Legislative Capture
The Legislative Capture capture lane traces 659 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
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10 actors · 1787–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-11 | Vance Endorses Claremont Institute's 'Up from Conservatism' at Capitol Hill Event
4 src J.D. Vance · Michael Anton · Jeremy Carl · Arthur Milikh · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-01 | Vance Endorses Claremont Institute Authoritarian Policy Document
4 src J.D. Vance · Claremont Institute | confirmed | |
| 2023-11-09 | Senate Judiciary Subpoenas Harlan Crow Over Thomas Gifts After Resistance
5 src Senate Judiciary Committee · Dick Durbin · Harlan Crow · Clarence Thomas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-10-25 | Mike Johnson Elected Speaker of the House: A Christian Nationalist Becomes Second in Line to the Presidency
3 src Mike Johnson · David Barton · WallBuilders | confirmed | |
| 2023-09-08 | Fifth Circuit Finds Biden Administration Violated First Amendment Through Social Media Coercion
4 src Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · White House · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-07-19 | IRS Whistleblowers Testify Hunter Biden Investigation Was Obstructed by DOJ
4 src Gary Shapley · Joseph Ziegler · Hunter Biden · David Weiss · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-05-04 | Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for January 6
3 src Proud Boys · Oath Keepers · Enrique Tarrio · Stewart Rhodes · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2023-02-15 | North Dakota Legislature Rejects Oil Royalty Protections, Creates Toothless Oversight Program
4 src North Dakota Legislature · Brad Bekkedahl · Don Longmuir · Ron Ness · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2022-12-23 | Bipartisan Inspector General protections enacted
4 src U.S. Congress · Inspectors General | confirmed | |
| 2022-10-01 | Sinclair Broadcasting Reaches 40% of US Households Through Local News Monopoly
3 src Sinclair Broadcast Group · David Smith · Chris Ripley · Local News Stations | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-14 | DHS Inspector General Reveals Secret Service Deleted January 6th Texts After Oversight Request
3 src U.S. Secret Service · Joseph Cuffari · James Murray (Secret Service Director) · Bennie Thompson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-12 | House Investigation Reveals Meatpacking Industry Drafted Trump DPA Order While 59,000 Workers Infected
3 src James Clyburn · Tyson Foods · JBS USA · Smithfield Foods · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-04-01 | Peter Thiel Provides $15 Million to J.D. Vance's Ohio Senate Campaign
3 src J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · protect-ohio-values-pac · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-13 | Supreme Court Blocks Biden OSHA Vaccine Mandate as Executive Overreach
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Joe Biden · Occupational Safety and Health Administration · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-21 | Fed Implements Strict Trading Restrictions After Major Ethics Scandal
3 src Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve Board · Elizabeth Warren · Richard Clarida · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-20 | Steve Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress in January 6 Investigation
4 src Steve Bannon · House Select Committee on January 6 · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-05 | Frances Haugen Senate Testimony Exposes Facebook Algorithmic Harm to Children and Democracy
4 src Frances Haugen · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-08-26 | Supreme Court Strikes Down CDC Eviction Moratorium as Unauthorized Executive Action
4 src U.S. Supreme Court · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Joe Biden · Alabama Association of Realtors | confirmed | |
| 2021-07-01 | Vance Announces Ohio Senate Campaign
3 src J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Rob Portman · Peter Thiel | confirmed | |
| 2021-05-13 | Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation
4 src Heritage Action · Jessica Anderson · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-25 | Supreme Court Dismisses All Trump Emoluments Cases as Moot
3 src US Supreme Court · Donald Trump · CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) · District of Columbia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-20 | Freedom House Downgrades US Democracy Score to 83/100
3 src Freedom House · United States · Donald Trump · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-20 | Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade
3 src Donald Trump · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Scott Pruitt · Andrew Wheeler · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-06 | At Least Six CNP Members Coordinate January 6 Rally - Conservative Network's Role in Insurrection
2 src Council for National Policy · Charlie Kirk · Jenny Beth Martin · Ali Alexander · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-06 | FBI forensics show Trump watched TV and tweeted instead of stopping Capitol riot
3 src Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jack Smith | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-06 | January 6 Capitol Insurrection Represents Culmination of WHIG Constitutional Crisis Template Implementation for Oligarchic Governance Establishment
3 src Donald Trump · Proud Boys · Oath Keepers · Roger Stone · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-06 | Trump says "So what?" when told Pence evacuated for safety during Capitol riot
5 src Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Nick Luna · Dan Scavino | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-03 | Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election
6 src Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | 440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · Republican state legislators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie"
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · State Policy Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-27 | Trump tells acting AG "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me"
4 src Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · Department of Justice | 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 | |
| 2020-11-30 | Giuliani admits to Arizona Speaker "We don't have evidence, but we have lots of theories"
3 src Rudy Giuliani · Rusty Bowers · Donald Trump | 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 | |
| 2020-09-16 | House Committee Report Documents Boeing-FAA Regulatory Capture That Killed 346 People
4 src House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Representative Peter DeFazio · Representative Rick Larsen · Federal Aviation Administration · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-24 | DeJoy House Testimony Refuses to Restore Mail Sorting Machines Despite Court Concerns
4 src Louis DeJoy · Carolyn Maloney · Ro Khanna · Harley Rouda · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-21 | DeJoy Senate Testimony Denies Sabotage as Gary Peters Details Severe Mail Delays
4 src Louis DeJoy · Gary Peters · Ron Johnson · USPS | confirmed | |
| 2020-08-13 | USPS Removes Mailboxes in Democratic Areas, Reverses After Public Outcry
4 src Louis DeJoy · USPS · 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 | |
| 2020-05-15 | Trump Fires 5 Inspectors General in 6 Weeks to Block Investigations
3 src Donald Trump · Steve Linick · Michael Atkinson · Glenn Fine · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-06 | HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm Reports Severe Hospital Shortages, Trump Attacks Her Credibility
4 src Christi Grimm · Donald Trump · Jason Weida · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-19 | Senators Burr and Loeffler Accused of Insider Trading After COVID-19 Briefings
3 src Richard Burr · Kelly Loeffler · Tucker Carlson | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-13 | 2020 Congressional COVID Insider Trading Scandal Exposes Systemic Corruption
3 src Richard Burr · Kelly Loeffler · James Inhofe · Dianne Feinstein · +1 | 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 | |
| 2020-01-16 | Pelosi Transmits Impeachment Articles to Senate After 28-Day Strategic Delay
3 src Nancy Pelosi · Mitch McConnell · Adam Schiff · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-01 | ALEC's Education Privatization Campaign Achieves Dominance - Model Legislation Controls Voucher Landscape Nationwide
5 src American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +6 | 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 | |
| 2019-12-03 | Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Stealing Campaign Funds After Blaming Wife
3 src Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter · Donald Trump | 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 | |
| 2019-10-30 | Interior IG Investigates Bernhardt for California Water Decision Benefiting Former Client Westlands
3 src David Bernhardt · Westlands Water District · David Murillo | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-29 | Lt. Col. Vindman Testifies - "It Was Improper for the President to Demand Investigation of U.S. Citizen"
3 src Alexander Vindman · Donald Trump · Fiona Hill | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-22 | Acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor Testifies - Clear Quid Pro Quo for Biden Investigation
3 src Bill Taylor · Gordon Sondland · Rudy Giuliani · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2019-10-08 | Trump Blocks Ambassador Sondland Testimony, Declares Total Obstruction of Congress
3 src Donald Trump · Gordon Sondland · Mike Pompeo · Adam Schiff | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-27 | Senate Finance Committee Report Reveals NRA Misled Public About Russia Connections and 2015 Moscow Trip
3 src U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Ron Wyden · National Rifle Association · Maria Butina · +1 | 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 | |
| 2019-08-12 | Intelligence Community Whistleblower Files Urgent Complaint About Trump-Zelensky Call
3 src IC Whistleblower · Michael Atkinson · Joseph Maguire · Donald Trump | 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 | |
| 2019-07-24 | Trump Vetoes Congressional Resolutions Blocking Raytheon Saudi Arms Sales, Protecting Defense Contractor Profits
4 src Donald Trump · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-27 | Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Joins Pfizer Board After 3-Month Gap
3 src Dr. Scott Gottlieb · Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Senator Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-20 | Senate Votes to Block Raytheon Paveway Bomb Sales to Saudi Arabia in Bipartisan Rebuke
4 src Bob Menendez · Lindsey Graham · Chris Murphy · Rand Paul · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-13 | Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Used Office to Benefit Family Shipping Business
3 src Elaine Chao · Mitch McConnell · Department of Transportation · Foremost Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-24 | Trump Declares Fake Emergency to Ram Through $8.1 Billion Raytheon Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
4 src Donald Trump · Mike Pompeo · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +3 | 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 | 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 | |
| 2019-04-16 | Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution to End U.S. Support for Saudi War in Yemen, Protecting MBS After Khashoggi Murder
4 src Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · U.S. Congress · Saudi Arabia government | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-09 | Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight
3 src Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · John Bolton · +2 | 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 | |
| 2018-11-29 | Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Trump Tower Moscow Timeline
4 src Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Dmitry Peskov · Robert Mueller | 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 | |
| 2018-08-21 | Rep. Duncan Hunter and Wife Indicted for $250,000 Campaign Finance Fraud
3 src Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter | 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 | |
| 2018-05-24 | Trump Signs Dodd-Frank Rollback Raising 'Systemically Important' Bank Threshold from $50B to $250B After Industry Lobbying Blitz
3 src Donald Trump · Greg Becker · Silicon Valley Bank · Mike Crapo · +4 | 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 | |
| 2018-03-01 | HUD Secretary Ben Carson Spends $31,000 in Taxpayer Funds on Dining Room Furniture, Violates Federal Law
3 src Ben Carson · Candy Carson · Helen Foster | confirmed | |
| 2018-03-01 | James Biden Receives $600K from Distressed Healthcare Company, Pays Joe Biden $200K Same Day
3 src James Biden · Joe Biden · Americore Health · Sara Biden | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-24 | Alex Azar Confirmed as HHS Secretary After Doubling Insulin Prices at Eli Lilly
4 src Alex Azar · Eli Lilly · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Ron Wyden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Agriculture Committee Captured by Agribusiness - $523M Lobbying Shapes Farm Bill
3 src Glenn Thompson · David Scott · House Agriculture Committee · American Farm Bureau Federation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Apple Receives Special Tariff Exemptions After CEO Cultivates Trump Relationship
4 src Donald Trump · Tim Cook · Apple Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-30 | Mueller Indicts Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on 12 Counts Including Conspiracy Against the United States
3 src Paul Manafort · Rick Gates · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2017-10-03 | Whitefish Energy Wins $300M No-Bid Puerto Rico Contract Despite 2 Employees
3 src Whitefish Energy · Ryan Zinke · Puerto Rico · PREPA · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-07-21 | Mark Esper, Former Raytheon Weapons Lobbyist, Becomes Army Secretary in Revolving Door Appointment
4 src Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Project Blitz Launches Christian Nationalist Legislative Playbook: Model Bills for All 50 States
2 src Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation · David Barton · WallBuilders · Lea Carawan | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Trump Receives Chinese Trademarks During Xi Jinping Dinner
3 src Ivanka Trump · China · Xi Jinping · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-22 | Devin Nunes Makes Secret Midnight White House Visit to View Intel, Then Briefs Trump Before Committee - Obstruction of Investigation
3 src Devin Nunes · Donald Trump · Ezra Cohen-Watnick · Michael Ellis · +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 | |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump
3 src CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-08 | Kellyanne Conway Commits 50+ Hatch Act Violations, No Consequences
3 src Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel · White House · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-21 | Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $400K for Presidential Access
3 src Donald Trump · Mar-a-Lago · Chris Ruddy · Yujing Zhang · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-09 | Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model
3 src Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee | confirmed |