Regulatory Capture
The Regulatory Capture capture lane traces 1534 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi · ActBlue | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Reveals Major Foreign Crypto Investments Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Nexo Capital Announces U.S. Market Re-entry at Conference with Donald Trump Jr. Donald Trump Jr. · Antoni Trenchev · Gila Gamliel | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-24 | Indicted 'Bitcoin Jesus' Pays Roger Stone $600,000 to Lobby Against Tax Charges Roger Ver · Roger Stone · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Coordinated Constitutional Challenge Filed American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · State Attorney Generals · League of Women Voters | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Crypto ally Paul Atkins sworn in to replace Gary Gensler atop U.S. SEC Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Atkins · Gary Gensler · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Legal Resistance Technology Platform Launch Lawyers for Good Government · Traci Feit Love · Paladin · Kristen Sonday · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Politically Connected Firms Exploit Trump Tariff Exemptions Through Opaque Process Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Rapid Response Litigation Protocol Developed Constitutional Defense Network · Emergency Legal Response Team · Lawyers for Good Government · Democracy Forward | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Trump-linked Lobbying Firms Dramatically Increase Q1 2025 Revenues Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Brian Ballard · Susie Wiles · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Judge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly, Orders Divestiture of Ad Business Judge Leonie Brinkema · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Mass Layoffs Hit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Judicial Intervention Emerges Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Amy Berman Jackson · Gavin Kliger · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Trump Team Targets Politically Connected Startup Ramp for $700B Government Payments Overhaul Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · J.D. Vance · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Trump Fires Democratic Board Members of the NCUA Donald Trump · Todd Harper · Tanya Otsuka · Kyle Hauptman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-16 | Under Trump, consumer watchdog to slash industry supervision Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · National Treasury Employees Union · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Pulte Appoints 1789 Capital's Omeed Malik to Fannie Mae Board; Nominating/Governance Committee Seat Paired with FHFA Director as Chair Omeed Malik · Bill Pulte · Donald Trump Jr. · 1789 Capital · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Wolff Reports Trump Team's Media Leverage Attempt with Warner Bros. Discovery Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Michael Wolff · David Zaslav · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-13 | ICE terminates $73 million no-bid contract after improper influence allegations Universal Strategic Advisors · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Brian DeMore · David Marin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Binance seeks to curb U.S. oversight while in deal talks with Trump’s crypto company Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | CFPB Dismisses Lawsuit Against Comerica Bank Over Federal Benefits Card Program Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Rohit Chopra · Comerica Bank · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | Meta adds former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to its board Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Dina Powell McCormick · Mark Zuckerberg | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-11 | The US is turning a blind eye to crypto crimes Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners Sound Alarm on Potential Data Access Misuse Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Rebecca Slaughter · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Judicial System Struggles with Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Circuit Courts · Department of Justice · Presidential Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Labor leaders fear Elon Musk and DOGE could gain access to whistleblower files Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · AFL-CIO · +1 | 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 Signs Bill Nullifying Expanded IRS Crypto Broker Rule Donald Trump · Mike Carey · Ways and Means Committee · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | Trump Reverses Course with 90-Day Tariff Pause After Bond Market Crisis; China Excluded, Tariffs Escalate to 145% Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Howard Lutnick · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | US DOGE Service Agreement with Department of Labor Reveals $1.3 Million Fee Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Labor · US Digital Service (USDS) | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | US-China Tariff Escalation Reaches 145% as Tit-for-Tat Retaliation Nears Total Decoupling Donald Trump · Xi Jinping · Scott Bessent · Howard Lutnick | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-08 | Justice Department Disbands National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team Donald Trump · Todd Blanche · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-05 | Launch of Integrated Legal Technology Platform for Collaborative Resistance Legal Tech Innovations · Constitutional Litigation Consortium · Digital Defense Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-05 | Legal Resistance Tech Collaboration Platform Launch Electronic Frontier Foundation · Legal Tech Innovations · Digital Defense Fund | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | World Liberty Financial Sells $25 Million in Tokens Days Before DOJ Crypto Unit Disbanded Trump Family · World Liberty Financial · DWF Labs · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | FCC Chair Carr Proposes Section 230 Reinterpretation at DOJ "Big-Tech Censorship" Forum Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-03 | Liberation Day Market Crash: S&P 500 Drops 10.5% in Two Days, $6.6 Trillion Wiped Out in Largest Two-Day Loss in History Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Federal Reserve · Wall Street | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | DOT announces enforcement grace period for new emissions standards Department of Transportation · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | SEC Restructures Enforcement Division Under Trump Administration Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Atkins · Samuel Waldon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Shares in Trump social media company sink following concerns about insider selloff Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Top Anti-Corruption Officials Depart SEC Following Enforcement Pause Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Charles Cain · Tracy Price | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | U.S. lifts sanctions on wife of Putin’s childhood friend Boris Rotenberg Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Zuckerberg lobbies Trump to avoid Meta antitrust trial Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | EPA reverses bans on TCE, asbestos, and ethylene oxide under industry executives Nancy Beck · Lynn Dekleva · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · American Chemistry Council | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | HHS Lays Off 10,000 Federal Health Workers at NIH, FDA, and CDC in RFK Jr. Restructuring U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Food and Drug Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | State Department plans $400 million payment to Tesla after regulatory firings State Department · Tesla · Elon Musk · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-31 | Trump Administration Continues Systematic DOJ Prosecutor Purge Trump Administration · Department of Justice · James McHenry · Career Prosecutors | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-31 | Trump Administration Freezes Title X Funding to Planned Parenthood Affiliates Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Planned Parenthood · National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | FDIC says banks can engage in crypto activities without prior approval Donald Trump · Travis Hill · Trump Administration · FDIC | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | SEC Launches Crypto Task Force with Significant Staffing Changes Paul Atkins · Mark T. Uyeda · Hester Peirce · SEC Crypto Task Force | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Trump pardons four founders of BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange convicted of money laundering Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case Donald Trump · Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Trump EPA Creates Email Portal for Clean Air Act Exemption Requests Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | US Virgin Islands Loses $3.3 Million in Federal Health Funding Amid National Public Health Cuts U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · US Virgin Islands Department of Health · Justa Encarnacion | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-26 | How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China Elon Musk · SpaceX Executives · Iqbaljit Kahlon | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | DOGE cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink government contracts Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Mikie Sherrill · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Thiel Capital Chief of Staff Michael Kratsios Confirmed as OSTP Director (74-25) Michael Kratsios · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · Scale AI · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump SEC pick discloses family fortune of more than $328 million Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | Government contractor who received $179M in federal contracts buys VP Vance's home for $170K over asking JD Vance · Christopher Garcia · Health Supply US · 9 EDR LLC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority Federal District Court · U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Urges Public to Buy Tesla Stock, Violating Ethics Rules Howard Lutnick · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Critical Mineral Extraction on Federal Lands Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Scott Bessent · Doug Burgum | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | Donald Trump Jr. meets Serbian president to promote Trump hotel amid massive protests Donald Trump Jr. · Aleksandar Vučić · Trump Organization · Affinity Global Development · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | SEC Drops Landmark Lawsuit Against Ripple Labs After Political Shifts Brad Garlinghouse · Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda · SEC Chair · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | White House Forces Out Amtrak CEO Amid Privatization Threats Donald Trump · Stephen Gardner · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Fired FTC Democrats fear Trump will urge regulator to go easy on his Big Tech donors Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX DOGE Team · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Pulte Purges 14 Directors from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Boards, Installs Himself as Chairman of Both GSEs Bill Pulte · FHFA · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac · +19 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Raises $550 Million in Crypto Token Sales Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial · Justin Sun | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-16 | Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Trump Administration Used Diplomatic Pressure to Advance Starlink in Gambia Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sharon Cromer · Lamin Jabbi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Top Trump official's crypto ties raise red flags as the administration touts digital assets Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Elizabeth Warren · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Trump Raises Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to 25% on All Countries, Eliminating All Exemptions; EU and Canada Retaliate Donald Trump · European Commission · Justin Trudeau · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | DHS Awards $200 Million Ad Contract to Republican Firms Without Full Competitive Bidding Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kristi Noem · Jay Connaughton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | SEC Revokes Staff's Investigative Authority, Requiring Direct Commissioner Approval Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda · Hester Peirce · Caroline Crenshaw | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Amazon pays $40 million for Melania documentary in apparent quid pro quo arrangement Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Melania Trump · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | It's 'shoot first and ask questions later' as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official Department of Government Efficiency · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Legal Resistance Network Litigation Summit National Association of Attorneys General · State Attorney General Networks · Civil Liberties Organizations · Constitutional Litigation Experts | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies Elon Musk · Chinese Investors · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-08 | Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force Donald Trump · Adam Cohen · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’ Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-05 | Trump issues ethics waiver allowing crypto czar David Sacks to retain investments David Sacks · White House · David Warrington · Sen. Elizabeth Warren · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation Kash Patel · Jolene A. Lauria · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency is defanged by Trump administration Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Commerce Department changes broadband policies benefiting Starlink up to $20B Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Elon Musk · Starlink | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals worth $400 million Federal Aviation Administration · Starlink · Tesla · State Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake Cyabra (investigator) · Far-right Portuguese parties · Fake account networks · Russian disinformation operations | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Project 2025 Authors Fill Key Administration Positions Brendan Carr · Tom Homan · Linda McMahon · Karoline Leavitt · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | SEC offers $50,000 buyouts to staff investigating Elon Musk Securities and Exchange Commission · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | CFPB Drops Major Lawsuits Against Capital One and Other Financial Firms Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought · Jonathan McKernan · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | SEC Declares Meme Coins Not Subject to Securities Regulations Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission · SEC Division of Corporation Finance | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | Musk's DOGE leads systematic CFPB shutdown, raising regulatory conflict concerns Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Linda Yaccarino · Russell Vought · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-24 | SEC Closes Investigation into Robinhood Crypto Division Without Enforcement Action Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Dan Gallagher · Robinhood Crypto Division | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Solo Funds, Signaling Regulatory Capture Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Travis Holoway · Lauren Saunders | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gary Gensler · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed |