Start with the record
Financial disclosures, court filings, government decisions, contracts, and original interviews come before narrative.
Independent investigative publication
The presidency
deserves scrutiny.
Evidence-led investigations into presidential power, private interests, and the institutions meant to hold both accountable.
Investigations in development
Our first case is in the reporting and records-gathering stage.
EST. 2026 · UNITED STATES
Our purpose
Power is complicated.
Accountability should be clear.
The Presidency, Examined is an independent, document-driven publication investigating where presidential authority intersects with money, business, foreign influence, favoritism, and private benefit.
We do not begin with a verdict. We begin with answerable questions: What happened? Who benefited? What public power was exercised? And what does the evidence actually permit us to conclude?
How we work
Follow the evidence.
Show the limits.
Our reporting process is designed to resist both partisan certainty and institutional spin.
Separate fact from inference
Every investigation distinguishes what documents establish, what they leave unresolved, and what would change the assessment.
Test the strongest defense
Subjects receive specific questions and a meaningful opportunity to respond. Contrary evidence belongs in the story.
Correct the public record
Substantive corrections and updates will be dated, explained, and preserved rather than silently rewritten.
Now reporting
First investigation in development
The opening investigation examines the exercise of presidential power where public authority, private interests, and institutional accountability intersect. Reporting, records gathering, and source development are underway.
Publication standard
No allegation will be presented as fact, and no conclusion will exceed the evidence supporting it.
Contact
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General questions, interview requests, and publication matters.
Initial contact about information that may warrant investigation.
Public records, source material, and document-related correspondence.
Specific requests to review or correct published information.
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Disclosures
Funding
The Presidency, Examined is currently self-funded by founder Jose Hernandez. It has no outside funders, sponsors, or advertisers.
Corrections
Requests may be sent to corrections@presidencyexamined.org. Substantive corrections and updates will be dated, explained, and preserved.
Editorial independence
Reporting conclusions are governed by the evidence. No outside funder, sponsor, advertiser, political organization, or reporting subject controls coverage.