William Brown Jr

William Brown Jr 2024-10-07 $3,019.96 single-day Trump JFC giving — split-receipt WinRed: $1,041.02 WinRed + $1,041.02 Trump National Committee JFC + $936.92 Never Surrender Inc. South Bound Brook NJ employer 'Parlatore Law Group' occupation 'Lawyer'. This is Brown's only documented PLG-employer FEC giving — single coordinated near-max donation to Trump 2024 fundraising apparatus

William Brown Jr (Partner, Parlatore Law Group), publicly identified on firm LinkedIn page as 'Navy SEAL veteran', donated $3,019.96 on a single day (2024-10-07) to three Trump-aligned vehicles: WinRed ($1,041.02), Trump National Committee JFC Inc. ($1,041.02), and Never Surrender Inc. ($936.92, Republican Party). Address South Bound Brook NJ. The single-day giving pattern across multiple Trump joint-fundraising committees is consistent with WinRed split-receipt distribution to a Trump JFC umbrella. Brown is the firm partner most plausibly serving Navy-officer / SEAL-community court-martial and BCNR/BCMR clients.

FEC schedule_a 2024-10-07 records (employer 'PARLATORE LAW GROUP'): WinRed (C00694323) $1,041.02; Trump National Committee JFC Inc. $1,041.02; Never Surrender Inc. $936.92. Brown's law-firm bio page 404s under WebFetch (was not found at parlatorelawgroup.com/william-brown/ or /william-brown-jr/) — direct site bio retrieval pending. Hypothesis (not verified): Brown handles the firm's military-justice / SEAL-community defense work (Eddie Gallagher legacy clients), giving him both political alignment and direct exposure to the same officer-promotion ecosystem this investigation targets.

William Brown Jr LED 'Operation Full Court Press' — coordinated veteran/SEAL march supporting Pete Hegseth's SecDef confirmation in Jan 2025. Per firm bio, Brown 'led' the operation. This is the firm-level operational link from PLG into the Hegseth confirmation campaign — Tim Parlatore was Hegseth's personal lawyer; Brown was the public veterans-coalition lead

STRUCTURAL: William Brown Jr is rank-10 betweenness (0.0368, degree=6) and an articulation-point bridge linking PLG firm cluster, Hegseth/CVA cluster, and Trump JFC/Save America financial cluster

Brown Jr neighbors: Parlatore Law Group LLP, Pete Hegseth, Trump National Committee JFC, Mark Collins, Parlatore Law Group, Tim Parlatore. Cliques: {Brown Jr, Parlatore, PLG, Mark Collins} (size 4 — densest non-subject-pivoted clique), {Brown Jr, Hegseth, Parlatore}, {Brown Jr, PLG LLP, Parlatore}. He is the only PLG-firm node tied to both Hegseth and to a federal political committee. Connection record describes him leading 'Operation Full Court Press' (March 2026) — coordinated Navy SEAL march in DC supporting Hegseth. Brokerage score 0.667 (5 of 15 neighbor-pairs connected, lower than Indyke/Hegseth). Synthesis (theory, NOT fact): Brown Jr is the operational hinge between PLG's military-defense practice and the Hegseth political apparatus.

William Brown Jr — biographical confirmation: Navy SEAL veteran (BUD/S with David Goggins, two Iraq tours including PSD for Iraqi Deputy PM Barham Salih), Rutgers Law, NJ bar, Partner at PLG, founder of NYC SEAL Swim charity, organized 'Operation Full Court Press' supporting Pete Hegseth's cabinet confirmation