Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation is named in 165 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1935 to 2026.
Federal Bureau of Investigation on the timeline
165 events · 1935–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | Former FBI Chicago Chief DePodesta Sues Boutros, Alleging Forced Resignation After the Broadview Six Collapse
1 src Kash Patel · Todd Blanche · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-10-20 | Arlington County, Virginia Sues to Bar Armed Federal Agents From Polling Places Under 18 U.S.C. 592
1 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-10-20 | ProPublica: FBI Purge Ended the Navatek Capitol Hill Bribery Probe
2 src Lindsey Graham · Susan Collins · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-10-15 | Fired FBI Employees Sue Patel and Blanche in D.D.C. (Bacon v. Patel, 1:26-cv-03604)
3 src Kash Patel · Todd Blanche · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 | reported | |
| 2026-10-13 | White-Powder Letters Reach State Election Offices in Louisiana and at Least 31 Other States Over a Week (WIRED Tally); Louisiana and Oklahoma Evacuated Oct 13, Arizona Oct 15; No Arrest Announced as of Oct 15
8 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Deidre Henderson | reported | |
| 2026-10-09 | Judge AliKhan Contemplates Consolidating the LULAC, NAACP and DSCC Polling-Place Suits; LULAC Amends Its Complaint to Add DOJ and the FBI
2 src League of United Latin American Citizens · NAACP · DSCC · Department of Homeland Security · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-09-30 | FBI Posts a Sole-Source Justification Naming UFC for Agent Combat Training (Notice of Intent, Not an Award)
2 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel | confirmed | |
| 2026-09-20 | ICE Agent Shoots Venezuelan Delivery Driver in Austin; HSI and FBI Investigate, Travis County DA Seeks Independent Probe
3 src Wilber Rafael Garces Perez · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Homeland Security Investigations · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-09-15 | Patel Refuses Under Oath to Rule Out FBI Agents at Polling Places in the November Midterms
4 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Richard Blumenthal · Raja Krishnamoorthi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-09-04 | ICE Officer Castro Charged With Six False-Statement Counts; Unsealed Indictment Says He Fired Through a Closing Door
4 src Christian Castro · Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-08-22 | Judge Howell Calls ICE's June 2027 FOIA Timeline 'an Unacceptable Delay' in DNC Polling-Place Case
3 src Beryl Howell · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Democratic National Committee · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-08-06 | State Embezzlement Case Against Michigan Graduate Union President Hiab Teshome Dismissed — Federal Grand Jury Subpoena to Her Union Signed the Same Day
9 src University of Michigan · Federal Bureau of Investigation | reported | |
| 2026-07-30 | Mother Jones Investigation: Anti-ICE Protesters Prosecuted as Antifa Under Trump's Terrorism Framework
1 src Mother Jones · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-07-07 | NSPM-7 Operationalized: Local Police Build Antifa Files via Fusion Centers as FBI Offers $200K to Informant-ize Texas Activist
1 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-07-03 | The Intercept Documents Trump DOJ's Pattern of Charging Protesters as Terrorists
2 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-06-10 | FBI Raids Ypsilanti and Three States, Unseals 63-Page Indictment Charging Eight Pro-Palestinian Activists Tied to University of Michigan
7 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel · University of Michigan | reported | |
| 2026-06-09 | DOJ dismantles federal election-crime oversight before 2026 midterms; no FBI command center stood up
4 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-06-01 | FBI Solicits $36M for Warrantless Near-Real-Time Access to Nationwide License-Plate-Reader Network
2 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-06 | Federal Judge Denies Fulton County's Rule 41(g) Motion for Return of 2020 Election Records Seized by FBI
1 src Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections · Fulton County, Georgia · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-29 | Congress Passes 45-Day FISA Section 702 Short-Term Extension After Three-Year Reauthorization Stalls in Senate
5 src U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Senate · John Thune · Kash Patel · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-28 | Bloomberg Government Reports Patel Firing Becomes Bargaining Chip in FISA Section 702 Reauthorization Talks
3 src Kash Patel · Ted Lieu · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-28 | Patel Films Self Fumbling iPhone in WHCD Aftermath, Then Pitches Trump on 2020 Election Arrests via Fox News to Save Job
3 src Kash Patel · Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-25 | Gunman Cole Allen Attempts Assassination of Trump at White House Correspondents' Dinner; Secret Service Officer Shot
6 src Donald Trump · Melania Trump · J.D. Vance · U.S. Secret Service · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-21 | DOJ Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 Counts Including Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, Money Laundering
5 src Kash Patel · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-17 | The Atlantic Publishes 'The FBI Director Is MIA' Citing 24+ Sources on Patel Drinking and Absences
3 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jeffrey Goldberg | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-31 | Garman v. Patel: Fired FBI Agents File Class Complaint Against Patel and Bondi
1 src Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation | reported | |
| 2026-03-25 | NPR Documents the Data-Broker Loophole as FISA 702 Reauthorization Nears; Patel Declines to Rule Out Location Buys
4 src Kash Patel · Ron Wyden · Warren Davidson · Mike Lee · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | FBI Director Patel Confirms Under Oath the Bureau Purchases Commercially Available Data, Declining to Commit to a Warrant Requirement
1 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence | reported | |
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump
5 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Over Church Protest Coverage
3 src Don Lemon · Georgia Fort · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | FBI Seizes Over 600 Boxes of Fulton County's 2020 Election Records Under Two Warrants Signed and Executed the Same Day
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections · Fulton County, Georgia · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home, Seizes Devices in Unprecedented Press Freedom Violation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Washington Post · Hannah Natanson · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-09 | Dan Bongino Resigns as FBI Deputy Director After Less Than a Year, Replaced by Career Agent
2 src Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | FBI Revokes State Access to Evidence in Renee Good Shooting, Blocks Minnesota Investigation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension · J.D. Vance · Jacob Frey | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-05 | Kurt Olsen Refers Fulton County 2020 Election Investigation to FBI, Received by DOJ Special Attorney by 9:03 AM
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Fulton County, Georgia | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-31 | DOJ Expands Epstein Document Review to 5.2 Million Pages, Enlisted 400 Attorneys
2 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-24 | DOJ Announces Discovery of Over 1 Million Additional Epstein Documents on Christmas Eve
2 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa"
5 src Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs
4 src Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel | reported | |
| 2025-11-17 | Judge Finds Halligan Misrepresented Law and Used Tainted Evidence in Comey Grand Jury
3 src William Fitzpatrick · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Department of Justice · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | DOJ Escalates Investigation of 66-Year-Old Activist for Distributing Stephen Miller Protest Fliers
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · Stephen Miller | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | Memphis Residents Report Widespread Racial Profiling by Trump's Federal Police Task Force
3 src U.S. Marshals Service · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Guard | reported | |
| 2025-10-20 | Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents
2 src Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | DOJ Unseals First Federal Terrorism Charges Against Alleged Antifa Members in Prairieland Case
3 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-10 | John Bolton Faces Imminent Federal Indictment on Classified Materials Charges
3 src John Bolton · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | FBI Terminates Two Special Agents Who Worked on January 6 Investigation
2 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jack Smith | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Border Czar Tom Homan Allegedly Took $50,000 in FBI Corruption Sting
2 src Tom Homan · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Emil Bove · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | Federal Agents Raid South Shore Chicago Apartment Building With About 300 Agents and a Helicopter, Detain 37; No One Charged Criminally
4 src Gregory Bovino · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Homeland Security Investigations · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | FBI Director Patel Fires 15-20 Agents Photographed Kneeling at 2020 George Floyd Protests
2 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Christopher Wray | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators
5 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · American Civil Liberties Union · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Closes Bribery Investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan Despite FBI Evidence
2 src Tom Homan · Emil Bove · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-06 | FBI Director Kash Patel's Krispy Kreme Stock Purchase Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns
3 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Diplomatic Security Service Agents Begin Patrolling Washington DC Streets, Making Arrests for Minor Offenses
3 src State Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Home and Office of Trump Critic John Bolton
5 src John Bolton · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · John Ratcliffe · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role
3 src Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-10 | About 120 FBI agents assigned to patrol Washington, D.C. streets
4 src Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · DC Metropolitan Police | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | FBI Redacted Trump's Name from Jeffrey Epstein Files Under Privacy Protections
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-15 | Benjamin Song Captured After 11-Day Manhunt Following Prairieland ICE Shooting
2 src Benjamin Song · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | FBI launches task force investigating violent attacks on Tesla
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
6 src Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Government Ethics · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-07 | Kash Patel Received Payments from Russian Filmmaker with Kremlin Ties
3 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Senate Judiciary Committee | 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 | |
| 2025-01-23 | DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Journalists | 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 | |
| 2025-01-21 | Surveillance State Expansion: Constitutional Concerns and Section 702 Reauthorization
3 src Intelligence Community · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · White House · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-23 | Justice Department Pays $138.7 Million Settlement Over FBI's Failure to Investigate Nassar Allegations
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · W. Jay Abbott · Michael Langeman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2023-09-08 | Fifth Circuit Finds Biden Administration Violated First Amendment Through Social Media Coercion
4 src Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · White House · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-31 | Joe Rogan Promotes January 6 False Flag Conspiracy Theory, Claims FBI Orchestrated Insurrection to Frame Trump
2 src Joe Rogan · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-29 | FBI Arrests Three in "Trust Social" Investigation for DWAC Insider Trading
3 src Bruce Garelick · Federal Bureau of Investigation · HSI · Digital World Acquisition Corp | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-09 | Twitter Files Release Exposes Systematic Government-Social Media Coordination Infrastructure for Information Control and Democratic Manipulation
3 src Elon Musk · Bari Weiss · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-08-08 | FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago
3 src Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Merrick Garland · National Archives | 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 | |
| 2021-12-29 | Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
3 src Ghislaine Maxwell · Southern District of New York · Federal Bureau of Investigation | 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 | |
| 2021-06-03 | FBI Investigates DeJoy Over Alleged Straw Donor Campaign Finance Scheme
4 src Louis DeJoy · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Carolyn Maloney | confirmed | |
| 2021-04-07 | Warrant Affidavit: Navatek's $150,000 Shell-Company Check to 1820 PAC
2 src Susan Collins · Federal Bureau of Investigation | reported | |
| 2021-01-06 | FBI forensics show Trump watched TV and tweeted instead of stopping Capitol riot
3 src Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jack Smith | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-15 | YouTube Bans QAnon Content Only After Years of Algorithmic Amplification
4 src YouTube · Google · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-14 | FBI Enables Social Media Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Despite Knowing Authenticity
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Twitter · Facebook · Hunter Biden | confirmed | |
| 2020-06-09 | FBI Expands Dataminr Contract During George Floyd Protests for Social Media Surveillance of Demonstrations
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Dataminr · NYPD · LAPD · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-13 | Jeffrey Epstein Sent Letter to Larry Nassar from Prison Days Before Suicide, Revealing Sex Offender Network
4 src Jeffrey Epstein · Larry Nassar · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice | disputed | |
| 2019-08-10 | Epstein Death in MCC Cell Closes Phase 1 Cultivation Window — Phase 2 Kushner-as-Principal-Counterparty Channel Already Fully Mature
2 src Jeffrey Epstein · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-10 | Jeffrey Epstein Dies by Suicide in Federal Custody
3 src Jeffrey Epstein · William Barr · Bureau of Prisons · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-06 | Jeffrey Epstein Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
3 src Jeffrey Epstein · Federal Bureau of Investigation · NYPD · Southern District of New York | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-12 | Operation Varsity Blues indicts 50 in largest college admissions fraud scheme
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | 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 | |
| 2018-07-15 | 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 | |
| 2018-06-23 | Peter Thiel Receives First Putin Meeting Invitation Through Russian Diplomat
3 src Peter Thiel · Vladimir Putin · Daniil Bisslinger · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology
3 src Grayshift · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Drug Enforcement Administration · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Peter Thiel's Early Intelligence Role: FBI Informant and Russian Diplomatic Contacts
4 src Peter Thiel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Vladimir Putin · Daniil Bisslinger | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-06 | Intelligence Community Assessment Concludes Putin Ordered Campaign to Influence 2016 Election
4 src Vladimir Putin · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-12 | Indianapolis Star Investigation Exposes Nassar Abuse After FBI Sat on Allegations for 14 Months
3 src Larry Nassar · USA Gymnastics · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-01 | FBI Works with Cellebrite to Crack San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone After Apple Refuses
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Cellebrite · Apple | 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 | NRA Spends Record $30-55 Million Supporting Trump, FBI Investigates Russian Money Laundering
4 src National Rifle Association · Donald Trump · Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-01 | Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000
2 src Chainalysis · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service | confirmed |
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Network neighbors
Department of Justice
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Kash Patel
29× shared
J. Edgar Hoover
20× shared
Donald Trump
16× shared
Pam Bondi
14× shared
National Security Agency
12× shared
U.S. Department of Justice
12× shared
Central Intelligence Agency
9× shared
Jeffrey Epstein
8× shared
Martin Luther King Jr.
5× shared
Richard Nixon
5× shared
Todd Blanche
5× shared
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
5× shared
Department of Homeland Security
4× shared
Franklin D. Roosevelt
4× shared
Louis Freeh
4× shared
Trump Administration
4× shared
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
4× shared
U.S. Secret Service
4× shared
American Civil Liberties Union
3× shared
Apple
3× shared
Christopher Wray
3× shared
Frank Church
3× shared
Fulton County, Georgia
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