Department of Justice
Department of Justice is named in 355 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1908 to 2026.
Department of Justice on the timeline
355 events · 1908–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-05 | Attorney General Bondi Narrows FCPA Focus to Cartels While Pausing Corporate Bribery Cases
3 src Pamela Bondi · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. corporations | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | DOJ and FBI gut public corruption enforcement teams
5 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-31 | Federal Prosecutors Withdraw from Andy Ogles Criminal Investigation
4 src Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | DOJ Orders Limits on FACE Act Enforcement, Weakening Abortion Clinic Protection
2 src Department of Justice · Chad Mizelle · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-22 | DOJ Orders Complete Freeze on All Civil Rights Division Cases and Enforcement
3 src Department of Justice · Chad Mizelle · Donald Trump · Harmeet Dhillon | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | AG Pam Bondi Eliminates DOJ KleptoCapture Unit and Foreign Influence Task Force
3 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Maintains $600 Million Tether Stake Despite DOJ Investigation and Senate Scrutiny
5 src Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald · Tether · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump designates Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations
3 src Donald Trump · Department of the Treasury · Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs Unconstitutional Executive Order Challenging Birthright Citizenship
4 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. Supreme Court · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-09 | DOJ Blocks Epstein File Releases, Pam Bondi Lies About "Client List"
4 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · US Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-01 | President Biden Issues Full Pardon for Son Hunter Despite Repeated Promises Not To
4 src Joe Biden · Hunter Biden · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-16 | Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Settle Charges of Defrauding Pentagon, Bribing Qatar, and Patriot Contract Fraud
4 src Raytheon · Department of Justice · Qatar · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-16 | Sean Combs arrested on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges
3 src Sean Combs · Department of Justice · Federal Prosecutors | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-04 | DOJ Unseals Indictment Revealing $10 Million Russian Funding of Tenet Media Influencers
4 src Department of Justice · RT (Russia Today) · Tenet Media · Tim Pool · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-04 | Justice Department Seizes 32 Russian Disinformation Domains Mimicking U.S. News Sites, Exposes Kremlin Operation Directed by Putin Aide
2 src Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · Vladimir Putin | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-16 | Humana Pays $90 Million to Settle First-of-Its-Kind Medicare Part D Fraud Case for Fraudulent Bidding
3 src Humana · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-05 | Federal Judge Rules Google is Illegal Monopolist in Landmark Search Antitrust Decision
3 src Judge Amit Mehta · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-18 | DaVita Pays $34 Million to Settle Third Kickback Case in Decade, Revealing Systematic Fraud Business Model
3 src DaVita · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-01 | Paul Pelosi Visa Stock Sale Controversy
4 src Nancy Pelosi · Rick Scott · Department of Justice · Merrick Garland | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects $6B Purdue Pharma Settlement Granting Sackler Family Immunity from Opioid Lawsuits
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Sackler Family · Purdue Pharma · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-14 | DOJ Finds Boeing Breached Deferred Prosecution Agreement After Door Plug Blowout
3 src Department of Justice · Boeing | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-21 | DOJ Sues Apple for iPhone Monopoly Maintained Through Ecosystem Lock-In and Developer Restrictions
3 src Department of Justice · Apple · Tim Cook | confirmed | |
| 2024-02-27 | DOJ Launches Antitrust Investigation of UnitedHealth's Vertical Integration Strategy and Optum Physician Acquisitions
3 src Department of Justice · UnitedHealth Group · UnitedHealthcare | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-16 | JetBlue-Spirit Merger Blocked by Court, Rare Victory for Biden Antitrust Enforcers
3 src Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-05 | Boeing 737 MAX Scandal Summary - 346 Deaths, $2.5B Fine, Zero Executive Prosecutions
4 src Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · 346 crash victims · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-18 | FTC and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines Rejecting Consumer Welfare Standard
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · Lina Khan · Jonathan Kanter | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-21 | Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao Plead Guilty to Money Laundering in $4.3 Billion DOJ Settlement
5 src Changpeng Zhao · Binance · Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-08 | Trump indicted on 37 federal charges for classified documents
3 src Donald Trump · Jack Smith · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2023-03-15 | DOJ Arrests Guo Wengui in Landmark $1 Billion Fraud Conspiracy
3 src Guo Wengui · Department of Justice · Steve Bannon | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-24 | DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Tech Monopoly, Seeks Historic Breakup
4 src Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Jonathan Kanter | confirmed | |
| 2022-11-18 | Jack Smith appointed Special Counsel to investigate Trump
3 src Jack Smith · Merrick Garland · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-15 | Roger Stone settles DOJ civil lawsuit for $2.1 million
4 src Roger Stone · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-01 | Roger Stone Settles $2.1 Million Tax Fraud Case Over Drake Ventures Shell Company
3 src Roger Stone · Department of Justice · Internal Revenue Service | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-27 | Trump allegedly orders deletion of Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage
3 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-03 | Christina Bobb signs false attestation that all classified documents returned
3 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-11 | Grand jury issues subpoena demanding all classified documents from Trump
3 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-01 | Task Force KleptoCapture Launched: US Expands Anti-Kleptocracy Operations
3 src Merrick Garland · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-17 | National Archives retrieves 15 boxes with 184 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago
3 src Donald Trump · National Archives · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-11-16 | Jonathan Kanter Confirmed as DOJ Antitrust Chief After Longest Delay in Modern History
3 src Jonathan Kanter · Department of Justice · U.S. Senate · Antitrust Division | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-20 | Steve Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress in January 6 Investigation
4 src Steve Bannon · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-09-15 | Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Maggie Nichols Testify Before Senate on FBI's Betrayal in Nassar Case
5 src McKayla Maroney · Aly Raisman · Christopher Wray · Senate Judiciary Committee · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2021-07-27 | Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months for Exposing Drone War Crimes
3 src National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · Biden Administration | confirmed | |
| 2021-07-09 | Biden Signs Executive Order 14036: 72 Competition Initiatives, Most Comprehensive Since FDR
3 src Joe Biden · Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-26 | Biden Signs Executive Order 14006 to End Federal Private Prison Contracts, But Excludes Immigration Detention
4 src Joe Biden · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · U.S. Marshals Service · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-07 | Boeing Pays $2.5 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Deal, Zero Executives Charged for 346 Deaths
4 src Department of Justice · Boeing · 346 crash victims | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-04 | Jeffrey Clark admits in Signal messages that classified briefing yielded "nothing helpful" for Trump
4 src Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-03 | Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election
6 src Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-31 | Wells Fargo Scandal Scorecard: 5,300 Workers Fired, Zero Execs Prosecuted
3 src Wells Fargo · John Stumpf · Carrie Tolstedt · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-27 | Trump tells acting AG "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me"
4 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-20 | DOJ Sues Google for Search Monopoly Through Exclusionary Contracts
4 src Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Apple · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-03 | Raytheon-United Technologies Merge Creates $135 Billion Defense Giant, Consolidating Industry Power
4 src Raytheon · Greg Hayes · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-21 | DOJ Declines Criminal Prosecution of Wells Fargo Executives
3 src Department of Justice · William Barr · Wells Fargo | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-21 | Wells Fargo Pays $3 Billion, Admits Fraud, No Executives Charged
3 src Wells Fargo · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-11 | Bill Barr Intervenes to Reduce Sentences for Trump Allies Stone and Flynn
3 src Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-09 | Boeing Internal Messages Released - "Designed by Clowns, Supervised by Monkeys"
3 src Federal Aviation Administration · Department of Justice · Richard Blumenthal | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-17 | Edward Snowden Publishes Memoir "Permanent Record"; DOJ Immediately Sues for Proceeds
3 src Edward Snowden · Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-13 | Commerce Inspector General Finds Wilbur Ross Lied to Congress About Census Citizenship Question
3 src Wilbur Ross · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-23 | Julian Assange Charged Under Espionage Act - Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom
3 src Julian Assange · WikiLeaks · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-21 | FTC v. Qualcomm: Judge Lucy Koh Finds Antitrust Violations in Standard Essential Patent Licensing, Later Reversed on Appeal
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-26 | Federal Judge Sentences Russian Agent Maria Butina to 18 Months for Conspiracy to Infiltrate Conservative Movement
3 src Maria Butina · Department of Justice · National Rifle Association | confirmed | |
| 2019-02-14 | Northrop Grumman Pays $5.2 Million for Fraudulent USPS Contract Labor Billing
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service | confirmed | |
| 2019-02-14 | William Barr Confirmation as Attorney General Enables Systematic DOJ Politicization Using WHIG Template for Crisis-Accelerated Institutional Capture
5 src William Barr · Donald Trump · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-13 | Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Conspiring as Russian Agent, Admits Years-Long Clandestine Influence Scheme
2 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · National Rifle Association | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-01 | Northrop Grumman Pays $31.65 Million for Fraudulent Overbilling of Air Force Contracts
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Air Force · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2018-09-17 | Cigna-Express Scripts $52 Billion Merger Approved: DOJ Greenlights PBM Oligopoly
2 src Cigna · Express Scripts · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-15 | FBI Arrests Maria Butina for Conspiring to Act as Russian Agent to Infiltrate Conservative Organizations
3 src Maria Butina · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-07 | Bayer Completes $63 Billion Monsanto Acquisition: Agricultural Seeds and Chemicals Consolidate Into Big Four Oligopoly
3 src Monsanto · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division · European Commission | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-03 | CVS-Aetna $69 Billion Merger Announced: Vertical Integration Wave Consolidates PBM Power
3 src CVS Health · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-03 | Reality Winner Arrested for Leaking Russian Election Interference Report
3 src National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump
3 src CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-21 | Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Private Prison Phase-Out, Citing 'Future Needs of Federal Corrections System'
3 src Jeff Sessions · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · CoreCivic · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-17 | Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence After Brutal Imprisonment
3 src Barack Obama · Chelsea Manning · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-10 | Anheuser-Busch InBev Completes $107 Billion SABMiller Acquisition: Beer Industry Consolidates Into Duopoly
3 src Department of Justice · Antitrust Division | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-18 | Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates Issues Memo to Phase Out Federal Private Prisons, Citing Safety Problems and High Costs
3 src Sally Yates · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · CoreCivic · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-16 | FBI Orders Apple to Break iPhone Encryption in San Bernardino Case
4 src Apple · Tim Cook · Federal Bureau of Investigation · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | Whistleblower Alleges Dialysis Giants DaVita and Fresenius Steer Patients Through American Kidney Fund in $247M Kickback Scheme
5 src DaVita · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-28 | DaVita Pays $450 Million for Drug Wastage Fraud, Largest Unjoined Whistleblower Settlement in History
3 src DaVita · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-18 | EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices
4 src Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-18 | Northrop Grumman Pays $11.4 Million for Illegally Billing Executive Compensation to Federal Contracts
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2015-02-03 | S&P Settles for $1.375 Billion Over Fraudulent AAA Ratings on Junk Mortgage Securities, While Moody's Pays $864 Million, Exposing 'Issuer-Pays' Conflict of Interest Model Where 73% of 2006 AAA-Rated Securities Were Downgraded to Junk by 2010
3 src Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-22 | DaVita Pays $350 Million to Settle Doctor Kickback Allegations, Exposing Systematic Dialysis Profiteering Scheme
3 src DaVita · Department of Justice · HHS Office of Inspector General | confirmed | |
| 2014-07-21 | Human Rights Watch Report - FBI Terrorism Prosecutions "Often An Illusion"
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Human Rights Watch · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2013-12-09 | American Airlines-US Airways Merger Creates Airline Oligopoly: Big Four Control 75% of Market
3 src American Airlines · Department of Justice · Antitrust Division | confirmed | |
| 2013-12-05 | Tech Companies Launch Transparency Reports After NSA Revelations
4 src Google · Microsoft · Yahoo · Facebook · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-10-21 | Microsoft and Google Challenge NSA Gag Orders in Federal Court
4 src Microsoft · Google · Department of Justice · National Security Agency | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-21 | Chelsea Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for WikiLeaks Disclosures
3 src Chelsea Manning · U.S. Army · Department of Justice · Obama Administration | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-21 | Skilling Sentence Reduced to 14 Years, Marking Accountability Erosion
3 src Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-14 | U.S. Charges Edward Snowden with Espionage and Theft of Government Property
3 src Edward Snowden · Department of Justice · Eric Holder | confirmed | |
| 2013-03-06 | Holder Testifies Some Banks Are Too Big to Jail
3 src Eric Holder · Department of Justice · JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-29 | DOJ Criminal Division Chief Lanny Breuer Resigns After PBS Frontline Documentary 'The Untouchables' Exposes 'Too Big to Jail' Policy Resulting in Zero Major Bank Executive Prosecutions Compared to 900+ Convictions in 1980s S&L Crisis
4 src Lanny Breuer · Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Covington & Burling · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-14 | Jeffrey Sterling Indicted Under Espionage Act for Alleged Leak to James Risen
3 src James Risen · Central Intelligence Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-11 | HSBC Pays $1.9B for Money Laundering, No Executives Jailed
3 src Lanny Breuer · Department of Justice · Eric Holder · Covington & Burling | confirmed | |
| 2012-11-15 | BP Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges and Agrees to Record $4.5 Billion Criminal Settlement
3 src BP (British Petroleum) · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Eric Holder · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-23 | John Kiriakou Pleads Guilty - Only Person Jailed Over CIA Torture Program
3 src John Kiriakou · Central Intelligence Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-16 | SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Over ABACUS 2007-AC1 Synthetic CDO Deal Where Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Selected Mortgage Securities to Bet Against While Goldman Sold Package to Investors, Resulting in $550 Million Settlement but No Criminal Charges
2 src Goldman Sachs · Securities and Exchange Commission · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-08 | Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing
3 src Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2009-05-20 | Newburgh Four Arrested in FBI Entrapment Sting - "Buffoonery" Made Into Terrorism
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2009-04-02 | Northrop Grumman Pays $325 Million for Decade of Defective Spy Satellite Parts
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office | confirmed | |
| 2009-01-20 | Obama Admin Prosecutes Zero Wall Street Executives Despite Crisis Fraud
3 src Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Lanny Breuer · Covington & Burling | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Donald Trump
83× shared
Pam Bondi
59× shared
Federal Bureau of Investigation
31× shared
Todd Blanche
22× shared
Trump Administration
21× shared
Federal Trade Commission
14× shared
Thomas Massie
13× shared
U.S. Congress
12× shared
Lindsey Halligan
11× shared
James Comey
10× shared
Jeffrey Epstein
9× shared
National Security Agency
9× shared
Securities and Exchange Commission
9× shared
U.S. Supreme Court
9× shared
Emil Bove
8× shared
Ro Khanna
8× shared
American Civil Liberties Union
7× shared
Department of Homeland Security
7× shared
Federal Reserve
7× shared
Harmeet Dhillon
7× shared
Jeanine Pirro
7× shared
Kash Patel
7× shared
Letitia James
7× shared
Pamela Bondi
7× shared
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