| 2026-06-12 | FBI Raids Ohio Organizing Collaborative on 'Voter Fraud' Framing; Probe Expands to America Votes Network by June 17
4 src Brennan Center for Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-01 | FBI Solicits $36M for Warrantless Near-Real-Time Access to Nationwide License-Plate-Reader Network
2 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | Michael Edison Hayden Reveals SPLC Gutted Its Intelligence Project Before Trump's Return, Leaving Far-Right Monitoring Degraded
3 src Kash Patel · FBI | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Comey Subpoenaed in DOJ 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe Targeting Obama-Era Intelligence Officials
3 src James Comey · Aileen Cannon · John Brennan · Jack Smith |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-16 | FBI Formally Denies Minnesota BCA Access to Any Evidence in Alex Pretti Killing; BCA Superintendent Evans: 'Never Encountered' Federal Evidence Blockade in 20-Plus Years
2 src FBI · Alex Pretti · Hennepin County Attorney's Office · Mary Moriarty |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-09 | Dan Bongino Resigns as FBI Deputy Director After Less Than a Year, Replaced by Career Agent
2 src Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | FBI Revokes State Access to Evidence in Renee Good Shooting, Blocks Minnesota Investigation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension · J.D. Vance · Jacob Frey | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-09 | FBI Director Kash Patel Signs Qatar Security Agreements Despite Recent Lobbying History and Ethics Waiver Controversy
4 src Kash Patel · Craig Holman · Public Citizen |
| reported |
| 2025-11-17 | Kash Patel Assigns Elite FBI SWAT Team to Protect Girlfriend, Orders Agents to Drive Her Drunk Friend Home
5 src Kash Patel |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-04 | FBI Agents Association Issues Unprecedented Rebuke: Patel "Disregarded the Law" in Campaign of Retribution
3 src Kash Patel · Pam Bondi | | confirmed |
| 2025-10-25 | Kash Patel Uses $60M FBI Jet for Date Night with Girlfriend After Calling Wray "Government Gangster" for Same
3 src Kash Patel |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-25 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Disclosure of Sensitive Information
2 src James Comey · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Closes Homan FBI Sting Case Despite Recorded $50K Cash Exchange
5 src Tom Homan · Kash Patel · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Former NSA John Bolton's Home in Patel-Directed Political Targeting
2 src John Bolton · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role
3 src Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-10 | About 120 FBI agents assigned to patrol Washington, D.C. streets
4 src Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · DC Metropolitan Police |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | FBI Redacted Trump's Name from Jeffrey Epstein Files Under Privacy Protections
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein | | confirmed |
| 2025-05-15 | FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-24 | FBI launches task force investigating violent attacks on Tesla
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Kash Patel · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
6 src Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Government Ethics · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-27 | Bondi and Patel Stage Epstein Files Photo Op with Conservative Influencers — Contents Already Public
3 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-07 | Kash Patel Received Payments from Russian Filmmaker with Kremlin Ties
3 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Senate Judiciary Committee |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | DOJ and FBI gut public corruption enforcement teams
5 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2023-07-31 | Joe Rogan Promotes January 6 False Flag Conspiracy Theory, Claims FBI Orchestrated Insurrection to Frame Trump
2 src Joe Rogan · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2020-10-14 | FBI Enables Social Media Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Despite Knowing Authenticity
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Twitter · Facebook · Hunter Biden |
| confirmed |
| 2020-06-09 | FBI Expands Dataminr Contract During George Floyd Protests for Social Media Surveillance of Demonstrations
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Dataminr · NYPD · LAPD · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-10-06 | Senate Confirms Kavanaugh 50-48 Despite Sexual Assault Allegations and Severely Limited FBI Investigation
4 src Brett Kavanaugh · Susan Collins · Joe Manchin · Lisa Murkowski · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-05-09 | Trump Fires FBI Director Comey to Stop Russia Investigation, Tells Russians "Pressure Taken Off"
3 src Donald Trump · James Comey · Sergey Kislyak · Rod Rosenstein | | confirmed |
| 2016-02-16 | FBI Orders Apple to Break iPhone Encryption in San Bernardino Case
4 src Apple · Tim Cook · Federal Bureau of Investigation · James Comey · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2015-09-01 | Chainalysis Secures First Federal Contract with FBI for $9,000
2 src Chainalysis · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service |
| confirmed |
| 2013-08-08 | Lavabit Encrypted Email Service Shuts Down Rather Than Comply with NSA Demands
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · Edward Snowden |
| confirmed |
| 2007-01-01 | Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
2 src Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1997-10-01 | FBI Begins Development of Carnivore/DCS1000 Internet Surveillance System
4 src Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1994-10-25 | Clinton Signs CALEA Requiring Telecom Networks to Be Wiretap-Ready By Design
4 src Bill Clinton · Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Patrick Leahy |
| confirmed |
| 1992-03-01 | FBI Launches Digital Telephony Initiative Demanding Wiretap-Ready Design in New Networks
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Louis Freeh · Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 1991-06-15 | FBI Cellular Surveillance Pilot Programs Establish Mass-Collection Template Before CALEA
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 1976-03-10 | Attorney General Levi Issues First Written Guidelines Limiting FBI Domestic Security Investigations
2 src Gerald Ford · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 1972-05-02 | J. Edgar Hoover Dies in Office After 48 Years, Ending Longest FBI Directorship and Enabling Oversight Possibility
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Richard Nixon | | confirmed |
| 1971-04-28 | Hoover Abolishes Formal COINTELPRO Operations After Media Expose, But Informal Operations Continue
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI |
| confirmed |
| 1971-03-24 | Citizens' Commission Distributes COINTELPRO Files to Press, NBC Reports FBI Surveillance Operations
3 src Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI · NBC News · Washington Post |
| confirmed |
| 1964-11-21 | FBI Mails Anonymous Suicide Letter to Martin Luther King Jr., Weaponizing Surveillance Material
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · William C. Sullivan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1963-10-18 | Hoover Personally Briefs Johnson with King Sex-Surveillance Dossier, Weaponizing Personal Material Against Civil Rights Leader
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Lyndon B. Johnson · William C. Sullivan · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1957-07-08 | Hoover Formalizes "Official and Confidential" File System, Institutionalizing Personal Blackmail Infrastructure
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 1947-10-01 | Federal Loyalty Program Implementation Creates Permanent Political Background-Check Regime
3 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 1941-12-07 | FBI Pre-Pearl-Harbor Japanese-American Dossier System Provides Internment Target Lists
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| confirmed |
| 1939-09-06 | Roosevelt Proclamation Consolidates All Domestic Intelligence Under FBI, Creating Peacetime Intelligence Monopoly
2 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 1936-08-24 | Roosevelt Secret Oral Directive Authorizes FBI General Intelligence Without Statutory Basis
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 1935-07-01 | Bureau of Investigation Formally Renamed Federal Bureau of Investigation, Professionalization Era Begins
2 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings | | confirmed |
| 1919-11-07 | Palmer Raids Begin: Attorney General and J. Edgar Hoover Arrest 6,000 in 36 Cities, Deport 249 on "Soviet Ark"
4 src A. Mitchell Palmer · J. Edgar Hoover · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |