Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation is named in 130 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1935 to 2026.
Federal Bureau of Investigation on the timeline
130 events · 1935–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 William B. Porter · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · +1 | 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 · +2 | 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 | |
| 2026-01-14 | 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 · Christopher Raia · 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 · Bob Jacobson · JD Vance · +1 | 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 · +6 | 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 · +1 | 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 · +3 | 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 · Barbara Wien · +1 | 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 · Memphis Safe Task Force | 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 · +3 | 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 · FBI Special Agents | 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 | |
| 2025-09-26 | FBI Director Patel Fires 15-20 Agents Photographed Kneeling at 2020 George Floyd Protests
2 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · FBI Agents Association · 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 · JTTF · +2 | 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 · Krispy Kreme · Joe Neguse | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Diplomatic Security Service Agents Begin Patrolling Washington DC Streets, Making Arrests for Minor Offenses
3 src Diplomatic Security Service · 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 Andrew Bailey · Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · +1 | 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 · Joy Gibson · Lynette Sharp · +2 | 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 · Jolene A. Lauria · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials
3 src Alex Gibney (filmmaker) · HBO · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Unnamed officials (wiretapped) | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-07 | Kash Patel Received Payments from Russian Filmmaker with Kremlin Ties
3 src Kash Patel · Igor Lopatonok · Global Tree Pictures · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | 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 · National Security Division · Journalists · +1 | 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 · +4 | 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 · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-31 | Joe Rogan Promotes January 6 False Flag Conspiracy Theory, Claims FBI Orchestrated Insurrection to Frame Trump
2 src Joe Rogan · Ray Epps · Federal Bureau of Investigation · House Select Committee on January 6 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-29 | FBI Arrests Three in "Trust Social" Investigation for DWAC Insider Trading
3 src Michael Shvartsman · Gerald Shvartsman · Bruce Garelick · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-09 | Twitter Files Release Exposes Systematic Government-Social Media Coordination Infrastructure for Information Control and Democratic Manipulation
3 src Elon Musk · X Corporation · Matt Taibbi · Bari Weiss · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2022-08-08 | FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago
3 src Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Merrick Garland · Bruce Reinhart · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-01 | Task Force KleptoCapture Launched: US Expands Anti-Kleptocracy Operations
3 src Merrick Garland · Andrew Adams · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-12-29 | Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
3 src Ghislaine Maxwell · Alison Nathan · 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 Simone Biles · McKayla Maroney · Aly Raisman · Maggie Nichols · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2021-06-03 | FBI Investigates DeJoy Over Alleged Straw Donor Campaign Finance Scheme
4 src Louis DeJoy · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Carolyn Maloney · John Sarbanes | confirmed | |
| 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 · QAnon movement · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | 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 · Yoel Roth · +2 | 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 · +2 | 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 · +1 | 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 · U.S. Bureau of Prisons · 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 · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-06 | Jeffrey Epstein Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
3 src Jeffrey Epstein · Geoffrey Berman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · NYPD · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-12 | Operation Varsity Blues indicts 50 in largest college admissions fraud scheme
3 src Rick Singer · Lori Loughlin · Felicity Huffman · U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling · +1 | 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 · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · +2 | 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 · Christian Angermayer · +1 | 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 · +2 | 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 Indianapolis Star · Larry Nassar · Michigan State University Police · USA Gymnastics · +4 | 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 | |
| 2015-07-28 | FBI Indianapolis Field Office Receives Nassar Allegations from USA Gymnastics, Fails to Open Investigation for 14 Months
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · W. Jay Abbott · Michael Langeman · USA Gymnastics · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2014-09-17 | Apple Announces iOS 8 Encryption Makes iPhones Unlockable Even by Apple
4 src Apple · Tim Cook · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | 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 | |
| 2014-07-15 | Former Utah Attorneys General Shurtleff and Swallow arrested on 23 corruption counts
3 src Mark Shurtleff · John Swallow · Jeremy Johnson · Marc Sessions Jenson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-08 | Lavabit Encrypted Email Service Shuts Down Rather Than Comply with NSA Demands
4 src Ladar Levison · Lavabit · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Occupy Wall Street · Joint Terrorism Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Anti-war activists · Grand jury | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-27 | Anna Chapman and Russian Spy Ring Arrested in Manhattan
4 src Anna Chapman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Russian Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-27 | DOJ charges 'Illegals Program' (including Anna Chapman); 10 plead guilty and are swapped
4 src Anna Chapman · US Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2009-05-20 | Newburgh Four Arrested in FBI Entrapment Sting - "Buffoonery" Made Into Terrorism
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Shahed Hussain · James Cromitie · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2008-12-11 | Bernie Madoff Arrested for $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme After SEC Ignored Warnings for 16 Years
5 src Bernie Madoff · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Securities and Exchange Commission · Harry Markopolos | confirmed | |
| 2008-06-30 | Alexander Acosta Approves Secret Non-Prosecution Agreement with Jeffrey Epstein
3 src Alexander Acosta · Jeffrey Epstein · Alan Dershowitz · Kenneth Starr · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-01 | FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice Inspector General · Terrorist Screening Center | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-09 | DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
3 src Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
2 src Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-03-01 | FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Craig Monteilh · Muslim community · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-05 | Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC
3 src Scott Bloch · Office of Special Counsel · Whistleblower Groups · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2002-08-01 | Cheney Establishes Legal Framework and Authorization for CIA Torture Program
6 src Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · David Addington · John Yoo · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2002-06-24 | Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci Convicted in Operation Plunder Dome Corruption Trial, Sentenced to Five Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
4 src Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Attorney's Office (Maryland) · U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2001-11-01 | NSA Launches MAINWAY Database for Mass Metadata Collection
3 src National Security Agency · AT&T · Verizon · T-Mobile · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | FBI Begins Development of Carnivore/DCS1000 Internet Surveillance System
4 src Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Marcus Thomas · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-26 | Maria Farmer reports Epstein/Maxwell assault to FBI, ignored for decade
3 src Maria Farmer · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1994-10-25 | Clinton Signs CALEA Requiring Telecom Networks to Be Wiretap-Ready By Design
4 src Bill Clinton · Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Edward Markey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1992-03-01 | FBI Launches Digital Telephony Initiative Demanding Wiretap-Ready Design in New Networks
3 src William Sessions · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Louis Freeh · National Telecommunications and Information Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1991-06-15 | FBI Cellular Surveillance Pilot Programs Establish Mass-Collection Template Before CALEA
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · William Sessions · Harris Corporation · National Security Agency | confirmed | |
| 1988-01-01 | S&L Crisis Prosecutions: 1,000+ Bankers Convicted, Contrasts Sharply with 2008
3 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Thrift Supervision · S&L executives | confirmed | |
| 1976-03-10 | Attorney General Levi Issues First Written Guidelines Limiting FBI Domestic Security Investigations
2 src Edward H. Levi · Gerald Ford · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Clarence Kelley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-26 | Church Committee Exposes Systemic Intelligence Agency Abuses
3 src Frank Church · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-22 | Church Committee: Landmark Democratic Resistance Framework Against Intelligence Abuses
3 src Senator Frank Church · Senator John Tower · US Senate · Central Intelligence Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-27 | Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities
4 src Senator Frank Church · Church Committee · Mike Mansfield · Seymour Hersh · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1973-10-20 | Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Cox, Richardson and Ruckelshaus Resign in Protest
3 src Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox · Elliot Richardson · William Ruckelshaus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-23 | Smoking Gun Tape: Nixon Orders CIA to Block FBI Watergate Investigation
3 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Vernon Walters · L. Patrick Gray · +2 | confirmed |
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