exceeded the combined inaugural donations from Apple's CEO, Amazon, Meta, and Google, making Pilgrim's Pride the single largest donor to the committee. The donation came while parent company JBS had a long-pending application for a dual listing on the New York Stock Exchange and faced multiple federal investigations, including a DOJ antitrust probe into human resources practices, an investigation into Pilgrim's grower contracts and payment practices, and involvement as an alleged co-conspirator in a DOJ antitrust lawsuit against data company Agri Stats.

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Who pushed it · 1

Who initiated, paid, or pushed the action.

  • Pilgrim's Pride

    Donated $5 million to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, becoming the single largest donor, while parent company JBS sought SEC approval for a NYSE dual listing and faced ongoing federal investigations.

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