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ProPublica investigated America First Refining, a Texas oil refinery startup secretly funded by Donald Trump Jr., and discovered a suspiciously detailed but likely fictional website for Brownsville Energy Storage Terminals, a company allegedly owned by the refinery's CEO, John Calce. The website claimed global operations and executives with no online presence, raising doubts about the company's legitimacy.
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