Institutional Capture
The Institutional Capture capture lane traces 97 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1600–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Chief Judge Bumb Appoints Career Prosecutor Robert Frazer as NJ US Attorney, Resolving Constitutional Crisis
4 src Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb · Robert Frazer · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-23 | Federal Judge Reverses Takedown Order, Rules DOGE Deposition Videos Can Stay Online
3 src federal court · Department of Government Efficiency · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | ICE Agents Deployed to 13 Major Airports as DHS Shutdown Enters Sixth Week and 400+ TSA Officers Quit
4 src Donald Trump · Tom Homan · AFGE · TSA · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | Trump Admin Altered SSA Inspector General Report to Hide DOGE Impact on Services
4 src SSA · SSA Inspector General · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-21 | DHS Shutdown Hurts Families Visiting Detained Relatives as Oversight Gutted Amid 26 ICE Deaths
1 src DHS · Democratic lawmakers | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-20 | DOJ Sues Harvard Alleging Antisemitism, Seeks to Recover Billions in Federal Subsidies
4 src DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harvard University | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-20 | Half of National Weather Service Offices Critically Understaffed, Eight Cease Overnight Operations
3 src NOAA · National Weather Service · five former NWS directors | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-20 | Sen. Whitehouse Demands Bondi Preserve All Records Related to DOJ Ethics Shield Rule
2 src Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | CNN Reports 2.5 Million Epstein Documents Remain Unreleased Despite Transparency Act
1 src Rep. Thomas Massie · Rep. Ro Khanna · Judge Paul Engelmayer | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Comey Subpoenaed in DOJ 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe Targeting Obama-Era Intelligence Officials
3 src James Comey · Jason A. Reding Quinones · Judge Aileen Cannon · John Brennan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Court Documents Show DOGE ChatGPT Flagged Museum HVAC Grant as DEI, Canceling $349K
4 src Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · NEH · High Point Museum | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | D.C. Circuit Allows DOJ to Proceed With Appeals Challenging Law Firm Executive Order Rulings
3 src D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · Jenner & Block · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Education Dept Announces Transfer of $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio to Treasury
4 src Linda McMahon · Scott Bessent · Department of Education · Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Inspector General Offices Lose 16.6% of Workforce as Trump Installs Partisan Nominees
3 src Anthony D'Esposito · Thomas March Bell · Cheryl Mason | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | Democrats Walk Out of Bondi-Blanche Epstein Briefing After Comer Vulgar Remark
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Rep. James Comer · Rep. Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | Wyden Accuses DAG Blanche of Blocking Unredacted DEA Memo on Epstein Drug Trafficking Investigation
4 src Sen. Ron Wyden · Todd Blanche · DEA | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | GAO Report Warns IRS Workforce Cut 27% Under DOGE, Tax Processing Severely Degraded
3 src GAO · IRS · TIGTA | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Government Executive Investigation Reveals DOGE Staffers Fabricated White House Pressure
2 src Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Michael McDonald · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | House Oversight Chairman Comer Subpoenas AG Bondi for Sworn Deposition on Epstein Files
3 src Rep. James Comer · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Judge Quraishi Ejects DOJ Prosecutor From Courtroom, Orders NJ US Attorney Leadership to Testify
4 src Judge Zahid Quraishi · Mark Coyne · Philip Lamparello · Jordan Fox · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Postmaster General Warns Congress USPS Could Run Out of Cash by October 2026
4 src Postmaster General David Steiner · House Oversight Committee · U.S. Postal Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Rep. Summer Lee Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General Pam Bondi
3 src Rep. Summer Lee · Pam Bondi · Rep. Rashida Tlaib | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | DOGE Staffer Admits Under Oath Agency Did Not Reduce Federal Deficit
3 src Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-15 | House Democrats Launch Investigation Into DOJ Retaliatory Prosecution of NY AG Letitia James
3 src Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Ted Lieu · Rep. Jerrold Nadler · Rep. Dan Goldman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-15 | Illinois and New York State Bar Associations File Formal Opposition to DOJ Ethics Shield Rule
4 src Illinois State Bar Association · New York State Bar Association · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | House Oversight Requests Epstein Prison Guard Tova Noel for Transcribed Interview
4 src Rep. James Comer · Tova Noel · Michael Thomas | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders Plaintiffs to Remove Viral DOGE Deposition Videos from YouTube
3 src Judge Colleen McMahon · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders VA to Reinstate Union Collective Bargaining Agreement for 300,000 Employees
4 src Judge Melissa DuBose · VA Secretary Doug Collins · AFGE | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOGE Cuts 1,029 More NOAA Employees, Threatening Weather Forecasting and Disaster Response
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · U.S. National Weather Service · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | DOJ Proposes Rule Giving Attorney General Veto Power Over Bar Complaints Against Government Lawyers
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Ed Martin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | ICE Reveals $38.3 Billion Detention Expansion Plan for 92,600-Bed Mega-Center Network
5 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | UNHCR Reports 3.2 Million Iranians Displaced as UN Warns of "Humanitarian Explosion"
6 src United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · United Nations · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers
3 src Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | 17 State AGs Challenge Education Dept Demand for Seven Years of College Admissions Data
3 src AG Letitia James · AG Andrea Campbell · AG Bob Ferguson · 14 other AGs | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Bipartisan Senators Request GAO Audit of DOJ Handling of Epstein Files
4 src U.S. Senate · Dick Durbin · Ben Ray Lujan · Jeff Merkley · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded
7 src U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Lead Prosecutor in DOJ Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell Replaced
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Social Security Administration Inspector General Opens Formal Probe into DOGE Data Misuse
3 src U.S. Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates
2 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Public Citizen Report Finds Trump Removed More Inspectors General Than All Prior Presidents Combined
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Inspector General · Public Citizen | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Whistleblower Alleges Ex-DOGE Staffer Stole Social Security Database on Thumb Drive
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Social Security Administration · Elon Musk · U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation
8 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Public Integrity Section Gutted from 36 to 2 Lawyers, Stripped of Authority to File Cases
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Pursues Retaliatory Investigations of Democratic Officials and Federal Reserve Chair
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeanine Pirro · Jerome Powell · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | DOJ Releases Additional Epstein Files After NPR Investigation Exposes Withheld Trump-Related Documents
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | EFF and The Intercept Find OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Surveillance Guardrails Unenforceable, Warning of AI-Powered Domestic Surveillance Risk
5 src OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | ICE Tells Court Its Minnesota Deployment Has Been Reduced to 47 Deportation Officers
1 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Jeffrey Bryan · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | OpenAI Robotics Chief Caitlin Kalinowski Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons Concerns
6 src OpenAI · Caitlin Kalinowski · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | Stand Up for Science Holds Nationwide 'Rally to Take Back Science' at 46+ Locations
3 src Stand Up for Science · U.S. National Institutes of Health · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | DOJ and FBI National Security Divisions Decimated by Purges as U.S. Confronts Iran War
2 src U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | DOJ Public Integrity Section Collapses to Two Lawyers, Gutting Federal Anti-Corruption Enforcement
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · U.S. Public Integrity Section | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | Post-Firing Analysis Details Five Major Controversies That Ended Noem's DHS Tenure
3 src Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | DOJ Releases Previously Withheld Epstein Files Containing Sexual Assault Allegations Against Trump
5 src U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | OPM Proposes Rule Making Performance Primary Factor in Federal Layoffs, Replacing Seniority
4 src OPM · AFGE · Rep. James Walkinshaw | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
7 src Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Democratic State AGs File Record 71 Lawsuits Against Trump Administration in First Year of Second Term
3 src Democratic State Attorneys General · New York Attorney General Letitia James · California Attorney General Rob Bonta · American Immigration Council | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled
5 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company
6 src Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Treasury, State, and HHS Begin Phasing Out Anthropic Products Following Trump Executive Directive
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Kash Patel Fires FBI Counterintelligence Unit That Tracked Iran, Days Before U.S. Strikes
3 src Kash Patel · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
8 src Pete Hegseth · Mikey Weinstein · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · CAIR · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Fired Inspectors General Testify to Congress That Trump Administration Dismantled Federal Oversight Ecosystem
4 src Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · House Oversight Committee Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service
5 src Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | Rep. Thanedar Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against AG Pam Bondi
1 src Shri Thanedar · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Journalist Don Lemon Arrested in Beverly Hills on Federal Grand Jury Indictment
1 src Don Lemon · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Judge Novak Issues "Charade of Masquerading" Ruling; Halligan Departs DOJ
2 src Justin R. Novak · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-10 | DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoenas to Federal Reserve in Unprecedented Powell Criminal Investigation
4 src Jerome Powell · Jeanine Pirro · Pam Bondi · Anna Paulina Luna · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | Fifth Federal Judge Rules Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Unlawfully Installed
1 src Lorna Schofield · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Edward Sarcone · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-03 | ICE Announces Workforce Doubled to 22,000 Agents Through "Defend Your Culture" Recruitment Campaign
2 src Kristi Noem · ICE · Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-09 | Heritage Foundation promotes 'Heritage 2.0' 2026 policy priorities (document released March 2025) — no personnel pillar; Project 2025 four-pillar architecture not continued
3 src Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | Judge Currie Dismisses Comey and James Indictments, Rules Halligan Appointment Unconstitutional
4 src Patricia Tolliver Currie · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-17 | Heritage Foundation Board Members Resign Over Kevin Roberts Defense of Tucker Carlson Nick Fuentes Interview
1 src Kevin Roberts · Nick Fuentes · Tucker Carlson | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Former NSA John Bolton Indicted on 18 Federal Counts
1 src John Bolton · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Former NY AG Letitia James Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges by Halligan
2 src Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted by Unlawfully Appointed Prosecutor Halligan
3 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | Bondi Appoints Insurance Defense Attorney Lindsey Halligan as EDVA U.S. Attorney
2 src Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Closes Homan FBI Sting Case Despite Recorded $50K Cash Exchange
5 src Tom Homan · Kash Patel · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Former NSA John Bolton's Home in Patel-Directed Political Targeting
2 src John Bolton · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | RFK Jr. Fires All 17 ACIP Members, Wholesale Replacement of Vaccine Advisory Committee
5 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · CDC · HHS · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-19 | DOJ Civil Rights Division Mass Exodus: ~400 Employees Depart as Dhillon Rewrites Mission to Target Trans Rights, Promote 'Anti-Christian Bias' Agenda
6 src Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | Former Qatar Lobbyist Bondi Approves $400M Qatari Plane Gift to Trump
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-08 | Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney
1 src Jeanine Pirro · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-07 | Dhillon Guts DOJ Voting Section: Reassigns Managers, Suspends Cases, Rewrites Mission to 'Voter Fraud'
6 src Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · DOJ Voting Section · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Peter Marks Forced Out as FDA Vaccine Chief, Accuses RFK Jr. of 'Misinformation and Lies'
4 src Peter Marks · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA · HHS | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda
4 src Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Jay Bhattacharya · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Bondi Fires DOJ Pardon Attorney Who Refused to Restore Mel Gibson's Gun Rights at Trump's Request
3 src Pam Bondi · Elizabeth Oyer · Mel Gibson · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | Bondi and Patel Stage Epstein Files Photo Op with Conservative Influencers — Contents Already Public
3 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-17 | DHS Launches $200M "Stronger Border, Stronger America" Ad Campaign at Trump's Direction
4 src Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Tricia McLaughlin · Corey Lewandowski · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Pam Bondi Sworn In as Attorney General, Immediately Begins DOJ Purge
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Devin DeBacker · Matt Gaetz | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Issues Blanket Pardons and Commutations for ~1,500 January 6 Defendants
2 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump-2 Day-1 Proclamation 10887 — J6 Mass Clemency (Proud Boys + Oath Keepers + ~1,500 Defendants) as Forgiveness-Over-Accountability Ratchet Click 6b
6 src Donald Trump · Enrique Tarrio · Stewart Rhodes · Joseph Biggs · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2023-03-01 | Project 2025 Presidential Personnel Database launches — Heritage Foundation 'conservative LinkedIn' with ideological screening for 20,000 vetted candidates
3 src Heritage Foundation · Paul Dans · John McEntee · James Bacon | confirmed | |
| 2023-02-01 | Project 2025 launches Presidential Administration Academy — Heritage Foundation training pipeline for future conservative political appointees
2 src Heritage Foundation · Paul Dans · Roger Severino · Spencer Chretien | confirmed |