#Congressional-Corruption
Events indexed under #Congressional-Corruption — 50 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-23 | House Speaker Johnson Shuts Down Congress Early to Block Epstein Files Vote
3 src Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · U.S. House of Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-14 | Greene bought market dip before Trump paused tariffs, profiting from the rally
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marjorie Taylor Greene | confirmed | |
| 2024-07-01 | Paul Pelosi Visa Stock Sale Controversy
4 src Paul Pelosi · Nancy Pelosi · Rick Scott · Visa Inc. · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-04-26 | Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors
3 src Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 | 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 | |
| 2020-01-17 | Rep. Chris Collins Sentenced to 26 Months for Insider Trading From White House Lawn
3 src Chris Collins · Cameron Collins · Donald Trump · Vernon S. Broderick | 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 | |
| 2018-08-21 | Rep. Duncan Hunter and Wife Indicted for $250,000 Campaign Finance Fraud
3 src Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter | confirmed | |
| 2018-08-08 | Rep. Chris Collins Indicted for Insider Trading
4 src Chris Collins · Cameron Collins · Stephen Zarsky · Innate Immunotherapeutics | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2016-12-01 | Banking Committee Chairman Shelby Advocates for Financial CHOICE Act to Gut Dodd-Frank
3 src Richard Shelby · U.S. Senate Banking Committee · Wall Street · Dodd-Frank Act | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-31 | Rep. Tom Price Purchases Discounted Healthcare Stocks While Drafting Industry Legislation
4 src Tom Price · Chris Collins · Innate Immunotherapeutics · Zimmer Biomet · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-04-27 | Dennis Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months, Judge Calls Him 'Serial Child Molester'
3 src Dennis Hastert · Thomas Durkin · Scott Cross | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-28 | Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Federal Banking Violations
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-09 | Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge
3 src Dennis Hastert · Jolene Reinboldt Burdge · Steve Reinboldt | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-28 | Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Bank Fraud and Lying to FBI
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-17 | Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns Amid Luxury Spending and Mileage Fraud Scandal
3 src Aaron Schock | confirmed | |
| 2014-12-18 | Congress Appropriates $120 Million for Unwanted Abrams Tanks for Third Consecutive Year Despite Army Opposition
3 src General Dynamics · Mike Turner · Ray Odierno · Rob Portman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-09-02 | Eric Cantor Joins Wall Street Investment Bank for $3.4M After House Leadership
3 src Eric Cantor · Moelis & Company · House Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2014-02-26 | Ways and Means Chairman Proposes Carried Interest Reform That Private Equity Lobbying Defeats
3 src Dave Camp · House Ways and Means Committee · Carlyle Group · Cerberus Capital Management · +1 | 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 · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-01-21 | Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Wife Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
3 src Bob McDonnell · Maureen McDonnell · Jonnie Williams | 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 | |
| 2013-04-15 | 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 Jesse Jackson Jr. · Sandra Stevens Jackson | 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 · Ray Odierno · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-11-13 | STOCK Act Gains Momentum After 60 Minutes Exposes Congressional Insider Trading
3 src Scott Brown · Kirsten Gillibrand · Brian Baird | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-16 | Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up
3 src Anthony Weiner · Huma Abedin · Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-27 | Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
3 src Judd Gregg · Goldman Sachs · Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying
3 src Chris Dodd · MPAA · Motion Picture Association | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-03 | Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
3 src Evan Bayh · Apollo Global Management · McGuireWoods · Marathon Petroleum · +1 | 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 | |
| 2009-01-01 | Energy and Commerce Committee Members Receive $45M From Pharma During ACA Debate
3 src House Energy and Commerce Committee · Fred Upton · PhRMA · Pfizer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-09-29 | Financial Services Committee Members Who Supported Bailout Received 39% More Wall Street Money
3 src Barney Frank · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street · TARP | confirmed | |
| 2008-07-29 | Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on Seven Felony Corruption Charges
3 src Ted Stevens · Bill Allen · Eric Holder | confirmed | |
| 2007-12-18 | Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
3 src Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · Patton Boggs | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-15 | Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
3 src U.S. Congress · K Street · Public Citizen | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-28 | Rep. Duke Cunningham Pleads Guilty to $2.4 Million Bribery Scheme
3 src Duke Cunningham · Mitchell Wade · Carol Lam · 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 | |
| 2005-08-11 | Jack Abramoff Indicted for Wire Fraud in SunCruz Casinos Purchase
3 src Jack Abramoff · Adam Kidan | confirmed | |
| 2005-08-03 | FBI Finds $90,000 in Cash Hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's Freezer
3 src William Jefferson · Lori Mody | confirmed | |
| 2005-06-30 | Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
3 src Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff · Susan Hirschmann · Robert Wexler | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-01 | Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
3 src Public Citizen · U.S. Congress · K Street | confirmed | |
| 2005-03-14 | Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
3 src Tom Daschle · InterMedia Advisors · Alston & Bird · Leo Hindery | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-03 | Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
3 src Dick Gephardt · Gephardt Group · DLA Piper | confirmed | |
| 2004-12-15 | Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
3 src Billy Tauzin · PhRMA · Medicare | 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 · Medicare | confirmed |