Judicial Capture
The Judicial Capture capture lane traces 645 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | Senate Confirms Multiple Alabama District Court Judges in Late October Alabama Federal Courts · Bill Lewis · Donald Trump · Harold D. Mooty III · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-27 | Senate Confirms Rebecca Taibleson to Seventh Circuit Despite Conservative Opposition Donald Trump · Rebecca Taibleson · Ron Johnson · Tammy Baldwin · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-25 | Federal Grand Jury Convened to Investigate 'Conspiracy Against Trump' Chris Wray · Federal grand jury · Jack Smith · Lisa Monaco · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | ICE Deports Man to Laos Despite Federal Court Order Blocking Removal, Ignoring Torture and Persecution Risk Chanthila "Shawn" Souvannarath · Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · ACLU of Louisiana · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-24 | Comey and James File Consolidated Challenge to Halligan's Authority Under 120-Day Rule James Comey · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Border Patrol Commander Bovino Throws Tear Gas at Chicago Protesters, Violating Court Order Gregory Bovino · Judge Sara Ellis · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | UN Human Rights Experts Condemn US Boat Strikes as 'Extrajudicial Executions' United Nations · Volker Türk · UN Human Rights Council | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Ninth Circuit Panel Allows Trump National Guard Deployment to Portland U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Donald Trump · Oregon National Guard · Karin Immergut · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-10-19 | DOJ Whistleblower Reveals Officials Ordered Fabrication of Terrorist Claims in Deportation Case Erez Reuveni · Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Department of Justice · Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-16 | Former NSA John Bolton Indicted on 18 Federal Counts John Bolton · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump | 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 | |
| 2025-10-14 | Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility DeSantis administration · Florida officials · Federal Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Former NY AG Letitia James Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges by Halligan Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Senate Confirms Jennifer Mascott to Third Circuit Court of Appeals Jennifer Mascott · U.S. Senate · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Donald Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Erdogan Says Trump Promised to End Halkbank Sanctions Prosecution Donald Trump · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Halkbank · U.S. Department of Justice | 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 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Pirro's DC Office Dismisses 21% of Cases in 8 Weeks vs 0.5% Over Previous Decade Jeanine Pirro · Zia Faruqui · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-03 | Supreme Court Uses Emergency Docket to Expand Presidential Power U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Conservative Supreme Court Majority | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | DHS and CMS Share Personal Data of 79 Million Medicaid Patients With ICE U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · State Attorneys General Coalition | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | HHS Refers Harvard for Federal Funding Debarment After Court Blocks Illegal Funding Freeze U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Harvard University · Donald Trump · Allison D. Burroughs | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4B in Foreign Aid Through Illegal 'Pocket Rescission' U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Elena Kagan · Mike Johnson · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted by Unlawfully Appointed Prosecutor Halligan James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | Bondi Appoints Insurance Defense Attorney Lindsey Halligan as EDVA U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Alvaro Bedoya · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-12 | Federal Appeals Court Upholds Trump Law Blocking Planned Parenthood Medicaid Reimbursements Donald Trump · Planned Parenthood · Federal Appeals Court | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Federal Judge Allows Trump to Eliminate 1,600 NSF Grants Worth $1 Billion Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency · National Science Foundation · Federal Judiciary | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Heritage Foundation Publishes 800-Page Constitutional Guide as Trump's Judicial Roadmap Heritage Foundation · Justice Samuel Alito · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Trump Administration Petitions Supreme Court for Emergency Review of Tariffs Ruling Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | US Military Conducts "Double Tap" Strike on Caribbean Vessel, Killing 11 Including Shipwrecked Survivors Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Senator Angus King · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | DOJ Loosens Requirements to Deploy ~600 Military JAG Officers as Immigration Judges Department of Justice · Trump · U.S. Military | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Federal Circuit Court Rules Trump Tariffs Violated IEEPA, Exceeded Presidential Authority U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | Federal Prosecutors Charge Veteran for Flag Burning Following Trump DOJ Directive Despite Supreme Court Precedent Department of Justice · Trump · Federal Prosecutors | reported | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Orders Prosecution of Flag Burning Despite Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-21 | Federal Judge Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Trump · Alina Habba · Department of Justice · Federal Judiciary | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-21 | NY Appeals Court Throws Out $527 Million Trump Fraud Judgment as "Excessive" New York State Appellate Division · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Letitia James · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials Kimberly Prost · Nicolas Guillou · Nazhat Shameem Khan · Mame Mandiaye Niang · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | Trump Attempts DC Police Takeover with Loyalist, Blocked by Federal Judge Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Terry Cole · Pamela Smith · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-08 | EPA Terminates Union Contracts Following Appellate Stays U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · AFGE Council 238 (8,000+ EPA workers) · Justin Chen (AFGE Council 238 President) · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-06 | DOJ Drops Charges Against AG Pam Bondi's Brother's Clients in Pattern of Conflicts Pam Bondi · Brad Bondi · Trevor Milton · Carolina Amesty · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-05 | Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of California's Deepfake Laws Federal Judge · X/Twitter · California | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-04 | DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months DOJ Office of Inspector General · Whistleblower Aid · Emil Bove · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | Office of Special Counsel Opens Investigation into Jack Smith Following Senator Cotton Request Jack Smith · Tom Cotton · Office of Special Counsel · Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | Senate Confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. Jeanine Pirro · Trump · U.S. Senate · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Administration deliberately evades court order on Venezuelan gang deportations U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Trump Administration · Emil Bove (DOJ official) · Venezuelan deportees · +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 administration defies court orders in 57 of 165 cases (35%) Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · U.S. District Judge John McConnell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | California Judicial Council Establishes First Comprehensive AI Transparency Regulations California Judicial Council · US Federal Judicial Conference · xAI · AI Rights Advocacy Groups | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | Twelve House Democrats sue Trump administration for blocking detention facility oversight Rep. Joe Neguse (CO) · Rep. Jason Crow · Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY) · Rep. Dan Goldman (NY) · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-23 | Supreme Court Emergency Order in Trump v. Boyle US Supreme Court · Donald Trump · CPSC Commissioners · Justice Kagan | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-21 | Trump Administration Defying 35% of Court Orders in Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis Trump Administration · Federal Courts · Department of Justice · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Supreme Court 6-3 Stay Authorizes Mass Federal Workforce Reductions at 22 Agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · American Federation of Government Employees | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-11 | Federal court restrains LAPD use of less-lethal force against journalists U.S. District Court · LAPD · Journalists | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-11 | Federal judge orders stop to "indiscriminate" ICE raids in Los Angeles Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. District Court Central District of California · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-08 | Supreme Court lifts injunctions, enables mass firings at 19 federal agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Agencies · General Services Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Federal Judiciary Admits Systemic Failure in Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Judiciary Leadership · Chief Justice · Judicial Conference · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Federal Judiciary Develops New Constitutional Enforcement Mechanisms Federal Judiciary · Judicial Conference · Administrative Office of U.S. Courts · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-27 | Supreme Court Restricts Nationwide Injunctions in Trump v. CASA, Expanding Executive Power U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · CASA de Maryland | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-23 | Supreme Court 6-3 Allows Third-Country Deportations Without Due Process U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sonia Sotomayor | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-20 | Ninth Circuit extends stay keeping LA Guard/Marine deployment in place U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | Federal Judicial System Faces Unprecedented Integrity Challenge Margaret Satterthwaite · UN Special Rapporteur · Supreme Court Justices · Sen. Cory Booker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Federal judge says Los Angeles Guard/Marine deployment likely unlawful U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) · State of California · Governor Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | Justice Dept. Issues Narrow Guidelines for Prosecuting Corporate Bribery Abroad Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Todd Blanche · Matthew R. Galeotti | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | DC Bar delivers 91% rebuke to Trump-allied candidates DC Bar Association · Bradley Bondi (Paul Hastings, brother of AG Pam Bondi) · Diane Seltzer (employment attorney, winner) · Alicia Long (DOJ attorney) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-06 | DC Circuit Rules 2-1 That Trump Can Bar AP from White House Events U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Judge Neomi Rao · Judge Gregory Katsas · Judge Cornelia Pillard · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-03 | Mass DOJ Firings Reshape Federal Law Enforcement Landscape Donald Trump · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · FBI Agents Association | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-29 | Federal Courts Rule Trump's IEEPA Tariffs Illegal in Multiple Cases Donald Trump · Rudolph Contreras · U.S. Court of International Trade · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Trump Pardons Become Explicitly Political with 'No MAGA Left Behind' Directive Donald Trump · Ed Martin · Scott Jenkins | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-27 | Missouri Supreme Court Reinstates Abortion Restrictions Despite Voter-Approved Amendment Missouri Supreme Court · Judge Jerri Zhang · Planned Parenthood · Andrew Bailey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-19 | DOJ Settles Ashli Babbitt Lawsuit for $5 Million, Sparking Law Enforcement Controversy Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Capitol Police · Tom Manger | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-18 | Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers U.S. Supreme Court · State Governors · U.S. Department of Defense · California Governor · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | Comprehensive Legal Resistance Training Program National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers · U.S. Department of Justice - Access to Justice Office · Defender Services Office Training Division | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | Legal Scholars Warn of Erosion in Judicial Review Mechanisms Constitutional Law Scholars · Federal Judiciary · Executive Branch · Amanda Frost · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | V-Dem Institute warns U.S. approaching "Electoral Autocracy" threshold V-Dem Institute · University of Gothenburg · United States | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-08 | Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Supreme Court Confronts Systemic Emoluments Violations U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Executive Branch | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Congressional Hearing Exposes Systematic Judicial Intimidation Tactics Senate Judiciary Committee · Chief Justice John Roberts · U.S. Marshals Service · Supreme Court Justices · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Supreme Court Attempts to Mitigate Constitutional Emergency Powers Dispute U.S. Supreme Court · Executive Branch · Legislative Branch | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump Administration Escalates Judicial Oversight Tensions Trump Administration · Federal Courts · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Pardons Eliminate $1.3 Billion in Restitution, Costing Victims and Taxpayers Donald Trump · Trump Administration · House Judiciary Committee Democrats · Liz Oyer | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Trump pardons executive whose family sought to publicize Ashley Biden's diary Donald Trump · Paul Walczak · Elizabeth Fago · Ashley Biden | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization Federal Appeals Court · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Courts Reach Impasse on Presidential Emoluments Enforcement D.C. Circuit Court · 4th Circuit Court · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Elon Musk Donates to GOP Lawmakers Targeting Judicial Oversight Elon Musk · Chuck Grassley · Eli Crane · Lauren Boebert · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Trump Administration Restructures White-Collar Crime Enforcement Strategy Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Matthew Galeotti · James McHenry III | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | DOJ fires immigration attorney for refusing to lie to federal courts about deportations Erez Reuveni · Emil Bove · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Federal Judges Establish Precedent for Presidential Accountability Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Rebecca Slaughter · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Judicial System Struggles with Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Circuit Courts · Department of Justice · Presidential Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Mass Judicial Removal Attempt Triggers Constitutional Emergency Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · Department of Justice · White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Trump White House Brokers Pro Bono Deals with Elite Law Firms Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Latham & Watkins · Simpson Thacher · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-08 | Judge orders restoration of AP access to White House events U.S. District Court · Associated Press · The White House · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-07 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Pressured into $100M Pro Bono Deal by Trump White House Donald Trump · Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft · Senator Sheldon Whitehouse · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | DOT announces enforcement grace period for new emissions standards Department of Transportation · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Trump Administration Pressures Law Firms into Pro Bono Settlements Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Law Firms Targeted | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-31 | Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-31 | Trump Administration Continues Systematic DOJ Prosecutor Purge Trump Administration · Department of Justice · James McHenry · Career Prosecutors | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-31 | Zuckerberg tries to enlist trump in fight against Meta EU ruling Donald Trump · Trump Administration | 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 |