Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation is named in 129 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1935 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa" 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Diplomatic Security Service · State Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Home and Office of Trump Critic John Bolton John Bolton · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · John Ratcliffe · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role Andrew Bailey · Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-10 | About 120 FBI agents assigned to patrol Washington, D.C. streets 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 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 Benjamin Song · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Joy Gibson · Lynette Sharp · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | FBI launches task force investigating violent attacks on Tesla 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 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 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 Kash Patel · Igor Lopatonok · Global Tree Pictures · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | DOJ and FBI gut public corruption enforcement teams Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-23 | DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration 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 Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | Surveillance State Expansion: Constitutional Concerns and Section 702 Reauthorization 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 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 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 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 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 Elon Musk · Twitter/X Corporation · Matt Taibbi · Bari Weiss · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2022-08-08 | FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Merrick Garland · Bruce Reinhart · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-01 | Task Force KleptoCapture Launched: US Expands Anti-Kleptocracy Operations Merrick Garland · Andrew Adams · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-12-29 | Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges 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 Simone Biles · McKayla Maroney · Aly Raisman · Maggie Nichols · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2021-06-03 | FBI Investigates DeJoy Over Alleged Straw Donor Campaign Finance Scheme 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 Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jack Smith | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-15 | YouTube Bans QAnon Content Only After Years of Algorithmic Amplification 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 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 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 Jeffrey Epstein · Larry Nassar · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 | disputed | |
| 2019-08-10 | Jeffrey Epstein Dies by Suicide in Federal Custody Jeffrey Epstein · William Barr · Bureau of Prisons · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-06 | Jeffrey Epstein Arrested on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation · Cellebrite · Apple | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-16 | FBI Orders Apple to Break iPhone Encryption in San Bernardino Case 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 National Rifle Association · Donald Trump · Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-09-01 | Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000 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 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 Apple · Tim Cook · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2014-07-21 | Human Rights Watch Report - FBI Terrorism Prosecutions "Often An Illusion" 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Alexander Acosta · Jeffrey Epstein · Alan Dershowitz · Kenneth Starr · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-01 | FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice Inspector General · Terrorist Screening Center | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-09 | DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse 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 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation · Craig Monteilh · Muslim community · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-05 | Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC 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 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 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 National Security Agency · AT&T · Verizon · T-Mobile · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | FBI Begins Development of Carnivore/DCS1000 Internet Surveillance System 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 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 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 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 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 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 Edward H. Levi · Gerald Ford · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Clarence Kelley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-26 | Church Committee Exposes Systemic Intelligence Agency Abuses 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 Senator Frank Church · Senator John Tower · US Senate · Central Intelligence Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-27 | Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities 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 Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox · Elliot Richardson · William Ruckelshaus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-23 | Smoking Gun Tape: Nixon Orders CIA to Block FBI Watergate Investigation Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Vernon Walters · L. Patrick Gray · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-17 | Five Burglars Arrested Breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Complex James W. McCord Jr. · E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Bernard Barker · +3 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Department of Justice
24× shared
J. Edgar Hoover
20× shared
Kash Patel
15× shared
Donald Trump
13× shared
Pam Bondi
13× shared
National Security Agency
12× shared
Central Intelligence Agency
9× shared
U.S. Department of Justice
9× shared
Jeffrey Epstein
6× shared
Martin Luther King Jr.
5× shared
Richard Nixon
5× shared
Franklin D. Roosevelt
4× shared
Trump Administration
4× shared
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
4× shared
American Civil Liberties Union
3× shared
Apple
3× shared
Christopher Wray
3× shared
Hannah Natanson
3× shared
Harry S. Truman
3× shared
Internal Revenue Service
3× shared
Larry Nassar
3× shared
Louis Freeh
3× shared
McKayla Maroney
3× shared
Michael Langeman
3× shared
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