#Political-Retaliation
Events indexed under #Political-Retaliation — 25 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | DOJ Drops Then Rapidly Reverses Course on Law Firm Retaliation Cases in Chaotic 24-Hour Reversal U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition" Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Trump Demands Netflix Remove Susan Rice from Board During Merger Review Donald Trump · Netflix · Susan Rice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies · H-1B visa applicants · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-12-02 | USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · Judge Maxine Chesney · +3 | 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 | |
| 2025-10-17 | Trump Freezes $11 Billion in Infrastructure Projects in Democratic Cities Donald Trump · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Democratic city governments | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Former NSA John Bolton Indicted on 18 Federal Counts John Bolton · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Former NY AG Letitia James Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges by Halligan Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-05 | White House Blocks $2.1 Billion Chicago Transit Funding as Political Retaliation Trump Administration · White House · City of Chicago · City of Portland | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted by Unlawfully Appointed Prosecutor Halligan James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-08-29 | Trump Revokes Secret Service Protection for Former VP Kamala Harris Effective September 1 Trump · Kamala Harris · U.S. Secret Service | 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 | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Former NSA John Bolton's Home in Patel-Directed Political Targeting John Bolton · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Home and Office of Trump Critic John Bolton John Bolton · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · John Ratcliffe · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | Office of Special Counsel Opens Investigation into Jack Smith Following Senator Cotton Request Jack Smith · Tom Cotton · Office of Special Counsel · Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-31 | Trump Administration Continues Systematic DOJ Prosecutor Purge Trump Administration · Department of Justice · James McHenry · Career Prosecutors | 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 | Trump Administration Systematically Removes DOJ Prosecutors James McHenry · Michael Ben'Ary · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-02-15 | Republican State Parties Censure Senators Who Voted to Convict Trump Bill Cassidy · Richard Burr · Ben Sasse · Pat Toomey · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2003-07-14 | Robert Novak Exposes CIA Operative Valerie Plame Robert Novak · Valerie Plame · Joseph Wilson · Richard Armitage · +3 | confirmed |