Electoral Manipulation
The Electoral Manipulation capture lane traces 425 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | 23 States Sue Trump Over Mail Voting Executive Order as Democratic AGs File 100th Lawsuit Against Administration Keith Ellison · Letitia James · Dan Rayfield · Democratic Attorneys General Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-31 | Trump Issues Executive Order Directing USPS to Refuse Delivery of Mail Ballots to Non-Approved Voters Donald Trump · U.S. Postal Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Obtained Voter Files Covering 37 Million Voters via Secret Agreements Department of Justice · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate Confirms Peterson to Alaska Federal Bench Despite Election Denial Aaron Christian Peterson · Senate Judiciary Committee · Donald Trump · Dan Sullivan | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Dhillon Refocuses Civil Rights Division on Voter Fraud as 70% of Staff Exit Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-26 | Bondi Requests Minnesota Voter Rolls Including Public Assistance Data for ICE Enforcement Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Minnesota · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | DOJ Voter Data Seizure Lawsuits Expand to 24 States Plus DC, Targeting Sensitive Personal Information Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Brennan Center for Justice · State Democracy Research Initiative | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | Supreme Court Rules 7-2 in Bost v. Illinois That Candidates Have Standing to Challenge Election Rules U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Sonia Sotomayor · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-02 | DOJ Demands Minnesota Voter Registration Records in Attack on Same-Day Registration Harmeet Dhillon · Steve Simon · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists Department of Justice · Colorado Secretary of State · Wisconsin · Texas · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-17 | ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-12-12 | DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Jena Griswold · Bill Galvin · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-12-09 | Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-07 | Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon Donald Trump · Henry Cuellar · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-12-05 | Trump Official Signals Rollback of Census Racial Categories to Erase Marginalized Communities from Federal Data Mark Calabria · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Census Bureau · Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | DOJ Seeks to Detain Jan 6 Pardoned Defendant Taylor Taranto After Surveilling Rep. Jamie Raskin's Neighborhood Taylor Taranto · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-02 | Dell Family Announces $6.25 Billion Donation to Trump Accounts in Largest Private Child Investment Michael Dell · Susan Dell · Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department | reported | |
| 2025-11-19 | DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Michael Dreeben · Judge Michael Nachmanoff · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-10 | Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election Including Giuliani, Meadows, and Fake Electors Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Mark Meadows · Sidney Powell · +13 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction Judge Sara Ellis · Gregory Bovino · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-05 | Supreme Court Hears Landmark Tariff Case, Justices Express Deep Skepticism of Trump's Emergency Powers Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-05 | Zohran Mamdani Elected NYC Mayor: First Muslim, Youngest in Century Zohran Mamdani · Andrew Cuomo · Curtis Sliwa · Eric Adams | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-04 | California Special Election on Redistricting to Counter Texas GOP Gerrymandering Gavin Newsom · California Legislature · Donald Trump · California Redistricting Commission | developing | |
| 2025-10-28 | Trump Purges 12 ICE Field Directors, Replaces with Border Patrol Loyalists to Escalate Deportations Donald Trump · Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | Trump Terminates SNAP Benefits for 42 Million Americans Despite Available Funds Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Installs Election Deniers in DHS Election Security Positions Donald Trump · Heather Honey · Marci McCarthy · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | North Carolina GOP Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting to Eliminate Black Representative North Carolina Republican Party · Sen. Ralph Hise · Rep. Don Davis | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Trump Commutes George Santos Prison Sentence After 3 Months Donald Trump · White House · George Santos | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Supreme Court Reargues Louisiana v. Callais, Threatens Voting Rights Act U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana · American Civil Liberties Union · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Pledges $40 Billion Argentina Bailout Tied to Milei Reelection Donald Trump · Javier Milei · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-13 | U.S. Executes Extraordinary $20 Billion Argentina Bailout for Political Ally Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Javier Milei · Hedge Funds | reported | |
| 2025-10-11 | Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown Fairshake · Coinbase · Sherrod Brown · Crypto industry | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Dominion Voting Systems Sold to Former Republican Election Director Scott Leiendecker · Dominion Voting Systems · Liberty Vote · 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 | |
| 2025-10-06 | Supreme Court Begins 2025-2026 Term with Focus on Executive Power and Voting Rights U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Conservative Majority | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Sues Six States to Seize Voter Data Including Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · California · Michigan · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | National Archives Releases Unredacted Military Records of Trump Opponent to GOP Operative National Archives · Mikie Sherrill · Nicholas De Gregorio · Chris Russell · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database Department of Justice · Donald Trump · State election officials | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat Missouri GOP legislature · Representative Emmanuel Cleaver · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-18 | Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote Texas House Democrats · Nicole Collier · Dustin Burrows · Greg Abbott · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Pledges Executive Order to Ban Mail-In Voting After Putin Meeting Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-05 | Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of California's Deepfake Laws Federal Judge · X/Twitter · California | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-03 | Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature · Illinois Governor JB Pritzker · Gene Wu · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Corporate PACs Donated $174 Million to Lawmakers Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election Koch Industries · American Crystal Sugar · AT&T · Corporate PACs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Louisiana · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-31 | Elon Musk Continues $277 Million Donation Spree Supporting Trump and Republican Candidates Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · MAGA Inc. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-25 | Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present Texas Legislature · Texas Republicans · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-22 | Six Democratic states form redistricting defense pact Democratic Governors Association · State Legislatures · Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-20 | California announces defensive mid-cycle redistricting in response to Texas California Legislature · Gavin Newsom · California Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-15 | Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-02 | Paramount Pays $16M to Settle Trump's 60 Minutes Lawsuit Donald Trump · Kamala Harris · Paramount Global · CBS News · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | Texas Democrats Flee State to Block Trump-Requested Mid-Cycle Gerrymandering Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | U.S. Election Assistance Commission releases 2024 EAVS report U.S. Election Assistance Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-02 | Trump Organization Launches 21 International Projects During Second Presidential Term Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Eric Trump · Jared Kushner | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Paramount settles Trump '60 Minutes' lawsuit for $16 million Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-22 | Trump Hosts Controversial $TRUMP Memecoin Crypto Dinner Donald Trump · Justin Sun · Rep. Sean Casten · Rep. Adam Smith · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | Political committees have spent $675K at Trump properties since Trump's reelection Donald Trump · Republican National Committee · Republican House Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | V-Dem Institute warns U.S. approaching "Electoral Autocracy" threshold V-Dem Institute · University of Gothenburg · United States | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Cochise County supervisor Thomas Crosby continues legal fight over 2022 certification Thomas Crosby (Cochise County Supervisor) · Peggy Judd · Arizona Secretary of State · Arizona appeals court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Paramount board clears possible path for settling Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Campaign Staff Hired by Sanctioned Albanian Opposition Leader for Election Campaign Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sali Berisha · Chris LaCivita · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Donald Trump Jr. Visits Romania Ahead of Contentious Presidential Election Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Administration · J.D. Vance · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | ‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Report: 34,000 Ohio ballots rejected in 2024 election after ID/process changes All Voting Is Local (voting rights organization) · Ohio Secretary of State · Ohio Legislature · Affected voters | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-30 | Musk Distributes $1 Million Payments in Controversial Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Intervention Elon Musk · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · Nicholas Jacobs · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case Donald Trump · Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race Elon Musk · Scott Ainsworth · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Foreign Policy Analysis Warns of American Kleptocracy Under Trump Administration Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Joe Biden · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Musk and Trump ratchet up involvement in Wisconsin Supreme Court race Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Brad Schimel | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Musk's Super PAC Jumps into Florida's Special Elections Elon Musk · Jimmy Patronis · Randy Fine · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Musk PAC Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters for 'Anti-Activist Judge' Petition Elon Musk · Josh Kaul · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Greenland Election Produces New Government Rejecting Trump Acquisition Demands Jens-Frederik Nielsen · Mute Egede · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake Cyabra (investigator) · Far-right Portuguese parties · Fake account networks · Russian disinformation operations | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | Trump DOJ Fires Jack Smith Special Counsel Team in Systematic Purge James McHenry · Jack Smith · Molly Gaston · J.P. Cooney · +3 | 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 | |
| 2025-01-20 | Young Black Lawyers Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) Legal Resistance Summit Abdul Dosunmu · Marc Morial · Clarence Okoh · Jessica Paige · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-14 | Jack Smith releases final report concluding Trump would have been convicted for January 6 crimes Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Merrick Garland | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-05 | Puerto Rico Votes 58.6% for Statehood in Non-Binding Referendum as Congress Ignores Colonial Status Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections · Jenniffer González-Colón · US Congress · Popular Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-25 | Joe Rogan Gives Trump Unchallenged 3-Hour Platform 11 Days Before Election, Interview Reaches 50M+ Views and Cited as 'Deciding Factor' by Voters Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · JD Vance | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-22 | Georgia Supreme Court blocks State Election Board's hand-count rule Georgia Supreme Court · Georgia State Election Board · Chief Justice Nels Peterson · NAACP Georgia | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-21 | Cochise County supervisor pleads guilty over 2022 certification refusal Peggy Judd · Kris Mayes · Tom Crosby · Arizona Attorney General | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-17 | Vance Claims Trump Did Not Lose 2020 Election J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Joe Biden | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-01 | Musk Coordinates Political Operations Through America PAC and X Platform Information Warfare Elon Musk · Donald Trump · America PAC · Twitter | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-30 | Guidance to Georgia officials on mass voter challenges Campaign Legal Center · ACLU of Georgia · Brennan Center for Justice · Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-13 | State Department Exposes RT as Fully Integrated Russian Intelligence Operation with Embedded Cyber Capabilities State Department · Antony Blinken · RT (Russia Today) · U.S. Treasury Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-06 | Dick Cheney Endorses Democrat Kamala Harris, Calls Trump 'Greatest Threat to Republic' Dick Cheney · Kamala Harris · Donald Trump · Liz Cheney | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-04 | Justice Department Seizes 32 Russian Disinformation Domains Mimicking U.S. News Sites, Exposes Kremlin Operation Directed by Putin Aide Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · Sergei Kiriyenko · Vladimir Putin · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-03 | Trump Publicly Endorses Georgia Election Board Members at Atlanta Rally, Sparking Electoral Integrity Concerns Donald Trump · Janice Johnston · Rick Jeffares · Janelle King · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-01 | Larry Ellison Buys $277 Million Florida Resort Near Mar-a-Lago, $450M Total Investment Larry Ellison · Oracle · Donald Trump · Manalapan | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-15 | J.D. Vance Named Trump's VP Pick, Completing Thiel's Political Investment J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-09 | Brennan Center warns Georgia SB 189 spurs mass voter challenges Brennan Center for Justice · Georgia Legislature · True the Vote · Right-wing activists · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-27 | Supreme Court Rejects Sackler Immunity in 5-4 Decision, Blocks Bankruptcy Shield U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-30 | Apprentice Producer Bill Pruitt's NDA Expires, Reveals Trump Used N-Word on Camera Bill Pruitt · Donald Trump · Mark Burnett | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-01 | Trump Pressures Georgia Lawmakers to Capture State Election Board Donald Trump · Ed Lindsey · Janelle King · Georgia Republican Lawmakers · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-02-09 | Meta makes political content non-recommended by default on Instagram and Threads Meta · Instagram · Threads | confirmed |