The Straits Times reported that a $1 million donation by U.S. Ambassador to Singapore Anjani Sinha to the Trump-aligned political committee MAGA Inc. was absent from published records tied to his Senate confirmation.
A Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing records the contribution on Feb. 20, 2025. President Donald Trump announced Sinha's nomination on March 11, and the Senate confirmed him on Oct. 7, 2025, The Straits Times reported. The newspaper said congressional material related to Sinha's July 9 confirmation hearing listed donations from him and family members but not the MAGA Inc. payment.
The Center for American Progress (CAP) included Sinha in a Nov. 2 report covering more than 75 people and organizations whose contributions to Trump's political operations and personal projects approached $1.7 billion. CAP estimated that the donors had received or might receive about $183 billion in benefits. The report covered donations tied to projects including Trump's inauguration, the White House ballroom renovation and companies owned by his family.
CAP said its analysis did not establish that donations caused the reported benefits or that officials traded government action for contributions. It cited the Campaign Legal Center, a Washington-based legal group, which alleged Sinha omitted the payment from disclosures to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the group said he was legally required to make.
The donation became public on July 31, 2025, when MAGA Inc. filed a midyear report, after Sinha's nomination had received a favorable report from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, The Straits Times said. The outlet also reported that MAGA Inc. can raise and spend unlimited sums independently to support or oppose candidates. It described appointing political donors and allies to ambassador posts as a longstanding U.S. practice.
The Straits Times reported that the U.S. Embassy in Singapore referred the newspaper's Nov. 10 questions to the State Department, which had not responded by publication. EconoTimes previously covered Sinha's contribution among Republican donations by Indian-American donors.
