| 2016-07-21 | Peter Thiel Delivers Prime-Time RNC Speech Supporting Trump
3 src Peter Thiel · Donald Trump · Republican Party | | confirmed |
| 2016-06-28 | Hillbilly Elegy Published - Vance as Trump Critic
4 src J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · ABC News |
| confirmed |
| 2016-06-12 | Walgreens Terminates Theranos Partnership After 31,000 Customers Receive Voided Test Results
3 src Walgreens · Theranos · Elizabeth Holmes · Food and Drug Administration · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2016-06-01 | Trump University Victims Testify to Losing Retirement Savings, Disability Income to Fraudulent Scheme
3 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2016-05-31 | Judge Unseals Trump University Documents Revealing Predatory Sales Playbook Targeting Vulnerable Consumers
3 src Gonzalo Curiel · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2016-04-27 | Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months, Judge Calls Him 'Serial Child Molester'
3 src Dennis Hastert |
| confirmed |
| 2016-04-03 | Panama Papers Expose Global Offshore Financial Networks
3 src Vladimir Putin · King Salman · International Consortium of Investigative Journalists |
| confirmed |
| 2016-03-16 | Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, McConnell and Senate Republicans Refuse to Hold Hearings or Vote
4 src Barack Obama · Merrick Garland · Mitch McConnell · Chuck Grassley |
| confirmed |
| 2016-02-13 | Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, McConnell Immediately Vows to Block Any Obama Nominee
4 src Antonin Scalia · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2016-01-01 | Illicit Fentanyl Overtakes Prescription Opioids as Leading Cause of Overdose Deaths
3 src Drug Enforcement Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| confirmed |
| 2016-01-01 | Whistleblower Alleges Dialysis Giants DaVita and Fresenius Steer Patients Through American Kidney Fund in $247M Kickback Scheme
5 src DaVita · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2015-11-19 | Johns Hopkins Study Exposes Orphan Drug Act Gaming - Seven of Top 10 Drugs Exploiting Tax Breaks for Rare Diseases
4 src Food and Drug Administration · AbbVie · Johnson & Johnson · AstraZeneca · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-10-31 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals Scandal Exposes Systematic Price Gouging Strategy - 3000% Increase on Syprine, Philidor Fraud Network
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Big Pharma |
| confirmed |
| 2015-10-28 | DaVita Pays $450 Million for Drug Wastage Fraud, Largest Unjoined Whistleblower Settlement in History
3 src DaVita · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2015-10-28 | Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Federal Banking Violations
3 src Dennis Hastert |
| confirmed |
| 2015-10-15 | Wall Street Journal Exposes Theranos Blood-Testing Fraud in Landmark Investigation
3 src Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · Wall Street Journal · Walgreens · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-09-18 | EPA Exposes Volkswagen Dieselgate: 11 Million Cars with Emissions Defeat Devices
4 src Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2015-06-09 | Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge
3 src Dennis Hastert |
| confirmed |
| 2015-05-28 | Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Bank Fraud and Lying to FBI
3 src Dennis Hastert |
| confirmed |
| 2015-04-27 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Federal Crackdown on For-Profit College Fraud
4 src Corinthian Colleges · U.S. Department of Education · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities |
| confirmed |
| 2015-04-26 | Corinthian Colleges Files Bankruptcy After Defrauding 72,000 Students - Executives Shield Assets
3 src Corinthian Colleges |
| confirmed |
| 2015-04-08 | Russian Agents Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin Attend NRA Annual Meeting, Meet Federal Reserve Vice Chairman
2 src Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · National Rifle Association · Federal Reserve |
| confirmed |
| 2015-03-17 | Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns Amid Luxury Spending and Mileage Fraud Scandal
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2015-02-23 | "Corinthian 15" Launch First Student Debt Strike in U.S. History
3 src Arne Duncan |
| confirmed |
| 2014-12-18 | Congress Appropriates $120 Million for Unwanted Abrams Tanks for Third Consecutive Year Despite Army Opposition
3 src General Dynamics · Rob Portman · Sherrod Brown |
| confirmed |
| 2014-10-22 | DaVita Pays $350 Million to Settle Doctor Kickback Allegations, Exposing Systematic Dialysis Profiteering Scheme
3 src DaVita · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2014-07-15 | Former Utah Attorneys General Shurtleff and Swallow arrested on 23 corruption counts
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2014-06-12 | Federal Government Cuts Off Corinthian Colleges - 72,000 Students Trapped by Fraud
3 src U.S. Department of Education · Corinthian Colleges · Arne Duncan |
| confirmed |
| 2014-03-18 | Annexation of Crimea: Putin's Strategic Asset Seizure
4 src Vladimir Putin |
| confirmed |
| 2014-03-01 | Trump Foundation Buys $20,000 Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction, Hangs in Trump Golf Club
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2014-02-26 | Ways and Means Chairman Proposes Carried Interest Reform That Private Equity Lobbying Defeats
3 src House Ways and Means Committee · Carlyle Group |
| confirmed |
| 2014-02-06 | Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists
3 src Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · UnitedHealth Group |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-21 | Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Wife Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2013-12-23 | Wells Fargo Sales Practices Investigation Begins
3 src Wells Fargo Board · John Stumpf |
| confirmed |
| 2013-11-11 | Citigroup Lobbyists Write 70 of 85 Lines in House Banking Deregulation Bill
3 src Citigroup · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street |
| confirmed |
| 2013-11-09 | Trump Holds Miss Universe in Moscow, Partners with Putin-Connected Agalarovs for Trump Tower Moscow
4 src Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Trump Organization |
| confirmed |
| 2013-10-20 | South Dakota EB-5 official Richard Benda dies amid investigation into $550K theft
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2013-09-17 | Pam Bondi Receives Illegal $25,000 Trump Foundation Donation During Trump University Investigation
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-21 | Skilling Sentence Reduced to 14 Years, Marking Accountability Erosion
3 src Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2013-04-15 | Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements
3 src Barack Obama |
| confirmed |
| 2013-02-20 | Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to $750,000 Campaign Fund Fraud
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2012-12-05 | ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation
4 src Johnson & Johnson · Max Baucus · Barack Obama · U.S. Senate Finance Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2012-08-30 | Holder Closes Durham CIA Torture Investigations With No Charges — Completing the Obama-Era Ratchet Click on Torture Non-Prosecution
4 src Eric Holder · Barack Obama · Central Intelligence Agency · Gul Rahman |
| confirmed |
| 2012-07-25 | Congress Overrides Army to Fund $255 Million in Unwanted Abrams Tank Upgrades to Protect General Dynamics Ohio Plant
3 src General Dynamics · Rob Portman · Sherrod Brown · Jim Jordan |
| confirmed |
| 2012-01-01 | Leonard Leo Directs Hidden Payments to Ginni Thomas Through Kellyanne Conway, Instructs "No Mention of Ginni"
4 src Leonard Leo · Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Kellyanne Conway · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2011-12-01 | GAO Audit Reveals Massive $16.1 Trillion in Secret Federal Reserve Crisis Loans
3 src Federal Reserve · Ben Bernanke · Citigroup · Morgan Stanley · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2011-10-31 | MF Global Bankruptcy: $1.6 Billion in Customer Funds Missing Under Jon Corzine
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2011-07-01 | ALEC Achieves Systematic Legislative Capture: 200+ Corporate-Drafted Bills Enacted Annually Across States
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2011-06-16 | Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up
3 src Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi |
| confirmed |
| 2011-05-27 | Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
3 src Goldman Sachs |
| confirmed |
| 2011-04-27 | Trump's Birtherism Campaign Forces Obama to Release Long-Form Birth Certificate
4 src Donald Trump · Barack Obama | | confirmed |
| 2011-01-03 | Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
3 src Apollo Global Management |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | ALEC Grants Corporate Lobbyists 'Equal Vote' on Model Legislation for State Legislatures
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil |
| confirmed |
| 2011-01-01 | J.D. Vance Meets Peter Thiel at Yale Law School, Beginning Political Pipeline
3 src J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Yale Law School | | confirmed |
| 2010-04-16 | SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Fraud Over ABACUS 2007-AC1 Synthetic CDO Deal Where Hedge Fund Manager John Paulson Selected Mortgage Securities to Bet Against While Goldman Sold Package to Investors, Resulting in $550 Million Settlement but No Criminal Charges
2 src Goldman Sachs · Securities and Exchange Commission · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
3 src Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2009-12-14 | University of Phoenix Settles $78.5 Million False Claims Act Lawsuit for Illegal Recruiter Incentive Compensation
3 src University of Phoenix · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2009-09-12 | 9/12 Taxpayer March on Washington Demonstrates Koch Network Mobilization Power
3 src FreedomWorks · Americans for Prosperity · Dick Armey · David Koch · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2009-04-13 | Peter Thiel Publishes Anti-Democracy Essay Declaring Freedom and Democracy Incompatible
4 src Peter Thiel · Cato Institute | | confirmed |
| 2009-04-02 | Northrop Grumman Pays $325 Million for Decade of Defective Spy Satellite Parts
3 src Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · National Reconnaissance Office |
| confirmed |
| 2009-01-01 | Energy and Commerce Committee Members Receive $45M From Pharma During ACA Debate
3 src House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA · Pfizer · Merck |
| confirmed |
| 2008-12-09 | Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested for Attempting to Sell Obama's Senate Seat
3 src Rod Blagojevich · Barack Obama · Patrick Fitzgerald · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2008-10-03 | Mental Health Parity Act Signed into Law with No Enforcement Mechanism, Enabling Systematic Insurer Non-Compliance
4 src George W. Bush · U.S. Department of Labor · Health insurance industry |
| confirmed |
| 2008-09-11 | Kids for Cash Scandal Exposed: Pennsylvania Judges Accepted $2.8 Million in Kickbacks to Fill Private Juvenile Detention Centers
4 src |
| confirmed |
| 2008-08-18 | General Dynamics Pays $4 Million to Settle Fraud Charges for Defective Submarine and Aircraft Parts
2 src General Dynamics · U.S. Navy |
| confirmed |
| 2008-07-29 | Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on Seven Felony Corruption Charges
3 src Eric Holder |
| confirmed |
| 2007-12-18 | Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
3 src Trent Lott |
| confirmed |
| 2007-10-01 | Trump Foundation Pays $258,000 for Six-Foot Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2007-09-15 | Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
3 src U.S. Congress · Public Citizen |
| confirmed |
| 2006-10-23 | Jeffrey Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years for Enron Fraud
3 src Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2006-07-05 | Ken Lay Dies Before Sentencing, Conviction Later Vacated
3 src Kenneth Lay |
| confirmed |
| 2006-06-07 | Model Ruslana Korshunova, 18, flies to Epstein's island two years before suspicious death
4 src Jeffrey Epstein | | confirmed |
| 2006-05-25 | Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling Convicted of Enron Fraud and Conspiracy
3 src Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2005-11-28 | Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme
3 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2005-11-16 | Energy Committee Hearings Expose Oil Industry Climate Denial Campaign and Regulatory Capture
3 src House Energy and Commerce Committee · Dick Cheney · ExxonMobil · American Petroleum Institute |
| confirmed |
| 2005-09-28 | House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy
3 src Tom DeLay |
| confirmed |
| 2005-08-29 | Hurricane Katrina Enables .4B No-Bid Disaster Capitalism Takeover
3 src Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Heritage Foundation | | confirmed |
| 2005-08-11 | Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase
3 src Jack Abramoff | | confirmed |
| 2005-08-03 | FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2005-07-13 | WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
3 src Bernard Ebbers · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2005-06-30 | Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
3 src Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff |
| confirmed |
| 2005-04-20 | Bankruptcy Act Makes Private Student Loans Non-Dischargeable - Weaponizing Law Against Students
3 src George W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 2005-04-11 | Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern
3 src Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2005-04-01 | Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
3 src Public Citizen · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2005-03-14 | Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
3 src Tom Daschle |
| confirmed |
| 2004-12-15 | Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
3 src Billy Tauzin · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 2004-11-02 | Massey Energy CEO Spends $3 Million to Elect Judge in Case Against His Company
11 src U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2004-07-07 | Enron Founder Ken Lay Indicted on 11 Counts of Fraud and Conspiracy
3 src Kenneth Lay · Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2004-01-08 | The Apprentice Premieres on NBC, Rehabilitating Trump's Image After Bankruptcies
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Burnett · NBC |
| confirmed |
| 2003-11-25 | Medicare Part D Passes After Pharmaceutical Industry Writes Price Negotiation Ban
3 src Billy Tauzin · House Energy and Commerce Committee · PhRMA |
| confirmed |
| 2003-06-26 | HCA Healthcare Pays $1.7 Billion in Largest Medicare Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
3 src Rick Scott · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2002-12-19 | Central Park Five Exonerated: DNA Proves Innocence After 13 Years
3 src Yusef Salaam · Korey Wise · Antron McCray · Kevin Richardson · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2002-09-12 | Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski Indicted for $600 Million Fraud
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2002-09-05 | WHIG Develops "Smoking Gun/Mushroom Cloud" Propaganda Template
3 src Michael Gerson · Karl Rove · Condoleezza Rice · George W. Bush · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2002-09-01 | Think Tank Network Coordinates Iraq War Support Following Powell Memo Template
3 src American Enterprise Institute · Heritage Foundation · Dick Cheney · Paul Wolfowitz | | confirmed |
| 2002-07-30 | Sarbanes-Oxley Act Signed Into Law as Brief Reform Moment
3 src George W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 2002-06-25 | WorldCom Announces $3.8 Billion Accounting Fraud Discovery
3 src Bernard Ebbers |
| confirmed |
| 2002-06-24 | Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci Convicted in Operation Plunder Dome Corruption Trial, Sentenced to Five Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2002-06-15 | Arthur Andersen Convicted, Destroying 85,000 Jobs Worldwide
3 src Arthur Andersen · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2002-03-14 | Arthur Andersen Indicted for Obstruction of Justice in Enron Scandal
3 src Arthur Andersen · Department of Justice · Michael Chertoff |
| confirmed |