Regulatory Capture
The Regulatory Capture capture lane traces 1551 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1819–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent
9 src Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-26 | National Guard Members Shot Near White House: Beckstrom Killed, Wolfe Critically Wounded
4 src Sarah Beckstrom · Andrew Wolfe · Rahmanullah Lakanwal · Donald Trump · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-25 | House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing
4 src Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +22 | reported | |
| 2025-11-24 | Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful
4 src Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-11-19 | DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution
3 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Michael Dreeben · Judge Michael Nachmanoff · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-19 | Interior Department Proposes Opening 1.27 Billion Acres to Offshore Drilling, Largest OCS Program in History
6 src Doug Burgum · Bureau of Ocean Energy Management · Department of the Interior | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case as Judge Rules No Monopoly Despite Instagram/WhatsApp Acquisitions
3 src Judge James Boasberg · Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-17 | Judge Finds Halligan Misrepresented Law and Used Tainted Evidence in Comey Grand Jury
3 src William Fitzpatrick · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Department of Justice · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-14 | ProPublica Investigation Exposes Hidden Corruption in Noem's $220M DHS Ad Campaign
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · The Strategy Group · Ben Yoho · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-14 | Trump Orders DOJ via Truth Social to Investigate Political Opponents Over Epstein Ties
4 src Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Bill Clinton · Larry Summers · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-10 | First Circuit Court Unanimously Rules Trump Administration Must Pay Full SNAP Benefits, Citing 'Immense Harm' to 40 Million Recipients
3 src First Circuit Court of Appeals · Julie Rikelman · Trump Administration · USDA | reported | |
| 2025-11-07 | Letitia James Files Vindictive Prosecution Motion to Dismiss Federal Charges
3 src Letitia James · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay Allowing Trump Administration to Withhold $4 Billion in SNAP Food Benefits
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell · USDA | reported | |
| 2025-11-06 | Trump Announces Weight Loss Drug Price Deals With Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk
2 src Donald Trump · Eli Lilly · Novo Nordisk · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | DOJ Escalates Investigation of 66-Year-Old Activist for Distributing Stephen Miller Protest Fliers
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · Barbara Wien · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-11-03 | Trump Administration Announces Partial SNAP Benefits After Court Orders
2 src Trump · USDA | reported | |
| 2025-10-30 | DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Black Lives Matter Foundation for Alleged Donor Fraud
3 src Department of Justice · Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation · U.S. Attorney's Office Central District of California · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-29 | Binance.US Lists Trump's USD1 Stablecoin Days After Presidential Pardon of Binance Founder
4 src Binance · Binance.US · Changpeng Zhao · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-29 | DOJ Indicts Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh for ICE Facility Protest
3 src Kat Abughazaleh · Department of Justice · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Catherine Sharp · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-27 | DHS Posts Halo Video Game Image Comparing Immigrants to Parasitic Aliens Requiring Extermination
4 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kaelan Dorr · Marcus Lehto · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | Senate Confirms Multiple Alabama District Court Judges in Late October
3 src Alabama Federal Courts · Bill Lewis · Donald Trump · Harold D. Mooty III · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-25 | Federal Grand Jury Convened to Investigate 'Conspiracy Against Trump'
2 src Chris Wray · Federal grand jury · Jack Smith · Lisa Monaco · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-24 | Comey and James File Consolidated Challenge to Halligan's Authority Under 120-Day Rule
4 src James Comey · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Energy Secretary Wright invokes rare DOE-over-FERC directive authority to compel ANOPR on large-load interconnection — Docket RM26-4-000 — final action ordered by April 30 2026
6 src Chris Wright · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder After $2 Billion Deal With Trump Family Crypto Venture and $450,000 Lobbying Campaign
5 src Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Binance · World Liberty Financial · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | White House Releases List of 37 Corporate Donors for Trump's $300M Ballroom Project
3 src Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-10-20 | FTC Deletes Consumer Protection Guidance on AI Fraud and Surveillance
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Trump Appointees · Tech companies | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents
2 src Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Trump Hosts $250 Million White House Ballroom Fundraiser with Defense and Tech Executives
2 src Donald Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | Federal Prosecutor Fired for Refusing Trump Demand to Indict Letitia James
2 src Elizabeth Yusi · Donald Trump · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | Senate Confirms Industry Lobbyist to Lead EPA Chemical Safety Division
2 src Douglas Troutman · American Cleaning Institute · United States Senate · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Two Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing to Bring Charges Against Letitia James
4 src Elizabeth Yusi · Kristin Bird · Erik Siebert · Letitia James · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | OCC Conditionally Approves Erebor Bank Charter in Record Four Months
6 src Palmer Luckey · Joe Lonsdale · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Administration Plans IRS Overhaul to Target Liberal Donors and Nonprofits
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Gary Shapley · Internal Revenue Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-14 | Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility
2 src DeSantis administration · Florida officials · Federal Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-11 | Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown
3 src Fairshake · Coinbase · Sherrod Brown · Crypto industry | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Analysis Finds 40+ Trump Administration Appointees With Fossil Fuel Industry Ties
2 src Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · Trump Administration · Public Citizen · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | DOJ-Cited Report on Soros Shows No Evidence of Terrorism Funding
2 src George Soros · U.S. Department of Justice · Conservative Report Authors | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | John Bolton Faces Imminent Federal Indictment on Classified Materials Charges
3 src John Bolton · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Musk's Boring Company Accused of 800 Environmental Violations in Las Vegas
2 src Elon Musk · Boring Company · Nevada Regulators | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Trump Administration Systematically Uses Mortgage Fraud Charges Against Political Adversaries
3 src Letitia James · Lisa Cook · Adam Schiff · William Pulte · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Trump's Pharmaceutical Sales Overhaul Benefits Son's Company and Cabinet Member
3 src Donald Trump Jr. · Howard Lutnick · BlinkRx · Cantor Fitzgerald · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James on Bank Fraud Charges After Trump Pressure Campaign
3 src Letitia James · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | NY Attorney General Letitia James Indicted on Questionable Mortgage Fraud Charges
2 src Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Trump Authorizes Foreign Construction of Arctic Security Cutters via Presidential Memorandum
2 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Coast Guard · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Trump's Accidental Truth Social Post Exposes Direct DOJ Control
3 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization
3 src Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | DOJ Reassigns North Carolina Prosecutors to Lead Comey Political Prosecution
2 src Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · U.S. Department of Justice · North Carolina Prosecutors | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Palantir Senior Advisor Jacob Helberg Confirmed as Under Secretary of State (51-47)
5 src Jacob Helberg · Alex Karp · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Provides 'Concierge Service' to Fossil Fuel Industry
2 src Brittany Kelm · National Energy Dominance Council · Fossil Fuel Industry · White House | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Withdraws CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz After Winklevoss Conflict
2 src Brian Quintenz · Tyler Winklevoss · Cameron Winklevoss · White House · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-06 | Tether Loan to Lutnick Children Revealed via UCC Filing Tether · Brandon Lutnick · Kyle Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-05 | RFK Jr.'s Legal Associate Aaron Siri Advances Anti-Vaccine Lawsuits While Influencing HHS
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Aaron Siri · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Trump Family's USD1 Stablecoin Fails to Publish Attestation Reports, Raising Transparency Concerns
4 src World Liberty Financial · NYDIG · Greg Cipolaro · BitGo Trust · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-04 | Two Senior Virginia Prosecutors Purged After Resisting Political Prosecutions
3 src Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James · Eastern District of Virginia · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | DOJ Fires Top National Security Prosecutor Michael Ben'Ary Based on False Social Media Post
3 src Michael Ben'Ary · Department of Justice · Julie Kelly · U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Gabbard Terminates Global Trends Intelligence Report and Unit Over Climate Change Analysis
2 src Tulsi Gabbard · DNI · Jake Sullivan | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Grover Norquist and 35 Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Let ACA Tax Credits Expire While Opposing Corporate Tax Credit Expirations
4 src Grover Norquist · Americans for Tax Reform · Club for Growth · Americans for Prosperity · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-26 | White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry
2 src White House · Office of Science and Technology Policy | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Orders Federal Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros' Open Society Foundations for Alleged Terrorism Ties
3 src Department of Justice · George Soros · Open Society Foundations · Aakash Singh · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Disclosure of Sensitive Information
2 src James Comey · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | National Archives Releases Unredacted Military Records of Trump Opponent to GOP Operative
2 src National Archives · Mikie Sherrill · Nicholas De Gregorio · Chris Russell · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump's Hand-Picked Prosecutor Indicts James Comey Days After Trump Demands DOJ Act 'Now'
2 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-23 | Meta Launches Super PAC to Fight AI Regulation at State Level
2 src Meta · Mark Zuckerberg | reported | |
| 2025-09-23 | Senator Markey Alleges Energy Secretary Wright Using Position to Benefit Former Nuclear Firm Oklo
2 src Chris Wright · Oklo Inc. · Ed Markey · Department of Energy | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Eliminates Consumer Protection Branch, Guts Civil Rights Division Enforcement
4 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · DOJ Civil Division | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | Lindsey Halligan, Trump's Personal Attorney With No Prosecutorial Experience, Appointed Acting U.S. Attorney EDVA to Pursue Political Prosecutions
5 src Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · James Comey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads
2 src 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
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Alvaro Bedoya · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | Trump Installs Personal Lawyer Lindsey Halligan as U.S. Attorney After Prosecutor Refuses Political Indictments
2 src Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Erik Siebert · Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-09-20 | Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney Erik Siebert Resigns Under Trump Pressure to Charge Letitia James
2 src Erik Siebert · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Letitia James · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-19 | SEC Drops Fraud Cases Against Trump Clemency Recipients, Abandoning Victims
2 src Paul Atkins · Devon Archer · Trevor Milton · Carlos Watson · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-18 | Analysis Reveals Proposed FY2026 Budget Would Cut CDC by 53%, Eliminate 61+ Programs
5 src Trust for America's Health (TFAH) · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-17 | DOJ and FTC Identify 125+ Federal Regulations for Elimination as "Anticompetitive"
4 src Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-17 | FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens ABC License Revocation, Disney Suspends Kimmel 'Indefinitely'
2 src Brendan Carr · Jimmy Kimmel · ABC · Disney · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-16 | Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Rule of Law 'Under Attack Like Never Before'
2 src Jack Smith · Department of Justice · George Mason University · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-09-15 | NYT Reveals UAE $2B Crypto Investment Tied to AI Chip Deal Approval
2 src Donald Trump · Steve Witkoff · David Sacks · Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-15 | Trump Installs Economic Adviser on Federal Reserve Board in Unprecedented Dual Role
2 src Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve · Council of Economic Advisers | reported | |
| 2025-09-12 | SEC Drops Fraud Case Against Pardoned Nikola Founder Trevor Milton
2 src Trevor Milton · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · Nikola Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-12 | Trump Threatens Racketeering Investigation Against George Soros for Funding Protests
3 src Donald Trump · George Soros · Open Society Foundations · Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-09-11 | FTC Launches Investigation into AI Companion Chatbots' Impact on Children
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Alphabet · Character.AI · Meta · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Forces Corporations to Provide Government Equity Stakes
2 src Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel · Lockheed Martin · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Treasury Secretary Bessent Eliminates Climate Risk Assessment Panels
3 src Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Financial Stability Oversight Council | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns of Job Cuts After Congress Halves Funding Cap
3 src Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Rohit Chopra | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Trump Signs Anti-Debanking Order While Gutting Agency That Could Investigate It
2 src Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · JPMorgan · Citibank | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Trump Spending Legislation Creates $40 Billion in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies
2 src Donald Trump · Harold Hamm · Kelcy Warren · Fossil Fuel Industry | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | CBS Appoints Trump Ally Kenneth Weinstein as Network Ombudsman Following Merger Pressure
3 src Kenneth Weinstein · Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · Comcast · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts
2 src Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | Transportation Department Drops Rule Requiring Airlines to Compensate Passengers for Delays
3 src Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Airlines · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud
3 src Department of Justice · Lisa Cook · Pam Bondi · Bill Pulte · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Federal Reserve Nominee Plans Unprecedented Dual Role With White House
3 src Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve Board · White House | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence
2 src Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-01 | Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan
3 src Donald Trump · Chuck Grassley · Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | Federal Prosecutors Charge Veteran for Flag Burning Following Trump DOJ Directive Despite Supreme Court Precedent
3 src Department of Justice · Trump · Federal Prosecutors | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | SSA whistleblower Charles Borges forced to resign after exposing data breach
3 src Charles Borges · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Aram Moghaddassi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | Trump Revokes Secret Service Protection for Former VP Kamala Harris Effective September 1
3 src Trump · Kamala Harris · U.S. Secret Service | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | White House Fires Surface Transportation Board Member Via Email Without Cause
3 src Trump · White House · Surface Transportation Board · Robert E. Primus | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | Silicon Valley Launches $200 Million Super PAC to Block AI Regulations Ahead of Midterms
3 src Meta · Andreessen Horowitz · Greg Brockman · OpenAI | reported | |
| 2025-08-21 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in NIH v. American Public Health Association clears DEI-flagged grant terminations (Tucker Act routing) 3 src | confirmed |