Trump inauguration donor sells abandoned prison to US authorities for $495 million CoreCivic has received nearly half a billion dollars for a Minnesota correctional facility that has been idle for 16 years. Moreover, in 2025, it was ready to sell it to local authorities for more than six times cheaper. Journalists discovered that shortly before Trump returned to the White House, the company donated $500,000 to his inauguration. Minnesota's attorney general has already demanded a review of the deal. The donation itself does not prove an illegal agreement. But why did the price of the prison increase by hundreds of millions of dollars and how could its former owner receive new income from the state - read the MK's material.

Trump inauguration donor sells abandoned prison to US authorities for $495 million CoreCivic has received nearly half a billion dollars for a Minnesota correctional facility that has been idle for 16 years. Moreover, in 2025, it was ready to sell it to local authorities for more than six times cheaper. Journalists discovered that shortly before Trump returned to the White House, the company donated $500,000 to his inauguration. Minnesota's attorney general has already demanded a review of the deal. The donation itself does not prove an illegal agreement. But why did the price of the prison increase by hundreds of millions of dollars and how could its former owner receive new income from the state - read the MK's material.