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#Ethics-Violation

Events indexed under #Ethics-Violation — 68 entries in the record.

68 events From Jan 1, 2003 To Jan 27, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-01-27DOJ Delegates Ethics Authority to Political Aides Sidelining Career Officials
Emil Bove · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-11-14ProPublica Investigation Exposes Hidden Corruption in Noem's $220M DHS Ad Campaign
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · The Strategy Group · Ben Yoho · +4
confirmed
2025-09-06FBI Director Kash Patel's Krispy Kreme Stock Purchase Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns
Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Krispy Kreme · Joe Neguse
reported
2025-07-14Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal
Pam Bondi · Joseph Tirrell · Donald Trump · Jack Smith · +1
confirmed
2025-06-30Kristi Noem Secretly Took $80,000 from Dark Money Group Without Disclosure
Kristi Noem · Trevor Stanley · American Resolve Policy Fund
confirmed
2025-06-21Trump systematically dismantles post-Watergate institutional safeguards
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Congress · +1
confirmed
2025-06-15Trump Officials' Extensive Financial Conflicts Exposed in Comprehensive Report
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Sean Duffy · Lori Chavez-DeRemer · +3
confirmed
2025-05-29Trump Nominates Paul Ingrassia to Lead Office of Special Counsel
Donald Trump · Paul Ingrassia · Hampton Y. Dellinger
confirmed
2025-05-25As Trumps monetize presidency, profits outstrip protests
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-05-14U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sells Over $1 Million in Trump Media Shares Amid Tariff Announcement
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-05-05Trump Generates $350M Through Memecoin, Offering White House Access to Top Investors
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Sean Casten · +1
confirmed
2025-05-01At a Dubai conference, Trump’s conflicts take center stage
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-25Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo
confirmed
2025-04-11The US is turning a blind eye to crypto crimes
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-10Labor leaders fear Elon Musk and DOGE could gain access to whistleblower files
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · AFL-CIO · +1
confirmed
2025-03-20Commerce Secretary Lutnick Urges Public to Buy Tesla Stock, Violating Ethics Rules
Howard Lutnick · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1
confirmed
2025-03-12Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff
confirmed
2025-03-11Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Tesla
confirmed
2025-02-13Trump Fires Top Ethics and Whistleblower Protection Officials
Donald Trump · David Huitema · Hampton Dellinger · Colleen Shogan · +1
confirmed
2025-02-10Trump Systematically Removes Key Government Ethics and Whistleblower Protection Officials
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · David Huitema · Hampton Dellinger · +2
confirmed
2025-02-01Campaign Legal Center identifies 467 conflicts requiring recusal
Campaign Legal Center · Trump Appointees · Ethics Watchdogs
confirmed
2025-02-01Commerce Secretary Lutnick faces 106 conflicts of interest requiring recusal
Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Cantor Fitzgerald
confirmed
2025-01-26DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Secretly Received $80,000 Dark Money Cut While Governor
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Dark money groups
confirmed
2025-01-25At least 20 families have multiple members in federal posts
Charles Kushner · Kimberly Guilfoyle · Massad Boulos · Trump Family
confirmed
2025-01-20HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Confirmed with Ongoing Vaccine Litigation Referral Fees
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · childrens-health-defense · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · +5
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2
confirmed
2025-01-17Trump launches crypto memecoin days before inauguration
Donald Trump · Melania Trump
confirmed
2023-12-31Investigation Reveals $6.6 Million in Gifts to Supreme Court Justices
Supreme Court Justices · Fix the Court · Harlan Crow · Paul Singer · +2
confirmed
2023-06-20ProPublica Reveals Samuel Alito's Undisclosed Luxury Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer
Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Elliott Investment Management · Leonard Leo · +2
confirmed
2023-01-01Noem secretly accepts $80,000 from dark money nonprofit
Kristi Noem · Lee Schoenbeck
confirmed
2022-08-22Ethics board finds Noem may have engaged in misconduct and conflict of interest
Kristi Noem · South Dakota Government Accountability Board · Jason Ravnsborg
confirmed
2021-11-09Office of Special Counsel Report Documents Hatch Act Violations by 13 Senior Trump Officials, Finding "Willful Disregard" for Federal Law
Mike Pompeo · Chad Wolf · Kellyanne Conway · Jared Kushner · +9
confirmed
2021-01-06Ginni Thomas Attends "Stop the Steal" Rally Before Capitol Attack, CNP Board Member at Insurrection
Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action · +5
confirmed
2020-09-14HHS Spends $300 Million in Taxpayer Funds on "Defeating Despair" COVID Ad Campaign Timed to Promote Trump Before Election
Michael Caputo · Donald Trump · Dennis Quaid · CeCe Winans · +1
confirmed
2020-08-27Trump Delivers RNC Acceptance Speech from White House South Lawn in Unprecedented Mass Hatch Act Violation Event
Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Mark Meadows · Mike Pompeo · +2
confirmed
2020-08-25Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Violates Hatch Act by Staging White House Naturalization Ceremony as RNC Campaign Content
Chad Wolf · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Bennie Thompson
confirmed
2020-08-25Secretary of State Pompeo Delivers Historic RNC Speech from Jerusalem Rooftop, Violating Hatch Act After Changing State Department Policy
Mike Pompeo · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel
confirmed
2020-08-24Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Violates Hatch Act by Campaigning for Trump at Official USDA Event
Sonny Perdue · Donald Trump
confirmed
2020-07-27Noem intervenes in daughter's denied appraiser license application
Kristi Noem · Kassidy Peters · Sherry Bren · Marcia Hultman
confirmed
2019-10-30Interior IG Investigates Bernhardt for California Water Decision Benefiting Former Client Westlands
David Bernhardt · Westlands Water District · David Murillo
confirmed
2019-09-06Commerce Secretary Ross Threatens to Fire NOAA Scientists Who Contradicted Trump's False Hurricane Claim
Wilbur Ross · Donald Trump · Neil Jacobs · Craig McLean
confirmed
2019-06-13Commerce Inspector General Finds Wilbur Ross Lied to Congress About Census Citizenship Question
Wilbur Ross · Department of Justice
confirmed
2019-06-13Office of Special Counsel Issues Unprecedented Recommendation to Remove Kellyanne Conway for "Egregious, Notorious, and Ongoing" Hatch Act Violations
Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Office of Special Counsel
confirmed
2019-05-01Fireworks CEO Provides $750K-$1M Gift After Trump Delays Tariffs
Donald Trump · Bruce Zoldan · Phantom Fireworks
confirmed
2019-04-11Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Confirmed Despite Extensive Conflicts from Oil and Gas Lobbying Career
David Bernhardt · Donald Trump
confirmed
2019-04-09HUD Inspector General Finds Ben Carson Violated Ethics Rules by Involving Son in Official Business
Ben Carson · Ben Carson Jr.
confirmed
2019-01-01Ginni Thomas Joins CNP Action Board - Supreme Court Spouse in Conservative Coordination Hub
Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action
confirmed
2019-01-01Noem uses state aircraft for political events violating state law
Kristi Noem · National Rifle Association · Republican Jewish Coalition
confirmed
2018-12-15Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Resigns Facing 18 Federal Investigations
Ryan Zinke · Donald Trump · Department of Interior · David Bernhardt
confirmed
2018-09-12CMS Administrator Seema Verma Spent $5 Million in Taxpayer Funds on GOP Consultants to Boost Personal Profile
Seema Verma · Frank Pallone
confirmed
2018-07-05EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid 14 Federal Investigations
Scott Pruitt · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Andrew Wheeler
confirmed
2018-03-28VA Secretary David Shulkin Fired After Inspector General Finds Ethics Violations on Taxpayer-Funded European Trip
David Shulkin · Vivieca Wright Simpson · Merle Bari · Donald Trump
confirmed
2018-03-06Office of Special Counsel Recommends Disciplining Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Henry Kerner · Roy Moore · +1
confirmed
2018-03-01HUD Secretary Ben Carson Spends $31,000 in Taxpayer Funds on Dining Room Furniture, Violates Federal Law
Ben Carson · Candy Carson · Helen Foster
confirmed
2018-01-01Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations
Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Council for National Policy
confirmed
2017-11-05Paradise Papers Reveal Commerce Secretary Ross Concealed Stake in Russian-Linked Shipping Company
Wilbur Ross · Kirill Shamalov · Gennady Timchenko · Vladimir Putin
confirmed
2017-09-29HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns After $1 Million Private Jet Scandal
Tom Price · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
confirmed
2017-09-13Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Requested Military Jet for European Honeymoon, Request Denied After Scrutiny
Steve Mnuchin · Louise Linton
confirmed
2017-08-21Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Uses Military Jet for Solar Eclipse Viewing Trip to Kentucky
Steve Mnuchin · Louise Linton · Mitch McConnell
confirmed
2017-06-09Office of Special Counsel Finds White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino Violated Hatch Act with Political Tweet Attacking Congressman
Dan Scavino · Donald Trump · Justin Amash · Office of Special Counsel
confirmed
2017-02-08Kellyanne Conway Commits 50+ Hatch Act Violations, No Consequences
Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel · White House · +2
confirmed
2012-01-01Leonard Leo Directs Hidden Payments to Ginni Thomas Through Kellyanne Conway, Instructs "No Mention of Ginni"
Leonard Leo · Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Kellyanne Conway · +4
confirmed
2009-01-01Harlan Crow Begins Paying Private School Tuition for Thomas's Grandnephew
Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Mark Martin · Hidden Lake Academy · +1
confirmed
2008-07-29Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on Seven Felony Corruption Charges
Ted Stevens · Bill Allen · Eric Holder
confirmed
2008-07-01Samuel Alito Takes Undisclosed Alaska Fishing Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer
Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Leonard Leo · Robin Arkley II
confirmed
2007-12-18Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · Patton Boggs
confirmed
2005-06-30Investigation Reveals $15M in Lobbyist-Funded Congressional Travel and Fact-Finding Junkets
Tom DeLay · Jack Abramoff · Susan Hirschmann · Robert Wexler
confirmed
2003-01-01Clarence Thomas Begins Undisclosed Luxury Trips on Harlan Crow's Yacht and Private Jets
Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Rochelle Charter (Crow's yacht company)
confirmed