Executive Power Expansion
The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 775 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-16 | Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Articles to Senate After 28-Day Strategic Delay 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 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 Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-21 | Fiona Hill Testifies - Giuliani Ran Shadow Ukraine Policy for "Domestic Political Errand" 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." 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 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 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 Stephen Miller | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Speaker Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry After Ukraine Revelations Nancy Pelosi · Donald Trump · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Trump Freezes Ukraine Military Aid Demanding Biden Investigation 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 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 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 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 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" Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-24 | Mueller Testifies to Congress, Confirms Report Findings and Lack of Exoneration 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 Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Office of Special Counsel | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-21 | McGahn Defies Scheduled Congressional Testimony Despite House Subpoena Donald McGahn · House Judiciary Committee · Jerry Nadler · William Burck · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-07 | Don McGahn Defies Congressional Subpoena for Mueller-Related Documents 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 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" 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Donald Trump · Jared Kushner · Ivanka Trump · John Kelly · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-15 | Pam Bondi Joins Ballard Partners as Lobbyist, Monetizing Government Connections 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" 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 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 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 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 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 Brett Kavanaugh · Susan Collins · Joe Manchin · Lisa Murkowski · +2 | 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 | |
| 2018-09-27 | Christine Blasey Ford Delivers Credible, Emotional Testimony Alleging Kavanaugh Sexual Assault, He Responds with Partisan Rant 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 McKinsey & Company · China · Xinjiang · Uyghurs | confirmed | |
| 2018-08-02 | SEC Drops ExxonMobil Climate Investigation Under Trump Administration Securities and Exchange Commission · ExxonMobil · Donald Trump · Rex Tillerson | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-20 | Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak Charged in 1MDB Scandal 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 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 McKinsey & Company · Eskom · South Africa · Gupta Family · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-05 | EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid 14 Federal Investigations 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 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 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 Donald Trump · ZTE Corporation · China · Trump Organization · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-01 | Operation Guardian Support deploys 4,000 National Guard to border National Guard · U.S. Border Patrol · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-01 | T-Mobile Executives Spend 95K at Trump Hotel During Merger Review 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 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 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 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 Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-07 | Dan Elwell Becomes Acting FAA Administrator After Boeing Executive Career 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 Donald Trump · Tim Cook · Apple Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-01 | Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI About Russian Contacts Michael Flynn · Robert Mueller · Sergey Kislyak · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-11-05 | Paradise Papers Expose Global Elite's Systematic Offshore Financial Manipulation Appleby · Estera · Queen Elizabeth II · Wilbur Ross · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2017-11-01 | Accenture delivers 58 hires for $297M ICE contract 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 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 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 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 Dan Scavino · Donald Trump · Justin Amash · Office of Special Counsel | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Trump Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement Isolating America 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 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 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 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 Steve Bannon · Donald Trump · H.R. McMaster · Michael Flynn · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-28 | Trump Signs Executive Order Dismantling Obama-Era Climate Regulations 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 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 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 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" Donald Trump · Barack Obama · James Clapper · James Comey | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-02 | Ryan Zinke Opens Public Lands to Extraction While Profiting 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 CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-14 | Trump Asks Comey to "Let Flynn Go" in Private Oval Office Meeting Donald Trump · James Comey · Michael Flynn · Jared Kushner · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-13 | Michael Flynn Resigns After 24 Days as National Security Advisor - Shortest Tenure Ever - Following Russia Lies to Pence and FBI Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Sally Yates · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-11 | Trump Handles North Korea Missile Crisis at Mar-a-Lago in Front of Paying Club Members - Unprecedented Security Breach Donald Trump · Shinzo Abe · Sean Spicer | 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 | |
| 2017-02-08 | Trump Attacks Nordstrom Using Presidential Office to Promote Daughter Ivanka's Business After Brand Dropped Donald Trump · Ivanka Trump · Nordstrom · Sean Spicer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-30 | Deutsche Bank fined $630 million for $10 billion Russian money laundering scheme Deutsche Bank · Donald Trump · Jared Kushner · New York Department of Financial Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-30 | Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs Donald Trump · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · Public Citizen · Natural Resources Defense Council (plaintiff) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-30 | Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusing to Defend Muslim Ban Donald Trump · Sally Yates · Dana Boente · Jeff Sessions · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-29 | Trump Approves Botched Yemen Raid Killing Navy SEAL Owens and 23+ Civilians Including 8-Year-Old American Girl Donald Trump · William Owens · Nawar al-Awlaki · Carryn Owens | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Stephen Miller's Muslim Ban Creates Chaos at Airports Nationwide, Detains Legal Residents Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Trump Demands Loyalty from FBI Director Comey at Private White House Dinner Donald Trump · James Comey · Michael Flynn · Sally Yates · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Trump Signs Muslim Ban (Executive Order 13769) Causing Airport Chaos and Mass Visa Revocations Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jim Mattis · State Department | 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 | |
| 2017-01-20 | Goldman Sachs Alumni Take Control of Trump Economic Policy Gary Cohn · Steven Mnuchin · Goldman Sachs · Dina Powell · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Heritage Foundation Staffs Trump Admin, Implements 64% of Agenda Heritage Foundation · Donald Trump · Mick Mulvaney · Scott Pruitt · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Trump Organization Receives 3.6M from Foreign Governments Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Saudi Arabia · China · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | ICE hiring collapses despite 10,000 agent expansion order Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration | 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 | |
| 2016-03-01 | Trump Model Management Lawsuit Dismissed on Technicality Despite Evidence Alexia Palmer · Trump Model Management · Donald Trump · Federal Courts · +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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2015-12-01 | McKinsey Develops Saudi Vision 2030 Economic Blueprint for Crown Prince MBS McKinsey & Company · McKinsey Global Institute · Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-01 | ABC News kills Amy Robach interview with Virginia Giuffre about Epstein network Amy Robach · Virginia Giuffre · ABC News · Prince Andrew · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2014-12-09 | Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Torture Report - CIA Program Was Brutal and Ineffective Dianne Feinstein · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Central Intelligence Agency · John Brennan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-05-12 | Hunter Biden Joins Burisma Board While Father Leads Ukraine Policy Hunter Biden · Burisma Holdings · Joe Biden · Devon Archer | confirmed | |
| 2014-03-18 | Putin Formally Signs Treaty Annexing Crimea, Escalating International Conflict Vladimir Putin · Sergey Aksyonov · Joe Biden · Angela Merkel · +3 | confirmed |