Link: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/bill-pulte-donald-trump-jan-6-defendants-donation-charity-mystery/

In the wake of the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, Donald Trump and his close associates found themselves mired in lawsuits that, among other things, sought to hold them accountable for inciting the violence that resulted in injuries to more than 140 police officers and likely contributed to the deaths of five. By 2023, the legal fees had ballooned into the millions, all while Trump also was mounting an expensive presidential campaign.

At the same time, a charity run by construction heir, private equity mogul, and Trump donor Bill Pulte—who now runs the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)—made a mysterious, previously unreported donation that raises serious questions about whether it was an effort to quietly funnel money to the legal defense of Trump, other January 6 defendants, or another purpose entirely.

In 2023, Pulte’s charity donated $65,000 to a nonprofit called One World Love LLC for “assistance to underserved people,” according to annual tax filings. But searches of the IRS’s nonprofit database, Virginia’s database of charities, and several third-party services that collect nonprofit filings nationally, like Guidestar and CitizenAudit, turn up no charities with a matching employer identification number (EIN) or the name “One World Love” anywhere in the country. Instead, financial filings show that One World Love LLC is a Wyoming corporate entity tied to the Binnall Law Group—which represented Trump in his efforts to prove election fraud and to avoid paying damages after the January 6 attack.

Mother Jones reached out directly to Jason Greaves, the Binnall firm partner who formed this entity, and to Pulte via the FHFA for comment for this story. Neither responded to our repeated requests.