#Abuse-of-Power
Events indexed under #Abuse-of-Power — 72 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | Noem Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Yemen Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Whistleblowers Expose ICE Policy Authorizing Warrantless Home Entries Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Richard Blumenthal | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-19 | ICE Announces 3,000 Arrests in Operation Metro Surge Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-07 | Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon Donald Trump · Henry Cuellar · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-12-04 | GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-02 | USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · Judge Maxine Chesney · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-19 | DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Michael Dreeben · Judge Michael Nachmanoff · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-17 | Kash Patel Assigns Elite FBI SWAT Team to Protect Girlfriend, Orders Agents to Drive Her Drunk Friend Home Kash Patel · Alexis Wilkins · Christopher O'Leary | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-14 | Trump Orders DOJ via Truth Social to Investigate Political Opponents Over Epstein Ties Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Bill Clinton · Larry Summers · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-12 | Rep. Lauren Boebert Summoned to White House Situation Room Over Epstein Files Petition Lauren Boebert · Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Kash Patel · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | Trump Pardons Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and Chief of Staff Convicted of Federal Corruption Donald Trump · Glen Casada · Cade Cothren | reported | |
| 2025-10-27 | Trump Terminates SNAP Benefits for 42 Million Americans Despite Available Funds Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | Tech Billionaires Block Trump Military Deployment to San Francisco Jensen Huang · Marc Benioff · Mayor Daniel Lurie · Sam Altman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Administration Prioritizes White South Africans in Refugee Admissions Trump Administration · State Department · pro-Afrikaner advocacy groups | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Orders Demolition of Historic White House East Wing for Personal Ballroom Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | Trump Demands $230 Million from DOJ as 'Compensation' for Investigations Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice · former Trump defense lawyers | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | ICE Weapons Budget Surges 700% Including Guided Missiles and Explosives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-10-18 | DHS Purchases $172 Million in Luxury Jets for Kristi Noem During Shutdown Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Trump Commutes George Santos Prison Sentence After 3 Months Donald Trump · White House · George Santos | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Trump Freezes $11 Billion in Infrastructure Projects in Democratic Cities Donald Trump · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Democratic city governments | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Administration Plans IRS Overhaul to Target Liberal Donors and Nonprofits Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Gary Shapley · Internal Revenue Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Pledges $40 Billion Argentina Bailout Tied to Milei Reelection Donald Trump · Javier Milei · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Publicly Identifies Political Opponents for DOJ Prosecution Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Jack Smith · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Requires Political Loyalty Tests for All Federal Hiring Donald Trump · Political Appointees · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-29 | Trump Grants Qatar Unprecedented NATO-Like Security Guarantee via Executive Order Donald Trump · White House · State of Qatar · Benjamin Netanyahu | reported | |
| 2025-09-06 | Trump Administration Explores Federal Takeover of 9/11 Memorial and Museum Trump · Michael Bloomberg · Kathy Hochul · Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Trump Revokes Secret Service Protection for Former VP Kamala Harris Effective September 1 Trump · Kamala Harris · U.S. Secret Service | reported | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Orders Prosecution of Flag Burning Despite Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Signs Executive Orders Eliminating Cashless Bail, Threatening Federal Funds Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | FHFA's Pulte Expands Mortgage Fraud Accusations to Schiff and Letitia James William Pulte · Adam Schiff · Letitia James · fhfa · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | FHFA Director Pulte Uses Mortgage Data to Target Fed Governor Lisa Cook William Pulte · Lisa Cook · Federal Reserve · fhfa · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-01 | President Biden Issues Full Pardon for Son Hunter Despite Repeated Promises Not To Joe Biden · Hunter Biden · David Weiss · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-08-22 | Ethics board finds Noem may have engaged in misconduct and conflict of interest Kristi Noem · South Dakota Government Accountability Board · Jason Ravnsborg | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-19 | Trump's Final Day Pardon Spree - 73 Pardons Including Bannon and Broidy Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Elliott Broidy · Ken Kurson · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-13 | Trump Pardons Kwame Kilpatrick After Serving 7 of 28 Years for Detroit Corruption Donald Trump · Kwame Kilpatrick · Bobby Ferguson · Alveda King | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-03 | Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election Jeffrey Clark · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-02 | Trump Calls Georgia Secretary of State to Find 11,780 Votes Donald Trump · Brad Raffensperger · Mark Meadows · Cleta Mitchell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-27 | Trump tells acting AG "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me" Donald Trump · Jeffrey Rosen · Richard Donoghue · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | Trump Pardons Charles Kushner and 14 Others in Single-Day Corruption Spree Donald Trump · Charles Kushner · Jared Kushner · Paul Erickson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | Trump Pardons Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Kushner in Corruption Spree Donald Trump · Paul Manafort · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-22 | Trump Pardons Four Blackwater Contractors for Nisour Square Massacre Donald Trump · Erik Prince · Betsy DeVos · Nicholas Slatten · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-01 | Trump Pardon Corruption - Systematic Monetization of Presidential Clemency Power Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jared Kushner · William Barr | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-27 | Noem intervenes in daughter's denied appraiser license application Kristi Noem · Kassidy Peters · Sherry Bren · Marcia Hultman | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-07 | New York Times Exposes Erik Prince's Recruitment of Former Spies for Project Veritas Domestic Intelligence Operations Erik Prince · Richard Seddon · James O'Keefe · Project Veritas · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-11 | Bill Barr Intervenes to Reduce Sentences for Trump Allies Stone and Flynn Bill Barr · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-12-18 | House Votes to Impeach Trump on Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress Donald Trump · Nancy Pelosi · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-20 | Sondland Testifies - "Was There a Quid Pro Quo? The Answer Is Yes. Everyone Was in the Loop." Gordon Sondland · Mike Pompeo · Mike Pence · Mick Mulvaney · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Speaker Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry After Ukraine Revelations Nancy Pelosi · Donald Trump · Adam Schiff · House Democrats | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-24 | Trump Freezes Ukraine Military Aid Demanding Biden Investigation Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani · William Barr · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-25 | Trump Pressures Zelensky in Phone Call - "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though" Donald Trump · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-22 | Devin Nunes Makes Secret Midnight White House Visit to View Intel, Then Briefs Trump Before Committee - Obstruction of Investigation Devin Nunes · Donald Trump · Ezra Cohen-Watnick · Michael Ellis · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-22 | Trump Asks Intelligence Chiefs Coats and Rogers to Publicly Deny Russia Collusion Evidence - Obstruction of Investigation Donald Trump · Dan Coats · Mike Rogers · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-20 | FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms Russia Investigation into Trump Campaign in Historic House Testimony James Comey · Donald Trump · Mike Rogers · Devin Nunes · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-11 | Trump Fires Preet Bharara After Broken Promise to Keep Him - Obstruction Amid Trump-Related Investigations Donald Trump · Preet Bharara · Marc Kasowitz · Jeff Sessions · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-04 | Trump Falsely Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower Based on "A Little Bit of a Hunch" Donald Trump · Barack Obama · James Clapper · James Comey | confirmed | |
| 2016-04-27 | Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months, Judge Calls Him 'Serial Child Molester' Dennis Hastert · Thomas Durkin · Scott Cross | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-09 | Maine Governor LePage Threatens to Withhold School Funding to Block Political Opponent's Hiring Paul LePage · Mark Eves · Good Will-Hinckley | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-09 | Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge Dennis Hastert · Jolene Reinboldt Burdge · Steve Reinboldt | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-11 | Trump Admits to Entering Pageant Dressing Rooms on Howard Stern Donald Trump · Howard Stern | confirmed | |
| 1975-02-21 | Nixon Top Aides Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Mitchell Sentenced to Prison for Watergate Cover-up H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · John N. Mitchell · John Sirica | confirmed | |
| 1974-08-05 | Nixon Releases Smoking Gun Tape Under Supreme Court Order, Political Support Collapses Completely Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · House Judiciary Committee · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 1974-07-27 | House Judiciary Committee Approves Three Articles of Impeachment Against President Nixon House Judiciary Committee · Peter Rodino · Robert McClory · Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1973-10-20 | Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Cox, Richardson and Ruckelshaus Resign in Protest Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox · Elliot Richardson · William Ruckelshaus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-07-16 | Alexander Butterfield Reveals Nixon White House Secret Taping System in Bombshell Testimony Alexander Butterfield · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Donald Sanders · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-06-25 | John Dean Testifies to Senate Watergate Committee: "Cancer Growing on the Presidency" John Dean · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-05-17 | Senate Watergate Committee Begins Televised Hearings, Exposing Presidential Crimes to Public Sam Ervin · Howard Baker · Senate Watergate Committee · Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1973-03-19 | Judge Sirica Uses Maximum Sentences to Break Watergate Cover-up, McCord Writes Explosive Letter John Sirica · James W. McCord Jr. · G. Gordon Liddy · John Dean · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1972-09-01 | CREEP Dirty Tricks Campaign Exposed: Segretti Orchestrates Political Sabotage Including Canuck Letter Donald Segretti · Dwight L. Chapin · Ken W. Clawson · Herbert Kalmbach · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-23 | Smoking Gun Tape: Nixon Orders CIA to Block FBI Watergate Investigation Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Vernon Walters · L. Patrick Gray · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-17 | Five Burglars Arrested Breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Complex James W. McCord Jr. · E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Bernard Barker · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1971-09-03 | White House Plumbers Break Into Daniel Ellsberg Psychiatrist Office Seeking Pentagon Papers Dirt E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Chuck Colson · John Ehrlichman · +3 | confirmed |