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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-27 | Supreme Court Rules Partisan Gerrymandering Beyond Federal Court Jurisdiction U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Robert Rucho · Common Cause | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-21 | E. Jean Carroll Publicly Accuses Trump of Sexual Assault in New York Magazine E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-13 | Office of Special Counsel Issues Unprecedented Recommendation to Remove Kellyanne Conway for "Egregious, Notorious, and Ongoing" Hatch Act Violations Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Office of Special Counsel | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-26 | Federal Judge Sentences Russian Agent Maria Butina to 18 Months for Conspiracy to Infiltrate Conservative Movement Maria Butina · Tanya Chutkan · Department of Justice · National Rifle Association | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-18 | Mueller Report finds 140+ contacts between Trump campaign and Russians Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · Russian nationals · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-02-27 | North Carolina Board Voids Election After Republican Operative's Ballot Harvesting Scheme Mark Harris · McCrae Dowless · Dan McCready · North Carolina State Board of Elections | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-01 | Ginni Thomas Joins CNP Action Board - Supreme Court Spouse in Conservative Coordination Hub Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-13 | Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Conspiring as Russian Agent, Admits Years-Long Clandestine Influence Scheme Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · Paul Erickson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-27 | Georgia Purges 1.4 Million Voters Under Exact Match System Brian Kemp · Stacey Abrams · Georgia Secretary of State Office · Common Cause Georgia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-06 | Florida Voters Approve Amendment 4 Restoring Voting Rights to 1.4 Million with Felony Convictions Florida voters · Desmond Meade · Florida Rights Restoration Coalition | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-06 | Michigan Voters Approve Independent Redistricting Commission, Ending Partisan Gerrymandering Voters Not Politicians · Michigan voters | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-16 | China Approves 16 Trademarks for Ivanka Trump During Trade War Ivanka Trump · Chinese Government · China National Intellectual Property Administration · White House · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-01 | Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Refuses to Recuse From Overseeing His Own Governor Election Brian Kemp · Stacey Abrams · Brad Raffensperger | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-01 | Operation Faithful Patriot deploys 5,200 active-duty troops to border 101st Airborne Division · Military police battalions · Combat engineers · Pentagon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2018-08-21 | Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violations, Implicates Trump as "Individual-1" Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Stormy Daniels · Karen McDougal | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-17 | Trump Claims He Misspoke "Would" Instead of "Wouldn't" in Implausible Helsinki Walkback Attempt Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-16 | Trump Sides with Putin Over U.S. Intelligence at Helsinki Summit, Attacks Own Agencies Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Dan Coats · John Brennan · +1 | 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 | |
| 2018-07-13 | Mueller Indicts 12 GRU Officers for Hacking DNC and Democratic Campaign Infrastructure Robert Mueller · Russian Intelligence (GRU) · Russian Military Intelligence · Democratic National Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-11 | Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Aggressive "Use It Or Lose It" Voter Purge System U.S. Supreme Court · Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor · Jon Husted | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-17 | Cambridge Analytica Scandal Exposed by Whistleblower Christopher Wylie Christopher Wylie · Cambridge Analytica · Facebook · Aleksandr Kogan · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-16 | Facebook Suspends Cambridge Analytica and SCL After Whistleblower Revelations Facebook · Cambridge Analytica · SCL Group · Christopher Wylie · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-06 | Office of Special Counsel Recommends Disciplining Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Roy Moore · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-16 | Mueller Indicts 13 Russians and Internet Research Agency for Election Interference Robert Mueller · Internet Research Agency · Yevgeny Prigozhin · Russian Government | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-22 | Pennsylvania Supreme Court Strikes Down Congressional Map as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander Pennsylvania Supreme Court · League of Women Voters · Pennsylvania General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2017-08-01 | Courts Strike Down North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering, Legislature Redraws With Explicit Partisan Intent North Carolina General Assembly · David Lewis · Robert Rucho · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2017-07-01 | Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Purges 560,000 Voters in Single Day Using "Exact Match" System Brian Kemp · Brad Raffensperger | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-03 | Reality Winner Arrested for Leaking Russian Election Interference Report Reality Winner · National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-17 | Rosenstein Appoints Robert Mueller as Special Counsel for Russia Investigation - Direct Response to Trump's Obstruction Robert Mueller · Rod Rosenstein · Donald Trump · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-11 | Trump Admits to Lester Holt He Fired Comey Because of This Russia Thing - Obstruction Confession on National TV Donald Trump · Lester Holt · James Comey · Rod Rosenstein | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-11 | Trump Creates Presidential Commission on Election Integrity to Investigate Nonexistent Fraud Donald Trump · Kris Kobach · Mike Pence · Matthew Dunlap | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminatory Against Minorities Texas Legislature · Federal Courts | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Trump Receives Chinese Trademarks During Xi Jinping Dinner Ivanka Trump · China · Xi Jinping · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-02 | Jeff Sessions Forced to Recuse from Russia Investigation After Perjury About Kislyak Meetings Revealed Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Sergey Kislyak · Dana Boente · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-08 | Kellyanne Conway Commits 50+ Hatch Act Violations, No Consequences Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel · White House · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-31 | Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Donald Trump · Judicial Crisis Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-21 | Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $400K for Presidential Access Donald Trump · Mar-a-Lago · Chris Ruddy · Yujing Zhang · +1 | 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 | |
| 2016-12-01 | Saudi Lobbyists Book 500 Rooms at Trump Hotel After Election Saudi Arabia government · Trump International Hotel Washington · Qorvis/MSLGroup (Saudi lobbyists) · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2016-11-18 | Trump Settles Trump University Fraud Cases for $25 Million, 10 Days After Election Victory Donald Trump · Gonzalo Curiel · Eric Schneiderman | confirmed | |
| 2016-11-04 | National Enquirer Shreds Trump Documents from Safe After WSJ Inquiry Dylan Howard · David Pecker · National Enquirer/AMI · Wall Street Journal · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-27 | Cohen Uses Essential Consultants to Pay Stormy Daniels $130,000 Hush Money Michael Cohen · Stormy Daniels · Essential Consultants LLC · Keith Davidson (attorney) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-10-07 | Republicans Withdraw Support for Trump After Access Hollywood Tape Paul Ryan · Reince Priebus · Jason Chaffetz · John McCain · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-01 | Facebook Embeds Staff in Trump Campaign Headquarters to Optimize Targeting for Voter Manipulation Facebook · Brad Parscale · Trump Campaign · Mark Zuckerberg · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-21 | Stone tweets "Podesta's time in the barrel" 47 days before WikiLeaks Roger Stone · John Podesta · WikiLeaks | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-17 | Bannon Named Trump Campaign CEO: The Gamergate-to-MAGA Pipeline Is Formalized Steve Bannon · Donald Trump · Kellyanne Conway · Robert Mercer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-02 | Manafort shares internal polling data with Russian intelligence Paul Manafort · Konstantin Kilimnik · Russian Intelligence Services | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-01 | AMI Pays Karen McDougal $150,000 to Kill Story of Trump Affair Karen McDougal · American Media Inc. · David Pecker · Dylan Howard · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-01 | Stone exchanges private messages with Russian GRU intelligence front Guccifer 2.0 Roger Stone · Russian GRU intelligence · Guccifer 2.0 persona | confirmed | |
| 2016-07-29 | Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law With "Surgical Precision" Ruling Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · Diana Gribbon Motz · North Carolina General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2016-07-29 | North Carolina Voter ID Law Struck Down for Targeting African Americans North Carolina General Assembly · Governor Pat McCrory · Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · NAACP Legal Defense Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-07-27 | Trump Publicly Calls on Russia to Hack Clinton Emails, GRU Begins Targeting Clinton Servers Same Day Donald Trump · Russian GRU · Hillary Clinton · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2016-07-22 | WikiLeaks Releases 20,000 Stolen DNC Emails Three Days Before Democratic Convention WikiLeaks · Julian Assange · Russian GRU · Democratic National Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-15 | Guccifer 2.0 (Russian GRU) Begins Leaking Stolen DNC Emails Hours After Hack Exposure Russian GRU · Guccifer 2.0 · Democratic National Committee · WikiLeaks · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-01 | Paul Manafort Shares Trump Campaign Data with Russian Intelligence Paul Manafort · Konstantin Kilimnik · Russian Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-20 | Russian Official Alexander Torshin Meets Donald Trump Jr. at NRA Convention After Requesting Trump Meeting Alexander Torshin · Maria Butina · Donald Trump Jr. · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-18 | Trump Promises All Supreme Court Picks Will Come From Federalist Society Donald Trump · Leonard Leo · Don McGahn · Neil Gorsuch · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-01 | Roger Stone Meets Russian National Offering Clinton Dirt for $2 Million Roger Stone · Michael Caputo · henry-greenberg · Russian Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-11 | Phyllis Schlafly Endorses Trump in Final Political Act, Passing Torch to Populist Movement Phyllis Schlafly · Donald Trump · Ted Cruz · Eagle Forum · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-28 | Trump Uses Charity Foundation for Iowa Campaign Event, Violating Tax Law Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Corey Lewandowski | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-26 | Jerry Falwell Jr. Endorses Trump Before Iowa: Liberty University President Makes the Transactional Bargain Explicit Jerry Falwell Jr. · Donald Trump · Liberty University · Ted Cruz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | Cambridge Analytica Deploys Harvested Facebook Data for Trump Campaign Electoral Manipulation Cambridge Analytica · Trump Campaign · Alexander Nix · Steve Bannon · +2 | 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 | |
| 2015-12-10 | NRA Leaders Travel to Moscow on Trip Arranged by Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin, Meet High-Level Russian Officials Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · David Clarke · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-12-01 | Guardian Exposes Cambridge Analytica's Unauthorized Facebook Data Use for Ted Cruz Campaign Harry Davies · The Guardian · Cambridge Analytica · Ted Cruz · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-11-29 | NSA Officially Ends Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Under USA Freedom Act National Security Agency · U.S. Congress · Barack Obama · Edward Snowden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-27 | Bannon Launches Breitbart Tech with Milo Yiannopoulos to Capture Gamergate Army: "Rootless White Males" Steve Bannon · Milo Yiannopoulos · Breitbart News · Robert Mercer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-08-01 | David Pecker Agrees to Catch and Kill Negative Trump Stories at Trump Tower Meeting David Pecker · Donald Trump · Michael Cohen · Hope Hicks · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-07-11 | Russian Agent Maria Butina Questions Trump About Sanctions at FreedomFest, Trump Promises to "Get Along" with Putin Maria Butina · Donald Trump · Alexander Torshin · Vladimir Putin | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-16 | Trump Descends Escalator with "Rapists" Speech: Breitbart Pivots to Full Campaign Organ Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Breitbart News | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-01 | Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics Internet Research Agency · Facebook · Yevgeny Prigozhin | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-01 | SCL Elections Contracts with Kogan to Launch Cambridge Analytica Data Operation SCL Group · SCL Elections · Aleksandr Kogan · Global Science Research · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Shaun McCutcheon · Republican National Committee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2014-01-01 | CNP Membership Includes DeVos and Mercer Families - Billionaire Donor Integration Council for National Policy · DeVos family · Mercer family · Richard DeVos · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2014-01-01 | Tony Perkins Serves as CNP Vice President - Family Research Council Integration Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Council for National Policy | confirmed | |
| 2013-07-01 | North Carolina Passes "Monster" Voter Suppression Law Hours After Shelby County Decision North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-25 | ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott · North Carolina Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-25 | Shelby County Decision Guts Voting Rights Act Preclearance Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · John Roberts · Shelby County Alabama | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-01 | Aleksandr Kogan creates 'This Is Your Digital Life' Facebook app; data later used by Cambridge Analytica Aleksandr Kogan · Facebook · Cambridge Analytica · Global Science Research | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-01 | Justice O'Connor Expresses Regret Over Bush v. Gore Damage to Court Reputation Sandra Day O'Connor · U.S. Supreme Court · Bush v. Gore majority | confirmed | |
| 2013-03-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas 2011 Redistricting Intentionally Discriminated Against Latino Voters Texas Legislature · Republican Party · MALDEF | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-01 | Kansas Implements Kris Kobach's Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law and Expands Interstate Crosscheck Kris Kobach · Kansas Secretary of State | confirmed | |
| 2012-11-06 | North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats Democratic Party · Republican Party · North Carolina General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2012-01-01 | Koch Network Spends $407 Million in Coordinated 2012 Election Campaign Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity · Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-11-29 | Michigan Emergency Manager Seizes Control of Flint, Stripping Democratic Governance Rick Snyder · Michael Brown · Flint City Government | confirmed | |
| 2011-08-06 | Rick Perry's "The Response" Prayer Rally: 30,000 at Reliant Stadium as NAR Leaders Launch a Presidential Campaign Rick Perry · C. Peter Wagner · Cindy Jacobs · John Hagee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-13 | ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · The Nation · Corporate members · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-01 | Wisconsin Republicans Pass Act 43 Gerrymandering Plan in Secret Process Wisconsin Legislature · Republican Party · Michael Best & Friedrich | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-23 | Trump Launches Political Career with Racist Birther Conspiracy Donald Trump · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican state legislators · Heritage Foundation · State Policy Network | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Begin Systematic NRA Infiltration Operation Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · David Keene · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | North Carolina Republicans Begin Aggressive Racial Gerrymandering North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party · Robert Rucho · David Lewis | confirmed | |
| 2010-11-02 | Republicans Gain Record 680 State Legislative Seats, Securing REDMAP Objectives Republican State Leadership Committee · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-26 | SpeechNow.org v. FEC Appeals Court Decision Creates Super PACs with Unlimited Contribution Authority David Keating · Federal Election Commission · U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending U.S. Supreme Court · Citizens United · Federal Election Commission · Justice Anthony Kennedy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Republican State Leadership Committee Launches REDMAP Gerrymandering Project Republican State Leadership Committee · Ed Gillespie · Karl Rove | confirmed | |
| 2009-09-01 | James O'Keefe's Deceptively Edited ACORN Videos Trigger Destruction of Voter Registration Organization James O'Keefe · Hannah Giles · ACORN | confirmed | |
| 2009-07-17 | ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2008-09-01 | Sarah Palin's NAR Pastors Exposed: New Apostolic Reformation Theology Enters National Electoral Politics Sarah Palin · Thomas Muthee · Mary Glazier · C. Peter Wagner | confirmed | |
| 2008-04-28 | Crawford v. Marion County: Supreme Court Upholds Strict Voter ID Laws Despite No Evidence of In-Person Fraud U.S. Supreme Court · John Paul Stevens · Indiana Legislature · American Civil Liberties Union · +1 | confirmed |