#Institutional-Capture
Events indexed under #Institutional-Capture — 507 entries in the record.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat Missouri GOP legislature · Representative Emmanuel Cleaver · Trump Administration | 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 | |
| 2025-09-05 | Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Pentagon as 'Department of War' Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-04 | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud Department of Justice · Lisa Cook · Pam Bondi · Bill Pulte · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Federal Reserve Nominee Plans Unprecedented Dual Role With White House Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve Board · White House | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Unfavorable Jobs Report Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · EJ Antoni · Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-03 | Treasury Department Refuses to Release $1.5 Billion in Epstein Financial Records Ron Wyden · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | DHS Secretary Noem Fires 23 FEMA Employees, Demands Public Trump Praise, Announces IT Breach Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | DOJ Loosens Requirements to Deploy ~600 Military JAG Officers as Immigration Judges Department of Justice · Trump · U.S. Military | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | EPA Fires At Least 8 Employees Who Signed Letter Criticizing Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Lee Zeldin · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | SSA whistleblower Charles Borges forced to resign after exposing data breach Charles Borges · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Aram Moghaddassi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-28 | RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives RFK Jr. · Susan Monarez · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | Trump Executive Order Mandates Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings Donald Trump · White House · General Services Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | White House Fires Surface Transportation Board Member Via Email Without Cause Trump · White House · Surface Transportation Board · Robert E. Primus | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | DOJ Launches Probe Into FBI/CIA Officials Over Russia Investigation Records Under Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Kash Patel · Dan Bongino · Department of Justice · James Comey · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Trump Demands '$500 Million' From Harvard to Restore Frozen Federal Research Funding Trump · Harvard University · U.S. Department of Education · Alan Garber | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach Charles Borges · John Solly · Michael Russo · Aram Moghaddassi · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-08-22 | U.S. Government Takes 10% Equity Stake in Intel Through CHIPS Act Conversion Howard Lutnick · Trump · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-21 | Federal Judge Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Trump · Alina Habba · Department of Justice · Federal Judiciary | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Intelligence Officials Without Evidence Tulsi Gabbard · Donald Trump · Intelligence Community · Maher Bitar | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Fired DOJ Antitrust Official Accuses Bondi Leadership of Corruption in $14B Merger Roger Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · Hewlett Packard Enterprise · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | OMB Director Vought Blocks Billions in Congressional Appropriations, Claims Unilateral Spending Power Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | State Department Revokes 6,000+ Student Visas, Targeting Palestinian Activists State Department · Marco Rubio · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump Converts CHIPS Act Grants to Government Equity Stake in Intel Howard Lutnick · Intel Corporation · SoftBank · U.S. Department of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump Installs Unconfirmed Loyalists as US Attorneys, Bypassing Senate Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump-Appointed US Attorney Investigates DC Police for 'Fake' Crime Data Jeanine Pirro · Donald Trump · DC Metropolitan Police · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role Andrew Bailey · Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Pledges Executive Order to Ban Mail-In Voting After Putin Meeting Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-13 | Treasury Secretary Bessent Violates Ethics Agreement, Retains Millions in Conflicted Assets Scott Bessent · Office of Government Ethics · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-11 | Trump Demands Intel CEO Resignation, Then Reverses After Meeting Donald Trump · Lip-Bu Tan · Intel Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-11 | Trump Federalizes DC Police and Deploys 800 National Guard Troops Despite Declining Crime Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Terry Cole · DC Metropolitan Police · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-11 | Trump Nominates Partisan Heritage Foundation Economist to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics E.J. Antoni · Donald Trump · Bureau of Labor Statistics · Heritage Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump Executive Order Places Federal Grants Under Political Appointee Control Donald Trump · White House · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump Signs Executive Order Prohibiting 'Debanking' Based on Political Views Donald Trump · White House · Federal Reserve · FDIC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-05 | DOJ Launches Mortgage Fraud Investigation Targeting Senator Adam Schiff Department of Justice · Adam Schiff · U.S. Attorney's Office (Maryland) · Federal Housing Finance Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-04 | DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months DOJ Office of Inspector General · Whistleblower Aid · Emil Bove · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | Senate Confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. Jeanine Pirro · Trump · U.S. Senate · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Columbia University Agrees to Monitor Foreign Students for Trump Administration in $221 Million Settlement Columbia University · U.S. Department of Education · White House · Bart Schwartz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | DOJ Uses Legal Loopholes to Install Trump Loyalists as Acting U.S. Attorneys Without Senate Confirmation Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · U.S. Senate · Federal Judiciary · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Orchestrates Mass Loyalty Purges Across Trump Administration Laura Loomer · Donald Trump · National Security Agency · Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler Resigns Early, Opening Seat for Trump Appointee Adriana Kugler · Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · Jerome Powell | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment References from National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution · National Museum of American History · White House · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Hours After Unfavorable Jobs Report Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · Bureau of Labor Statistics · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump Orders States to Hand Over Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Voter Roll Data for Federal Surveillance U.S. Department of Homeland Security · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | U.S. Army Awards Palantir $10 Billion AI-Driven Software Contract U.S. Army · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Defense · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-31 | Elon Musk Continues $277 Million Donation Spree Supporting Trump and Republican Candidates Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · MAGA Inc. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal Pam Bondi · Joseph Tirrell · Donald Trump · Jack Smith · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-12 | Bondi Fires 20 Justice Department Employees Tied to Trump Prosecutions Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Trump Prosecutors · January 6 Prosecutors · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · DOGE Operatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-08 | Navy Activates WEXMAC 2.2 TITUS as Domestic Detention Procurement Vehicle With $10B Ceiling, Repurposing Afghanistan Logistics Contract for ICE US Navy · Naval Supply Systems Command · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-07 | Ghana Launches Democracy Capture Index Revealing Widespread Institutional Capture in Africa Ghana Centre for Democratic Development · CDD-Ghana researchers · African presidents · Government agencies across 10 African countries | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-02 | CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | CFPB Enforcement Chief Resigns, Condemns Trump Administration's Agency Deconstruction Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Cara Petersen · Russell Vought · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | RFK Jr. Fires All 17 ACIP Members, Wholesale Replacement of Vaccine Advisory Committee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · CDC · HHS · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | RFK Jr. Fires All 17 Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-03 | Mass DOJ Firings Reshape Federal Law Enforcement Landscape Donald Trump · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · FBI Agents Association | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Over 275,000 federal layoffs announced with 128,709 workers targeted Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Federal Workforce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-29 | CMS Rescinds EMTALA Guidance Requiring Emergency Abortion Care Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | HHS Cancels $766 Million Moderna Contract for H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Moderna · BARDA | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-19 | DOJ Civil Rights Division Mass Exodus: ~400 Employees Depart as Dhillon Rewrites Mission to Target Trans Rights, Promote 'Anti-Christian Bias' Agenda Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Trump Administration Dramatically Weakens Independent Hatch Act Enforcement Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Hampton Dellinger · Paul Ingrassia · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-20 | Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies · Trump Administration · Federal Workforce | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-07 | Dhillon Guts DOJ Voting Section: Reassigns Managers, Suspends Cases, Rewrites Mission to 'Voter Fraud' Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · DOJ Voting Section · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-02 | Trump Invokes Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) to Impose Unprecedented Reciprocal Tariffs Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-01 | Multiple Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Exposing Systematic Kleptocratic Corruption Reuters · Wall Street Journal · Boston Globe · Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-28 | Peter Marks Forced Out as FDA Vaccine Chief, Accuses RFK Jr. of 'Misinformation and Lies' Peter Marks · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA · HHS | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Foreign Policy Analysis Warns of American Kleptocracy Under Trump Administration Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Joe Biden · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Jay Bhattacharya · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Meta · YouTube · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Rescinds Executive Order After Paul Weiss Agrees to $40M Pro Bono Services Donald Trump · Paul Weiss Law Firm · Mark Pomerantz | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles Mike Johnson · Elon Musk · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Federal Agencies Fire 62,530 Workers in Two Months - 41,311% Increase Over 2024 Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Interior · forest-service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre Donald Trump · Michael C. Dorf · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Attorney General Bondi Establishes 'Weaponization Working Group' to Target Prosecutors Pam Bondi · Weaponization Working Group · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Shuttered: Major Setback for Anti-Corruption Enforcement Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative · KleptoCapture Task Force · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOJ Public Corruption Division Systematic Dismantling Coordinated Across Agencies Emil Bove · Danielle Sassoon · Hagan Scotten (Assistant US Attorney) · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOJ Public Integrity Section Gutted After Mass Resignations Over Adams Case Department of Justice · Emil Bove · Eric Adams · Danielle Sassoon · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Signs Executive Order for Large-Scale Federal Workforce Cuts Under DOGE Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-07 | Trump Purges Inspectors General Investigating Musk's Businesses Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Robert Storch · Phyllis Fong · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Pam Bondi Sworn In as Attorney General, Immediately Begins DOJ Purge Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Devin DeBacker · Matt Gaetz | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-05 | Trump Administration Shuts Down KleptoCapture Task Force Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Merrick Garland · Gary Kalman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-29 | Pentagon Ends Travel Reimbursement for Military Members Seeking Abortion Care Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · Lloyd Austin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | Trump DOJ Fires Jack Smith Special Counsel Team in Systematic Purge James McHenry · Jack Smith · Molly Gaston · J.P. Cooney · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-25 | Trump Fires 17 Independent Watchdogs Across Multiple Federal Agencies Donald Trump · Sergio Gor · Sen. Chuck Grassley | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-24 | DOJ Orders Limits on FACE Act Enforcement, Weakening Abortion Clinic Protection Department of Justice · Chad Mizelle · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | AG Pam Bondi Eliminates DOJ KleptoCapture Unit and Foreign Influence Task Force Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Ed Coristine, 19, given access to critical government systems despite cybercrime links Edward Coristine · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · State Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Declares National Energy Emergency on First Day to Bypass Environmental Regulations Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Declares Nine National Emergencies in First 100 Days, More Than Any Modern President Donald Trump · Elizabeth Goitein · Brennan Center for Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-17 | RFK Jr. Absent from CDC Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Exercise During Transition Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-23 | North Carolina Republicans Strip Governor's Power to Appoint Election Board Members North Carolina Legislature · Josh Stein (Governor-elect) · Roy Cooper (Governor) · Dave Boliek (State Auditor) | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | McKinsey Pays $73 Million Final Settlement to South Africa in State Capture Resolution McKinsey & Company · South Africa National Prosecuting Authority · U.S. Department of Justice · McKinsey South Africa · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-15 | Academic Evidence Reveals Systematic Corruption in Hurricane Katrina Education Privatization Louisiana State Legislature · Charter School Advocates · Right-Wing Think Tanks · New Orleans School Board | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-01 | Tunisia Dissolves Democratic Municipal Councils Under Authoritarian Consolidation Kais Saied · Tunisian municipal councils · Tunisian opposition · Ennahda party | confirmed | |
| 2024-02-23 | Jury finds NRA, Wayne LaPierre liable for corruption; $6.35M damages ordered Wayne LaPierre · National Rifle Association · Wilson "Woody" Phillips · John Frazer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-01-15 | Independent AI Safety Researchers Publish Initial Grok AI Safety Assessment xAI · Independent AI Safety Researchers · Elon Musk · Samuel Marks · +2 | confirmed |