Executive Power Expansion
The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 803 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-03 | Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election
6 src Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-02 | Trump Calls Georgia Secretary of State to Find 11,780 Votes
3 src Donald Trump · Brad Raffensperger · Mark Meadows · Cleta Mitchell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | Trump Pardons Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Kushner in Corruption Spree
3 src Donald Trump · Paul Manafort · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-14 | Trump Campaign Organizes Fake Electors in Seven States
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · Republican National Committee · Kenneth Chesebro · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-14 | Trump privately admits defeat saying "Can you believe I lost to this f'ing guy?"
4 src Donald Trump · Joe Biden · Mike Pence | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-01 | DOJ Reveals Investigation into $2 Million Bribery-for-Pardon Scheme
4 src Donald Trump · Elliott Broidy · Lev Parnas · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2020-10-21 | Trump Issues Original Schedule F Executive Order: Civil Service Protection Elimination
3 src Donald Trump · Office of Personnel Management · Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 · +1 | 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 | |
| 2020-10-02 | Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments
3 src Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Sean Conley · Mike Pence · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-09-26 | Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event
3 src Donald Trump · Amy Coney Barrett · Melania Trump · Mike Lee · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-27 | Trump Delivers RNC Acceptance Speech from White House South Lawn in Unprecedented Mass Hatch Act Violation Event
4 src Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Mark Meadows · Mike Pompeo · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-25 | Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Violates Hatch Act by Staging White House Naturalization Ceremony as RNC Campaign Content
4 src Chad Wolf · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Bennie Thompson | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-24 | Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Violates Hatch Act by Campaigning for Trump at Official USDA Event
3 src Sonny Perdue · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-10 | Trump Commutes Roger Stone Sentence Days Before Prison
3 src Donald Trump · Roger Stone · William Barr · Randy Credico · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-06-09 | Federal Government Awards Billions in No-Bid COVID PPE Contracts, Often to Politically Connected Companies
3 src Trump Administration · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · U.S. Department of Justice · Congressional Oversight | confirmed | |
| 2020-05-15 | Trump Fires 5 Inspectors General in 6 Weeks to Block Investigations
3 src Donald Trump · Steve Linick · Michael Atkinson · Glenn Fine · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-23 | Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant and UV Light Inside Body as COVID Treatments
3 src Donald Trump · William Bryan | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-03 | Trump Inspector General Friday Night Massacre Systematically Accelerates WHIG Oversight Destruction Precedent for Constitutional Crisis Operations
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Atkinson · Glenn Fine · Mitch Behm · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-01 | Trump Awards $812M No-Bid COVID Contract to Newly Formed Phlow Corporation
3 src Phlow Corporation · Peter Navarro · Kodak · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-13 | Trump Declares National Emergency for COVID-19 After Weeks of Denialism and Delay
3 src Donald Trump · Alex Azar · Mike Pence | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-11 | Bill Barr Intervenes to Reduce Sentences for Trump Allies Stone and Flynn
3 src Bill Barr · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-07 | Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Vindman and Sondland in Coordinated Retaliation Purge
4 src Donald Trump · Alexander Vindman · Yevgeny Vindman · Gordon Sondland · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-07 | Trump Fires Lt. Col. Vindman from NSC in Retaliation for Impeachment Testimony
5 src Donald Trump · Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman · Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman · National Security Council · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-05 | Senate Acquits Trump Despite Proven Abuse of Power; Romney Only Republican to Convict
4 src Mitch McConnell · Mitt Romney · Donald Trump · Senate Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-31 | Bolton Book Manuscript Reveals Trump Directly Tied Ukraine Aid to Biden Investigation
3 src John Bolton · Donald Trump · Mitch McConnell · Senate Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-31 | Senate Votes 51-49 to Block Witnesses in Impeachment Trial, Ensuring Trump Acquittal
3 src Mitch McConnell · Mitt Romney · Susan Collins · Senate Republicans · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-16 | Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Articles to Senate After 28-Day Strategic Delay
3 src Nancy Pelosi · Mitch McConnell · Adam Schiff · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-23 | Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Fired Over 737 MAX Disasters, Keeps $62 Million Despite 346 Deaths
4 src Dennis Muilenburg · Boeing Board of Directors · David Calhoun · 346 crash victims · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-18 | House Votes to Impeach Trump on Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress
4 src Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-21 | Fiona Hill Testifies - Giuliani Ran Shadow Ukraine Policy for "Domestic Political Errand"
3 src Fiona Hill · Rudy Giuliani · John Bolton · Gordon Sondland · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-20 | Sondland Testifies - "Was There a Quid Pro Quo? The Answer Is Yes. Everyone Was in the Loop."
3 src Gordon Sondland · Mike Pompeo · Mike Pence · Mick Mulvaney · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-16 | OMB Official Mark Sandy Testifies on Ukraine Aid Freeze, Reveals Two Colleagues Resigned Over Concerns
4 src Mark Sandy · Michael Duffey · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-15 | Roger Stone Convicted on All Counts - Obstruction, Witness Tampering, and Lying to Congress
3 src Roger Stone · Donald Trump · Jerome Corsi · Randy Credico · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-12 | SPLC Exposes Stephen Miller White Nationalist Emails: 900 Messages Promoting Racist Literature and Hate Sites
3 src Stephen Miller | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Speaker Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry After Ukraine Revelations
3 src Nancy Pelosi · Donald Trump · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Trump Freezes Ukraine Military Aid Demanding Biden Investigation
5 src Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani · William Barr · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-06 | Commerce Secretary Ross Threatens to Fire NOAA Scientists Who Contradicted Trump's False Hurricane Claim
3 src Wilbur Ross · Donald Trump · Neil Jacobs · Craig McLean | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-03 | Pence's Ireland Trip Costs $3.6 Million with Detour to Trump Property
3 src Mike Pence · Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg · U.S. Secret Service · State Department | confirmed | |
| 2019-08-26 | Trump Proposes Hosting G-7 Summit at His Doral Golf Resort
3 src Donald Trump · Trump National Doral · G-7 leaders · Mick Mulvaney | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-25 | Russell Vought Freezes Ukraine Aid on Trump Order, Triggering First Impeachment
3 src Russ Vought · Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-25 | Trump Pressures Zelensky in Phone Call - "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though"
3 src Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-24 | Mueller Testifies to Congress, Confirms Report Findings and Lack of Exoneration
3 src Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · House Judiciary Committee · House Intelligence Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-13 | Office of Special Counsel Issues Unprecedented Recommendation to Remove Kellyanne Conway for "Egregious, Notorious, and Ongoing" Hatch Act Violations
4 src Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Office of Special Counsel | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-21 | McGahn Defies Scheduled Congressional Testimony Despite House Subpoena
3 src Donald McGahn · House Judiciary Committee · Jerry Nadler · William Burck · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-07 | Don McGahn Defies Congressional Subpoena for Mueller-Related Documents
3 src Donald McGahn · White House · House Judiciary Committee · William Burck · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-01 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Wins $2B Border Wall Contracts After Fox News Lobbying
3 src Fisher Sand & Gravel · Tommy Fisher · Donald Trump · Kevin Cramer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-24 | Trump Declares Total War on Congressional Oversight: "We're Fighting All the Subpoenas"
3 src Donald Trump · White House · House Democrats · Congressional Investigators · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-22 | Trump Files Lawsuit to Block House Subpoena of Financial Records from Mazars USA
3 src Donald Trump · Mazars USA · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Elijah Cummings · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-18 | Mueller Report Released - 448 Pages Documenting Russian Interference and Obstruction Episodes
3 src Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · William Barr · Russian Government | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-18 | Trump Administration Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight, Systematically Accelerating WHIG Constitutional Crisis Precedent
8 src Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · White House Counsel Office · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-16 | Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Refuses Congressional Demand for Trump Tax Returns
3 src Steven Mnuchin · U.S. Treasury Department · Richard Neal · House Ways and Means Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-09 | Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight
3 src Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · John Bolton · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-01 | McKinsey Managing Director Says Firm Would 'Walk' from Murderer Client, Then Increases Saudi Revenue
3 src Kevin Sneader · McKinsey & Company · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-02-14 | William Barr Confirmation as Attorney General Enables Systematic DOJ Politicization Using WHIG Template for Crisis-Accelerated Institutional Capture
5 src William Barr · Donald Trump · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2019-02-05 | Trump Overrides 25+ Security Clearance Denials for Family and Allies
3 src Donald Trump · Jared Kushner · Ivanka Trump · John Kelly · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-15 | Pam Bondi Joins Ballard Partners as Lobbyist, Monetizing Government Connections
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Susie Wiles | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-18 | Judge Sullivan's Harsh Questioning of Flynn at Sentencing - "Arguably You Sold Your Country Out"
4 src Michael Flynn · Judge Emmet Sullivan · Robert Mueller · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2018-12-15 | New York Times Investigation Exposes McKinsey's Work Raising Stature of Authoritarian Governments
6 src McKinsey & Company · Walt Bogdanich · Michael Forsythe · The New York Times · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-21 | McKinsey Claims It's 'Horrified' After Saudi Dissident Report Made Public
3 src McKinsey & Company · The New York Times · Saudi Arabia · Omar Abdulaziz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-16 | China Approves 16 Trademarks for Ivanka Trump During Trade War
3 src Ivanka Trump · Chinese Government · China National Intellectual Property Administration · White House · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-11 | Trump Vows to Continue Raytheon, Lockheed Arms Sales Despite Khashoggi Murder and Yemen Atrocities
4 src Donald Trump · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-06 | Senate Confirms Kavanaugh 50-48 Despite Sexual Assault Allegations and Severely Limited FBI Investigation
4 src Brett Kavanaugh · Susan Collins · Joe Manchin · Lisa Murkowski · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-01 | Operation Faithful Patriot deploys 5,200 active-duty troops to border
4 src 101st Airborne Division · Military police battalions · Combat engineers · Pentagon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2018-09-27 | Christine Blasey Ford Delivers Credible, Emotional Testimony Alleging Kavanaugh Sexual Assault, He Responds with Partisan Rant
4 src Christine Blasey Ford · Brett Kavanaugh · Lindsey Graham · Chuck Grassley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-09-06 | McKinsey Holds Lavish Corporate Retreat in Kashgar Four Miles from Uyghur Concentration Camps
3 src McKinsey & Company · China · Xinjiang · Uyghurs | confirmed | |
| 2018-08-02 | SEC Drops ExxonMobil Climate Investigation Under Trump Administration
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · ExxonMobil · Donald Trump · Rex Tillerson | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-20 | Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak Charged in 1MDB Scandal
4 src Najib Razak · Jho Low · Rosmah Mansor · Tim Leissner · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-19 | Senate Votes 98-0 to Reject Putin's Request to Interrogate U.S. Officials in Bipartisan Rebuke of Trump
4 src Vladimir Putin · Donald Trump · Chuck Schumer · Michael McFaul · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-06 | McKinsey Agrees to Repay $74 Million to South Africa's Eskom After State Capture Scandal
3 src McKinsey & Company · Eskom · South Africa · Gupta Family · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-05 | EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid 14 Federal Investigations
3 src Scott Pruitt · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Andrew Wheeler | confirmed | |
| 2018-06-14 | New York AG Sues Trump Foundation for "Persistent Illegal Conduct" and Coordinating with Campaign
3 src Barbara Underwood · Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-15 | Kansas City Fed Approves Reserve Trust Master Account After Alleged Intervention
3 src Sarah Bloom Raskin · Reserve Trust Company · Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City · Esther George · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-13 | Trump Reverses ZTE Sanctions After $500M China Loan to Trump Project
3 src Donald Trump · ZTE Corporation · China · Trump Organization · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-01 | Operation Guardian Support deploys 4,000 National Guard to border
4 src National Guard · U.S. Border Patrol · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-01 | T-Mobile Executives Spend 95K at Trump Hotel During Merger Review
3 src T-Mobile · John Legere · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-28 | VA Secretary David Shulkin Fired After Inspector General Finds Ethics Violations on Taxpayer-Funded European Trip
3 src David Shulkin · Vivieca Wright Simpson · Merle Bari · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-13 | Trump Nominates Gina Haspel as CIA Director Despite Role in Torture Program and Evidence Destruction
4 src Gina Haspel · Donald Trump · Mike Pompeo · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-06 | Office of Special Counsel Recommends Disciplining Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
3 src Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Roy Moore · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-25 | New York Times Reveals Trump Ordered McGahn to Fire Mueller; Trump Subsequently Demands McGahn Deny Story and Create False Record
3 src Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-07 | Dan Elwell Becomes Acting FAA Administrator After Boeing Executive Career
6 src Dan Elwell · Federal Aviation Administration · Michael Huerta · Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Apple Receives Special Tariff Exemptions After CEO Cultivates Trump Relationship
4 src Donald Trump · Tim Cook · Apple Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-01 | Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI About Russian Contacts
3 src Michael Flynn · Robert Mueller · Sergey Kislyak · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-11-05 | Paradise Papers Expose Global Elite's Systematic Offshore Financial Manipulation
3 src Appleby · Estera · Queen Elizabeth II · Wilbur Ross · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2017-11-01 | Accenture delivers 58 hires for $297M ICE contract
4 src Accenture Federal Services · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS Office of Inspector General · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-11-01 | Kushner Shares Classified Intel Leading to Saudi Mass Arrests
3 src Jared Kushner · Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-26 | Trump Declares Opioid Public Health Emergency Without Requesting Any New Funding
3 src Donald Trump · Eric Hargan · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-15 | Kansas City Fed Denies Reserve Trust Master Account Amid Potential Regulatory Capture
3 src Sarah Bloom Raskin · Reserve Trust Company · Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City · Esther George · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-09 | Office of Special Counsel Finds White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino Violated Hatch Act with Political Tweet Attacking Congressman
4 src Dan Scavino · Donald Trump · Justin Amash · Office of Special Counsel | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Trump Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement Isolating America
3 src Donald Trump · Paris Agreement · Fossil Fuel Industry · United States · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-11 | Trump Admits to Lester Holt He Fired Comey Because of This Russia Thing - Obstruction Confession on National TV
3 src Donald Trump · Lester Holt · James Comey · Rod Rosenstein | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-17 | Boris Epshteyn Leaves Trump White House, Immediately Joins Sinclair Broadcasting as Chief Political Analyst - Direct Trump Propaganda Pipeline
5 src Boris Epshteyn · Sinclair Broadcast Group · Donald Trump · White House Office of Communications · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Trump Receives Chinese Trademarks During Xi Jinping Dinner
3 src Ivanka Trump · China · Xi Jinping · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-05 | Steve Bannon Removed from National Security Council After Unprecedented Political Appointment Sparked Bipartisan Outrage
3 src Steve Bannon · Donald Trump · H.R. McMaster · Michael Flynn · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-28 | Trump Signs Executive Order Dismantling Obama-Era Climate Regulations
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Pruitt · Lee Zeldin · Murray Energy Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-22 | Trump Asks Intelligence Chiefs Coats and Rogers to Publicly Deny Russia Collusion Evidence - Obstruction of Investigation
3 src Donald Trump · Dan Coats · Mike Rogers · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-20 | FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms Russia Investigation into Trump Campaign in Historic House Testimony
3 src James Comey · Donald Trump · Mike Rogers · Devin Nunes · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-06 | Trump Signs Travel Ban 2.0 (Executive Order 13780) - Revised Muslim Ban After Courts Block Original
2 src Donald Trump · Derrick Watson · Doug Chin · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-04 | Trump Falsely Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower Based on "A Little Bit of a Hunch"
2 src Donald Trump · Barack Obama · James Clapper · James Comey | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-02 | Ryan Zinke Opens Public Lands to Extraction While Profiting
3 src Ryan Zinke · David Bernhardt · Department of Interior · Halliburton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump
3 src CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed |