#Obstruction-of-Justice
Events indexed under #Obstruction-of-Justice — 88 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | FBI Revokes State Access to Evidence in Renee Good Shooting, Blocks Minnesota Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation · Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension · Bob Jacobson · JD Vance · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-20 | DOJ Removes 15+ Epstein Files After Release, Including Trump-Maxwell Photo Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Ghislaine Maxwell · Jeffrey Epstein · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | DOJ Releases Heavily Redacted Epstein Files, 550+ Pages Completely Blacked Out Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · +1 | 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 | |
| 2025-10-19 | Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi Fired After Refusing to Charge NY AG Letitia James Elizabeth Yusi · Kristin Bird · Letitia James · Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Border Czar Tom Homan Allegedly Took $50,000 in FBI Corruption Sting Tom Homan · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Emil Bove · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | ProPublica: Trump Ambassador Ronald Johnson Shielded El Salvador's Bukele From Law Enforcement Ronald Johnson · Nayib Bukele · State Department · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Closes Bribery Investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan Despite FBI Evidence Tom Homan · Emil Bove · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-20 | Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney Erik Siebert Resigns Under Trump Pressure to Charge Letitia James Erik Siebert · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Letitia James · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Senate Republicans Vote 51-49 to Block Full Epstein Files Disclosure Senate Republicans · Chuck Schumer · Josh Hawley · Rand Paul · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Senator Wyden Introduces Legislation to Force Treasury Release of Epstein Records Ron Wyden · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-06 | DOJ Moves to Conceal Names of Epstein Associates Who Received $100K and $250K Payments Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · NBC News | reported | |
| 2025-09-03 | Military Jets Drown Out Epstein Survivors Press Conference at Capitol Epstein survivors · Donald Trump · U.S. Air Force · White House | confirmed | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-08-06 | DOJ Drops Charges Against AG Pam Bondi's Brother's Clients in Pattern of Conflicts Pam Bondi · Brad Bondi · Trevor Milton · Carolina Amesty · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-23 | House Speaker Johnson Shuts Down Congress Early to Block Epstein Files Vote Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · U.S. House of Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-07 | DOJ blocks further Epstein file releases Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Laura Loomer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Issues Blanket Pardons and Commutations for ~1,500 January 6 Defendants Donald Trump · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-14 | Jack Smith releases final report concluding Trump would have been convicted for January 6 crimes Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Merrick Garland | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-13 | McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Martin Elling · +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 | |
| 2023-07-19 | IRS Whistleblowers Testify Hunter Biden Investigation Was Obstructed by DOJ Gary Shapley · Joseph Ziegler · Hunter Biden · David Weiss · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-08 | Trump indicted on 37 federal charges for classified documents Donald Trump · Jack Smith · Walt Nauta · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-08-08 | FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Merrick Garland · Bruce Reinhart · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-07-14 | DHS Inspector General Reveals Secret Service Deleted January 6th Texts After Oversight Request U.S. Secret Service · Joseph Cuffari · James Murray (Secret Service Director) · Bennie Thompson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-27 | Trump allegedly orders deletion of Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage Donald Trump · Carlos De Oliveira · Walt Nauta · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-06-03 | Christina Bobb signs false attestation that all classified documents returned Christina Bobb · Evan Corcoran · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-11 | Grand jury issues subpoena demanding all classified documents from Trump Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Federal grand jury | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-17 | National Archives retrieves 15 boxes with 184 classified documents from Mar-a-Lago Donald Trump · National Archives · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2021-07-21 | Trump shows classified Iran attack plan at Bedminster, admits can't declassify Donald Trump · Mark Meadows · Trump staffers | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-04 | Jeffrey Clark admits in Signal messages that classified briefing yielded "nothing helpful" for Trump Jeffrey Clark · Scott Perry · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | Trump Pardons Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Kushner in Corruption Spree Donald Trump · Paul Manafort · Roger Stone · Michael Flynn · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2020-11-25 | Trump Pardons Michael Flynn After Guilty Plea and Sidney Powell Conspiracy Theories Donald Trump · Michael Flynn · Sidney Powell · Emmet Sullivan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-10 | Trump Commutes Roger Stone Sentence Days Before Prison Donald Trump · Roger Stone · William Barr · Randy Credico · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-05-15 | Trump Fires 5 Inspectors General in 6 Weeks to Block Investigations Donald Trump · Steve Linick · Michael Atkinson · Glenn Fine · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-07 | Trump Removes Glenn Fine from Pentagon IG, Blocking $2 Trillion CARES Act Oversight Donald Trump · Glenn Fine · Carolyn Maloney · Mitt Romney · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-04-06 | HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm Reports Severe Hospital Shortages, Trump Attacks Her Credibility Christi Grimm · Donald Trump · Jason Weida · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2020-02-20 | Trump Fires Acting DNI Joseph Maguire After Intelligence Briefing That Russia Prefers Trump in 2020 Joseph Maguire · Donald Trump · Shelby Pierson · Richard Grenell · +1 | 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 | |
| 2020-02-07 | Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Vindman and Sondland in Coordinated Retaliation Purge Donald Trump · Alexander Vindman · Yevgeny Vindman · Gordon Sondland · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-16 | OMB Official Mark Sandy Testifies on Ukraine Aid Freeze, Reveals Two Colleagues Resigned Over Concerns Mark Sandy · Michael Duffey · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2019-11-15 | Roger Stone Convicted on All Counts - Obstruction, Witness Tampering, and Lying to Congress Roger Stone · Donald Trump · Jerome Corsi · Randy Credico · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-28 | Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Resigns After Repeated Conflicts with Trump Over Russia Dan Coats · Donald Trump · John Ratcliffe · Vladimir Putin | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-24 | Mueller Testifies to Congress, Confirms Report Findings and Lack of Exoneration Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · House Judiciary Committee · House Intelligence Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-07 | Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Recalled from Ukraine After Giuliani-Led Smear Campaign Marie Yovanovitch · Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Yuriy Lutsenko · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-18 | Mueller Report finds 140+ contacts between Trump campaign and Russians Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · Trump Campaign · Russian nationals · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-18 | Mueller Report Released - 448 Pages Documenting Russian Interference and Obstruction Episodes Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · William Barr · Russian Government | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-24 | Attorney General Barr Releases Misleading 4-Page Summary of Mueller Report William Barr · Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · Rod Rosenstein | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-25 | New York Times Reveals Trump Ordered McGahn to Fire Mueller; Trump Subsequently Demands McGahn Deny Story and Create False Record Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Robert Mueller | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-01 | Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI About Russian Contacts Michael Flynn · Robert Mueller · Sergey Kislyak · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-17 | Trump Orders McGahn to Fire Mueller, Triggering Potential "Saturday Night Massacre" Donald Trump · Don McGahn · Rod Rosenstein · Rob Porter | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-17 | Rosenstein Appoints Robert Mueller as Special Counsel for Russia Investigation - Direct Response to Trump's Obstruction Robert Mueller · Rod Rosenstein · Donald Trump · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-11 | Trump Admits to Lester Holt He Fired Comey Because of This Russia Thing - Obstruction Confession on National TV Donald Trump · Lester Holt · James Comey · Rod Rosenstein | confirmed | |
| 2017-05-09 | Trump Fires FBI Director Comey to Stop Russia Investigation, Tells Russians "Pressure Taken Off" Donald Trump · James Comey · Sergey Lavrov · Sergey Kislyak · +1 | 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 | |
| 2017-03-02 | Jeff Sessions Forced to Recuse from Russia Investigation After Perjury About Kislyak Meetings Revealed Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Sergey Kislyak · Dana Boente · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-14 | Trump Asks Comey to "Let Flynn Go" in Private Oval Office Meeting Donald Trump · James Comey · Michael Flynn · Jared Kushner · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-13 | Michael Flynn Resigns After 24 Days as National Security Advisor - Shortest Tenure Ever - Following Russia Lies to Pence and FBI Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Sally Yates · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-08 | Jeff Sessions Confirmed as Attorney General After Lying Under Oath About Russia Contacts Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · Sergey Kislyak · Al Franken | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-30 | Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusing to Defend Muslim Ban Donald Trump · Sally Yates · Dana Boente · Jeff Sessions · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Trump Demands Loyalty from FBI Director Comey at Private White House Dinner Donald Trump · James Comey · Michael Flynn · Sally Yates · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-06 | Scooter Libby Convicted on Four Counts in CIA Leak Case Lewis 'Scooter' Libby · Patrick Fitzgerald · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2006-12-07 | Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · David Iglesias · Carol Lam · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-11-09 | CIA Destroys 92 Torture Interrogation Videotapes to Conceal Evidence Jose Rodriguez · Central Intelligence Agency · Gina Haspel · Abu Zubaydah · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-05 | Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC Scott Bloch · Office of Special Counsel · Whistleblower Groups · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-07-14 | Valerie Plame's CIA Identity Leaked in Retaliation for Wilson's Iraq WMD Criticism Valerie Plame · Joseph Wilson · Robert Novak · Dick Cheney · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2002-06-15 | Arthur Andersen Convicted, Destroying 85,000 Jobs Worldwide Arthur Andersen · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2002-03-14 | Arthur Andersen Indicted for Obstruction of Justice in Enron Scandal Arthur Andersen · Department of Justice · Michael Chertoff | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-09 | Arthur Andersen Admits to Shredding Tons of Enron Documents Arthur Andersen · Joseph Berardino · David Duncan | confirmed | |
| 1998-12-19 | House of Representatives Impeaches President Clinton on Perjury and Obstruction Charges Bill Clinton · House Republicans · Kenneth Starr | confirmed | |
| 1992-12-24 | Bush Pardons Six Iran-Contra Officials on Christmas Eve, Completing Cover-Up George H.W. Bush · Caspar Weinberger · Robert McFarlane · Elliott Abrams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1992-06-16 | Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger Indicted on Five Iran-Contra Felonies Caspar Weinberger · Lawrence Walsh · Ronald Reagan · George H.W. Bush | confirmed | |
| 1989-05-04 | Oliver North Convicted of Iran-Contra Felonies, Later Overturned on Immunity Oliver North · Gerhard Gesell · Lawrence Walsh | confirmed | |
| 1986-11-21 | Oliver North Begins Systematic Destruction of Iran-Contra Evidence Oliver North · Fawn Hall · John Poindexter | 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 | |
| 1974-06-21 | Chuck Colson Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice in Ellsberg Case, Serves Seven Months Chuck Colson · Daniel Ellsberg · E. Howard Hunt · John Ehrlichman | 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 | |
| 1973-06-25 | John Dean Testifies to Senate Watergate Committee: "Cancer Growing on the Presidency" John Dean · Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · John Ehrlichman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-03-19 | 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 | |
| 1973-01-30 | G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord Convicted in Watergate Burglary Trial, Five Others Plead Guilty G. Gordon Liddy · James W. McCord Jr. · Bernard Barker · Virgilio Gonzalez · +4 | 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 |