The Trump administration is working to give some MAGA-friendly businesses special relief from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, per documents reviewed exclusively by Salon.

“We are trying to help him from the SBA side with a loan,” Grayson said of his own efforts to help Busbice’s business.

What is unusual about the exchange between Busbice and Grayson is that the former’s case was being directly handled by the deputy chief of staff, a senior SBA position.

Busbice’s social media displays clear pro-Trump messaging, including multiple favorable references to Trump and his allies. A pinned post on Instagram from last year includes a photo of him and the president together. The documents also reveal that the two were connected by Tyler Daniel, a former political director at the Scalise Leadership Fund, a fundraising committee for Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. and other Republican political efforts. Daniel currently works at FTI Consulting.