SoftBank's $50M Library Donation Preceded Federal AI Data Center Lease, Prompting Bribery Probe

SoftBank donated $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation in January. In March, the administration announced SoftBank's SB Energy would lease DOE land in Portsmouth, Ohio to build "the world's largest" AI data center. Sens. Warren and Blumenthal and Rep. Stansbury are investigating whether the donation sought political favor, noting SoftBank's prior library donations came only after those presidents had left office.