Capture lane

Electoral Manipulation

The Electoral Manipulation capture lane traces 466 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

466 events From Sep 6, 1787 To Oct 19, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-10-19Talarico names Musk at Denton event: "Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas" 2 src
James Talarico · Elon Musk · Ken Paxton
confirmed
2026-10-15FEC Q3 reports confirm Musk's $158M to SLF, $82.8M cash to America PAC, $20M to CLF and $10M to Lone Star Liberty PAC; $74.8M more to America PAC Oct 6-14 3 src
Elon Musk · America PAC
confirmed
2026-10-12NYT: Musk Has Given $276 Million to Republican Groups Since July, About $366 Million This Cycle 1 src
Elon Musk · America PAC · Ken Paxton
confirmed
2026-10-09Judge Sooknanan Vacates DOJ's Voter List Maintenance Policy in Common Cause v. DOJ: Vacatur Only, With No Order on Data Already Transferred 3 src
Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan · Department of Justice · Department of Justice Civil Rights Division · Homeland Security Investigations · +2
reported
2026-10-09PBS Obtains Revised DOJ Hatch Act Memo That Exempts Senate-Confirmed Appointees, Including Blanche, From "Further Restricted" Rules; Blanche Has Spoken at GOP Events 2 src
Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2026-10-07DOJ Tells the Eighth Circuit It Intends to Resume Using SAVE After the Supreme Court's Stay, in the Minnesota Voter-Roll Appeal 1 src
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division · Supreme Court of the United States
confirmed
2026-10-07LULAC Amended Complaint Alleges ICE Detained a Person Beside an Active Santa Maria Ballot Drop Box; Hennepin County Is a Plaintiff 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · League of United Latin American Citizens · City and County of Denver
confirmed
2026-10-07Section 611 Filings: Alabama Complaint Affidavits and an HSI Philadelphia Arrest-Warrant Affidavit 2 src
Department of Homeland Security · Homeland Security Investigations
confirmed
2026-10-01ICE's Lyons Tells Colorado's Secretary of State There Is 'No Reason' for ICE at Polling Places, and That HSI 'Will Continue' Investigating Voter Fraud 1 src
Todd Lyons · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Homeland Security Investigations · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-09-30Kurt Olsen Steps Off DOJ's Florida "Grand Conspiracy" Case but Stays on DOJ Payroll; Blanche Says He "Has Not Resigned" 2 src
Todd Blanche · Joseph DiGenova · Maria Medetis Long
confirmed
2026-09-29Capitol-Attack Defendants Bring Federal Tort Claims Act Complaints Against the United States in D.D.C. 5 src
Todd Blanche · Peter Ticktin
confirmed
2026-09-28In California Nurses v. Mullin, the Government Says HSI Chose to Surge Voter-Fraud Investigations After USCIS Leads 2 src
Homeland Security Investigations · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Markwayne Mullin
reported
2026-09-23Democracy Docket Reports Judge Kollar-Kotelly Rejected DOJ's Bid to Delay Its Answer in the DNC FOIA Suit Over Plans to Seize Ballots 2 src
Department of Justice · Democratic National Committee · Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Paula Xinis
confirmed
2026-09-23Reuters Review: DOJ Has Charged About 20 People This Month Under the "Voting by Aliens" Statute, Roughly 13% of All Prosecutions Under It; DOJ Spokesperson Counts 32 in Four Weeks 1 src
Todd Blanche · Trent McCotter · Ken Paxton · Department of Homeland Security · +1
confirmed
2026-09-10Joe diGenova Resigns as Head of DOJ's Florida "Grand Conspiracy" Probe After Clashes Over Its Pace; Probe Has Brought No Charges 3 src
Joseph DiGenova · Todd Blanche · Maria Medetis Long
confirmed
2026-08-20Mike Rogers Backs Michigan Data-Center Moratorium Three Days After The Lever Discloses His AI/Data-Center Holdings 6 src
Mike Rogers · Abdul El-Sayed · Blackstone
confirmed
2026-08-13Michigan Democratic Party Files Campaign-Finance Complaint Against AG Nominee Doug Lloyd Over Seven-Month Contribution Gap 3 srcconfirmed
2026-07-06HSI's July 6 Election-Integrity Report: Six States' Voter Data 'Enriched by the iLab' and Awaiting Palantir Entry Into ELITE, Michigan and New Mexico Held for Legal Review Under California v. Trump 1 src
Homeland Security Investigations · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-05-25HSI's May 25 Weekly Report: 418 Voter-Fraud Cases Initiated, 318 Not Referred for Prosecution, 26,235 USCIS-Derived Records and 1,586 Leads Sent to 24 Field Offices 1 src
Homeland Security Investigations · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Heather Honey · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-04-27Supreme Court Summarily Reverses District Court Judgment Against Texas Congressional Map in Abbott v. LULAC, No. 25-845; Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson Dissent 2 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan · +1
confirmed
2026-04-0323 States Sue Trump Over Mail Voting Executive Order as Democratic AGs File 100th Lawsuit Against Administration 3 src
Keith Ellison · Letitia James · Chuck Schumer · Hakeem Jeffries
confirmed
2026-03-31Trump Issues Executive Order Directing USPS to Refuse Delivery of Mail Ballots to Non-Approved Voters 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Postal Service
confirmed
2026-03-12ICE Asks DOJ for State Voter Registration Lists for an HSI 'Voter Fraud Initiative'; DOJ Civil Rights Division Gives a DHS Counterpart Access Six Days Later 2 src
Harmeet K. Dhillon · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Homeland Security Investigations · Department of Homeland Security · +1
confirmed
2026-02-17DOJ Obtained Voter Files Covering 37 Million Voters via Secret Agreements 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-02-14Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats 3 src
Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer
confirmed
2026-02-04Senate Confirms Peterson to Alaska Federal Bench Despite Election Denial 3 src
Senate Judiciary Committee · Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-01-29Dhillon Refocuses Civil Rights Division on Voter Fraud as 70% of Staff Exit 3 src
Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division
confirmed
2026-01-24Bondi Demands Minnesota Voter Rolls, Welfare Records and ICE Cooperation in One Letter to Gov. Walz 4 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Minnesota · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
confirmed
2026-01-16DOJ Voter Data Seizure Lawsuits Expand to 24 States Plus DC, Targeting Sensitive Personal Information 4 src
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Brennan Center for Justice
confirmed
2026-01-14Supreme Court Rules 7-2 in Bost v. Illinois That Candidates Have Standing to Challenge Election Rules 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Sonia Sotomayor
confirmed
2026-01-02DOJ Demands Minnesota Voter Registration Records in Attack on Same-Day Registration 6 src
Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-12-21Vance Delivers 'Christian Nation' Declaration at AmericaFest in Closing Keynote 6 src
J.D. Vance · Erika Kirk · Turning Point USA · TPUSA Faith
reported
2025-12-18DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists 4 src
Department of Justice · Tennessee · Brennan Center for Justice
confirmed
2025-12-17ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership 7 src
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · +2
reported
2025-12-12DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses 5 src
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · American Civil Liberties Union · League of Women Voters · +2
reported
2025-12-09Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination 3 src
Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-12-07Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-12-05Trump Official Signals Rollback of Census Racial Categories to Erase Marginalized Communities from Federal Data 5 src
Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Census Bureau · Donald Trump
reported
2025-12-04DOJ Seeks to Detain Jan 6 Pardoned Defendant Taylor Taranto After Surveilling Rep. Jamie Raskin's Neighborhood 7 src
Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Barack Obama
confirmed
2025-12-04Supreme Court Stays Order Blocking Texas's 2025 Congressional Map Pending Appeal; Justices Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson Dissent 7 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +1
confirmed
2025-12-02Dell Family Announces $6.25 Billion Donation to Trump Accounts in Largest Private Child Investment 4 src
Michael Dell · Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department
reported
2025-11-19DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution 3 src
James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +1
reported
2025-11-10Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election Including Giuliani, Meadows, and Fake Electors 6 src
Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Mark Meadows · Sidney Powell · +5
confirmed
2025-11-06Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction 6 src
Sara Ellis · Gregory Bovino · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4
confirmed
2025-11-05Supreme Court Hears Landmark Tariff Case, Justices Express Deep Skepticism of Trump's Emergency Powers 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed
2025-11-05Zohran Mamdani Elected NYC Mayor: First Muslim, Youngest in Century 3 src
Zohran Mamdani · Andrew Cuomo · Eric Adams
confirmed
2025-11-04California Special Election on Redistricting to Counter Texas GOP Gerrymandering 3 src
Gavin Newsom · California Legislature · Donald Trump
developing
2025-10-28Trump Purges 12 ICE Field Directors, Replaces with Border Patrol Loyalists to Escalate Deportations 3 src
Donald Trump · Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · +3
confirmed
2025-10-27Trump Terminates SNAP Benefits for 42 Million Americans Despite Available Funds 2 src
Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-10-22NYT Reports Heather Honey and Marci McCarthy in DHS Election-Related Roles 2 src
Donald Trump · Heather Honey · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-10-20North Carolina GOP Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting to Eliminate Black Representative 2 src
North Carolina Republican Party
confirmed
2025-10-17Trump Commutes George Santos Prison Sentence After 3 Months 2 src
Donald Trump · White House
confirmed
2025-10-15Supreme Court Reargues Louisiana v. Callais, Threatens Voting Rights Act 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana · American Civil Liberties Union · NAACP Legal Defense Fund
reported
2025-10-15Trump Pledges $40 Billion Argentina Bailout Tied to Milei Reelection 4 src
Donald Trump · Javier Milei · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department
confirmed
2025-10-13U.S. Executes Extraordinary $20 Billion Argentina Bailout for Political Ally 2 src
Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Javier Milei
reported
2025-10-11Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown 3 src
Coinbase · Sherrod Brown
reported
2025-10-10Dominion Voting Systems Sold to Former Republican Election Director 2 src
Trump Administration
reported
2025-10-09FBI Terminates Two Special Agents Who Worked on January 6 Investigation 2 src
Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jack Smith
reported
2025-10-06Supreme Court Begins 2025-2026 Term with Focus on Executive Power and Voting Rights 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts
confirmed
2025-09-25DOJ Sues Six States to Seize Voter Data Including Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses 2 src
Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · California · Minnesota
reported
2025-09-25National Archives Releases Unredacted Military Records of Trump Opponent to GOP Operative 2 src
National Archives · Mikie Sherrill · Hakeem Jeffries
reported
2025-09-21Vance Declares Kirk Memorial a 'Revival,' Recites Nicene Creed to Millions — NAR-Adjacent Theological Landmark 7 src
J.D. Vance · Erika Kirk · Charlie Kirk · Turning Point USA
confirmed
2025-09-21Vance–Erika Kirk Post-Assassination TPUSA Partnership: Four Appearances, Sept 2025–May 2026 8 src
J.D. Vance · Erika Kirk · Turning Point USA
reported
2025-09-09DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-09-08Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat 3 src
Trump Administration
reported
2025-08-18Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote 3 src
Texas House Democrats · Greg Abbott · Ken Paxton · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-08-18Trump Pledges Executive Order to Ban Mail-In Voting After Putin Meeting 3 src
Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · White House
confirmed
2025-08-05Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of California's Deepfake Laws 4 src
X · Twitter · California
confirmed
2025-08-03Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting 9 src
Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature · Ken Paxton
confirmed
2025-08-01Corporate PACs Donated $174 Million to Lawmakers Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election 2 src
Koch Industries · AT&T
confirmed
2025-08-01Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act 5 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Louisiana · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +3
confirmed
2025-08-01Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance 3 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1
confirmed
2025-07-31Elon Musk Continues $277 Million Donation Spree Supporting Trump and Republican Candidates 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · MAGA Inc. · +1
disputed
2025-07-25Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present 5 src
Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats
confirmed
2025-07-22Six Democratic states form redistricting defense pact 3 src
Democratic Governors Association · State Legislatures · Democratic Party
confirmed
2025-07-20California announces defensive mid-cycle redistricting in response to Texas 4 src
California Legislature · Gavin Newsom
confirmed
2025-07-15Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats 4 src
Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature
confirmed
2025-07-02Paramount Pays $16M to Settle Trump's 60 Minutes Lawsuit 3 src
Donald Trump · Kamala Harris · Paramount Global · CBS News · +1
confirmed
2025-07-01Texas Democrats Flee State to Block Trump-Requested Mid-Cycle Gerrymandering 3 src
Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature
confirmed
2025-06-30U.S. Election Assistance Commission releases 2024 EAVS report 4 src
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
confirmed
2025-06-02Trump Organization Launches 21 International Projects During Second Presidential Term 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Eric Trump · Jared Kushner
confirmed
2025-05-28Paramount settles Trump '60 Minutes' lawsuit for $16 million 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-05-22Trump Hosts Controversial $TRUMP Memecoin Crypto Dinner 4 src
Donald Trump · Justin Sun · Sean Casten · Adam Smith · +1
confirmed
2025-05-15Political committees have spent $675K at Trump properties since Trump's reelection 3 src
Donald Trump · Republican National Committee
confirmed
2025-05-10V-Dem Institute warns U.S. approaching "Electoral Autocracy" threshold 3 src
V-Dem Institute · United States
confirmed
2025-05-02Cochise County supervisor Thomas Crosby continues legal fight over 2022 certification 3 srcconfirmed
2025-04-29Paramount board clears possible path for settling Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-29Trump Campaign Staff Hired by Sanctioned Albanian Opposition Leader for Election Campaign 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-28Donald Trump Jr. Visits Romania Ahead of Contentious Presidential Election 3 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Administration · J.D. Vance · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-04-04‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-02Report: 34,000 Ohio ballots rejected in 2024 election after ID/process changes 4 srcconfirmed
2025-03-30Musk Distributes $1 Million Payments in Controversial Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Intervention 4 src
Elon Musk · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · Josh Kaul
confirmed
2025-03-28Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case 3 src
Donald Trump · Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation
confirmed
2025-03-27Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race 4 src
Elon Musk · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · Josh Kaul
confirmed
2025-03-25Foreign Policy Analysis Warns of American Kleptocracy Under Trump Administration 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Joe Biden · Bernie Sanders
confirmed
2025-03-25Musk and Trump ratchet up involvement in Wisconsin Supreme Court race 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Brad Schimel
confirmed
2025-03-25Musk's Super PAC Jumps into Florida's Special Elections 4 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-25Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions 6 src
Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +3
confirmed
2025-03-20Musk PAC Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters for 'Anti-Activist Judge' Petition 3 src
Elon Musk · Josh Kaul · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +2
confirmed
2025-03-18TPUSA Faith Forward Pastors Summit, Free Chapel Gainesville — Cross-Track Integration of NAR, Pentecostal, and Evangelical Streams Under Kirk's Platform 8 src
Charlie Kirk · Lance Wallnau · TPUSA Faith
confirmed