#Revolving-Door
Events indexed under #Revolving-Door — 112 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | Venturella Issues Internal Memo Ending ICE Post-Release Death Reporting; Reverses 2021 Transparency Rule
4 src David Venturella · ICE · DHS | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-13 | Former GEO Group SVP David Venturella Named Acting ICE Director, Completing Revolving-Door Loop
3 src David Venturella · GEO Group · Todd Lyons · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-07 | Pentagon CDAO Quintuples Scale AI Contract to $500M Using No-Bid OTA — Eight Months After Original Award
6 src Scale AI · Pete Hegseth · Cameron Stanley · Emil Michael · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Bradford County FL Commissioners Vote 3-2 to Advance Sabot IGSA Proposal for 3,000-Bed ICE Detention Campus
5 src Bradford County Board of County Commissioners · Bradford County Sheriff · Sabot Consulting · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | General Matter Wins $900M DOE Contract for HALEU Uranium Enrichment at Paducah
4 src General Matter · Department of Energy · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-01 | Palantir Wins Record £240M UK Ministry of Defence Contract After Hiring Four Ex-MOD Officials
5 src Palantir Technologies · UK Ministry of Defence · Barnaby Kistruck · Laurence Lee · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-10 | Analysis Finds 40+ Trump Administration Appointees With Fossil Fuel Industry Ties
2 src Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · Trump Administration · Public Citizen · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Palantir Senior Advisor Jacob Helberg Confirmed as Under Secretary of State (51-47)
5 src Jacob Helberg · Alex Karp · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | Transportation Department Drops Rule Requiring Airlines to Compensate Passengers for Delays
3 src Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Airlines · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-06-05 | Thiel Foundation CEO Jim O'Neill Confirmed as HHS Deputy Secretary (52-43)
6 src Jim O'Neill · Peter Thiel · Thiel Foundation · Thiel Capital · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-13 | ICE terminates $73 million no-bid contract after improper influence allegations
3 src Universal Strategic Advisors · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Brian DeMore · David Marin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-26 | Trump Nominates Anduril Senior Director Michael Obadal as Army Under Secretary; Plans to Retain $250K-$500K Anduril Stock
3 src Donald Trump · Michael Obadal · Anduril Industries · Elizabeth Warren · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Thiel Capital Chief of Staff Michael Kratsios Confirmed as OSTP Director (74-25)
5 src Michael Kratsios · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · Scale AI · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate Confirms John Phelan as 79th Secretary of the Navy 62-30 Despite Multimillion-Dollar Blue Owl and MSD Holdings
3 src John Phelan · Donald Trump · US Senate · Blue Owl Capital · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
6 src Kash Patel · Jolene A. Lauria · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | Clark Minor Appointed HHS CTO/CIO Directly From 12-Year Palantir Tenure — Palantir's Global Head of Cloud Becomes Top IT Official at the Department That Holds Medicaid Data
8 src Clark Minor · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Department of Health and Human Services · Palantir Technologies · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-27 | Palantir Veteran Gregory Barbaccia Named Federal CIO, Controls $100B+ IT Budget
5 src Gregory Barbaccia · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · Office of Management and Budget · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Brings 42 Corporate Lobbying Clients into White House
3 src Susie Wiles · republic-services · swisher-international · northern-dynasty-minerals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-15 | Patrizia Cavazzoni's FDA to Pfizer Move Epitomizes Regulatory Capture
3 src Patrizia Cavazzoni · Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-05 | PayPal Mafia Member David Sacks Named White House AI & Crypto Czar
5 src David Sacks · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-11-27 | Donald Trump Jr. Joins Unusual Machines Advisory Board, Receives 200,000 Shares, Stock Triples
5 src Donald Trump Jr. · Unusual Machines · Allan Evans · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-10-31 | ICE detention chief Daniel Bible joins GEO Group days before election
4 src Daniel Bible · GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump PACs | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-22 | Former Rep. Mike Gallagher Joins Palantir as Head of Defense After Resigning Congress
5 src Mike Gallagher · Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Peter Thiel · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-31 | Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials
3 src Northrop Grumman · U.S. Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee | confirmed | |
| 2023-10-02 | IronNet Cybersecurity Collapses Into Bankruptcy, Former NSA Director Alexander's $1.2B Venture Implodes
5 src Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · LGL Systems Acquisition Corp · C5 Capital · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-10-02 | IronNet Files for Bankruptcy: Former NSA Director Keith Alexander's $1.2B Cybersecurity Venture Collapses, SEC Charges Follow
2 src Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · Securities and Exchange Commission · Matthew Olsen | confirmed | |
| 2022-04-26 | Warren Report Reveals 672 Pentagon and Congressional Officials Now Lobby for Defense Contractors
3 src Elizabeth Warren · Boeing · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-15 | Biden Administration 2022: Comprehensive Review of Political Appointees' Financial Disclosures and Ethics Compliance
3 src Biden Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Regulatory Agencies · Political Appointees · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2022-03-15 | FDA Commissioner Confirmed Amid Pharmaceutical Industry Ties Controversy
3 src Robert Califf · United States Senate · FDA Leadership · Pharmaceutical Industry Executives | confirmed | |
| 2021-11-01 | In-Q-Tel Leaders Launch Chain Bridge SPAC, Criticized as 'Revolving Door on Steroids'
2 src Christopher Darby · Stephen Bowsher · Michael Morell · Jeremy Bash · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-01 | Former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Joins Moderna Backer Flagship Pioneering
4 src Stephen Hahn · Flagship Pioneering · Moderna · Food and Drug Administration · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2021-05-28 | Biden Nominates Frank Kendall for Air Force Secretary After $702,000 in Northrop Grumman Consulting Fees
3 src Frank Kendall · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Joe Biden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-09-30 | WeWork Withdraws IPO After Valuation Collapses from $47 Billion to $10 Billion, Exposing Massive Corporate Governance Failure
3 src Adam Neumann · WeWork · Securities and Exchange Commission · SoftBank · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-23 | Mark Esper Confirmed as Defense Secretary Despite Raytheon Lobbying Career and Refusal to Recuse
4 src Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-07-01 | Betsy DeVos Repeals Gainful Employment Rule, Eliminating All Accountability for For-Profit College Job Outcomes Despite $1.3 Billion Projected Cost to Taxpayers
7 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · Robert Eitel · Julian Schmoke Jr. · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-27 | Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Joins Pfizer Board After 3-Month Gap
3 src Dr. Scott Gottlieb · Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Senator Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2019-04-11 | Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Confirmed Despite Extensive Conflicts from Oil and Gas Lobbying Career
3 src David Bernhardt · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2019-01-15 | Pam Bondi Joins Ballard Partners as Lobbyist, Monetizing Government Connections
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Susie Wiles | confirmed | |
| 2018-07-09 | Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Becomes Acting EPA Administrator After Pruitt Resignation
4 src Andrew Wheeler · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Faegre Baker Daniels · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-05-15 | Kansas City Fed Approves Reserve Trust Master Account After Alleged Intervention
3 src Sarah Bloom Raskin · Reserve Trust Company · Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City · Esther George · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2018-02-01 | Former CIA Director John Brennan Joins NBC/MSNBC as Analyst and WestExec Advisors, Building Intelligence-Media-Consulting Pipeline
4 src John Brennan · NBC News · MSNBC · WestExec Advisors · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-24 | Alex Azar Confirmed as HHS Secretary After Doubling Insulin Prices at Eli Lilly
4 src Alex Azar · Eli Lilly · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Ron Wyden · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-07 | Dan Elwell Becomes Acting FAA Administrator After Boeing Executive Career
6 src Dan Elwell · Federal Aviation Administration · Michael Huerta · Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2017-09-29 | HHS Secretary Tom Price Resigns After $1 Million Private Jet Scandal
6 src Tom Price · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2017-08-01 | Former DNI James Clapper Joins CNN as National Security Analyst, Extending Intelligence-Media Revolving Door
3 src James Clapper · CNN · Center for a New American Security · Harvard Kennedy School | confirmed | |
| 2017-08-01 | Intelligence-Media Pipeline Matures: Six Former Intelligence Directors Simultaneously Hold Cable News Analyst Positions
2 src James Clapper · John Brennan · Michael Hayden · Michael Morell · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-07-21 | Mark Esper, Former Raytheon Weapons Lobbyist, Becomes Army Secretary in Revolving Door Appointment
4 src Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-15 | Kansas City Fed Denies Reserve Trust Master Account Amid Potential Regulatory Capture
3 src Sarah Bloom Raskin · Reserve Trust Company · Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City · Esther George · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | WestExec Advisors Founded by Blinken and Flournoy: The Revolving Door Becomes a Business Model
2 src Antony Blinken · Michèle Flournoy · Avril Haines · WestExec Advisors | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-17 | Boris Epshteyn Leaves Trump White House, Immediately Joins Sinclair Broadcasting as Chief Political Analyst - Direct Trump Propaganda Pipeline
5 src Boris Epshteyn · Sinclair Broadcast Group · Donald Trump · White House Office of Communications · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-23 | Trump Appoints Ajit Pai as FCC Chairman, Installing Former Verizon Lawyer to Regulate His Former Employer
3 src Donald Trump · Ajit Pai · Verizon Communications · Federal Communications Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Goldman Sachs Alumni Take Control of Trump Economic Policy
3 src Gary Cohn · Steven Mnuchin · Goldman Sachs · Dina Powell · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2016-12-08 | Former Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh Joins Northrop Grumman Board After B-21 Bomber Contract Award
3 src Mark Welsh · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · Wes Bush · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-31 | Rep. Tom Price Purchases Discounted Healthcare Stocks While Drafting Industry Legislation
4 src Tom Price · Chris Collins · Innate Immunotherapeutics · Zimmer Biomet · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-15 | House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers Retires, Enters CNN Commentary and Undisclosed Consulting
3 src Mike Rogers · CNN · AT&T · IronNet Cybersecurity · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-09-02 | Eric Cantor Joins Wall Street Investment Bank for $3.4M After House Leadership
3 src Eric Cantor · Moelis & Company · House Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-01 | FDA Statistician Joan Buenconsejo Joins AstraZeneca After Overseeing Company Drug Reviews
3 src Joan Buenconsejo · Food and Drug Administration · AstraZeneca · Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | confirmed | |
| 2014-05-01 | Former NSA Director Keith Alexander Founds IronNet Cybersecurity, Charges $1 Million/Month for Intelligence Expertise
4 src Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · National Security Agency · Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association | confirmed | |
| 2014-02-06 | Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists
3 src Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · UnitedHealth Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-01 | FAA Safety Official Ali Bahrami Leaves for Aerospace Industries Association During Boeing 737 MAX Development
3 src Ali Bahrami · Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing · Aerospace Industries Association · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-01 | Retired General James Mattis Joins General Dynamics Board Five Months After Marine Corps Retirement
3 src James Mattis · General Dynamics · Marine Corps | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-01 | Former CIA Director David Petraeus Becomes Chairman of KKR Global Institute, Converting Intelligence Access Into Private Equity Value
3 src David Petraeus · KKR · Central Intelligence Agency | confirmed | |
| 2013-05-02 | Obama Nominates Telecom Industry Lobbyist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman
4 src Tom Wheeler · Barack Obama · Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) · National Cable Television Association (NCTA) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-29 | DOJ Criminal Division Chief Lanny Breuer Resigns After PBS Frontline Documentary 'The Untouchables' Exposes 'Too Big to Jail' Policy Resulting in Zero Major Bank Executive Prosecutions Compared to 900+ Convictions in 1980s S&L Crisis
4 src Lanny Breuer · Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Covington & Burling · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-05 | ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation
4 src Elizabeth Fowler · Johnson & Johnson · WellPoint · Max Baucus · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-27 | Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
3 src Judd Gregg · Goldman Sachs · Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-11 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger
3 src Meredith Attwell Baker · Comcast Corporation · NBC Universal · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying
3 src Chris Dodd · MPAA · Motion Picture Association | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-03 | Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
3 src Evan Bayh · Apollo Global Management · McGuireWoods · Marathon Petroleum · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-15 | FDA Arthritis Drug Reviewer Jeffrey Siegel Joins Genentech After Approving Company Tocilizumab
4 src Jeffrey Siegel · Food and Drug Administration · Genentech · Roche · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-07-19 | Washington Post Publishes "Top Secret America," Revealing 1,931 Private Companies in Intelligence Work and Massive Revolving Door
4 src Dana Priest · William Arkin · The Washington Post · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Chertoff Promotes Airport Body Scanners on Media While His Firm Represents Manufacturer Rapiscan
4 src Michael Chertoff · The Chertoff Group · Rapiscan Systems · Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-21 | Former CDC Director Julie Gerberding Joins Merck as Vaccine Division President
3 src Dr. Julie Gerberding · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Merck · Gardasil vaccine | confirmed | |
| 2009-02-15 | Former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden Enters Private Sector, Joins Chertoff Group and Corporate Boards
3 src Michael Hayden · The Chertoff Group · Motorola Solutions · Michael Chertoff | confirmed | |
| 2009-02-02 | Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff Founds The Chertoff Group, Immediately Monetizing Homeland Security Expertise
4 src Michael Chertoff · Chad Sweet · The Chertoff Group · Department of Homeland Security · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2009-01-20 | Obama Admin Prosecutes Zero Wall Street Executives Despite Crisis Fraud
3 src Eric Holder · Department of Justice · Wall Street Banks · Lanny Breuer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2008-10-06 | Citigroup Managing Director Froman Emails Podesta Cabinet List; Virtually Entire Obama Cabinet Matches Recommendations
4 src Michael Froman · John Podesta · Barack Obama · Citigroup · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2008-10-03 | Bush Signs 00B Bank Bailout with Minimal Oversight
3 src George W. Bush · Henry Paulson · Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2008-10-03 | Congress Passes $700 Billion TARP Bailout Without Criminal Accountability Provisions
3 src Henry Paulson · Goldman Sachs · JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2008-07-31 | Carlyle Group Acquires Booz Allen Hamilton for $2.54 Billion, Private Equity Owns Major Intelligence Contractor
4 src Carlyle Group · Booz Allen Hamilton · Ralph Shrader · National Security Agency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2008-05-08 | Senate Intelligence Committee Raises Alarm Over Intelligence Contractor Revolving Door, Requires Workforce Reporting
3 src Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Government Accountability Office · Department of Defense · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2007-12-18 | Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
3 src Trent Lott · John Breaux · Breaux Lott Leadership Group · Patton Boggs | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-15 | Honest Leadership Act Takes Effect But Fails to Slow Congressional Revolving Door
3 src U.S. Congress · K Street · Public Citizen | confirmed | |
| 2005-04-01 | Public Citizen Report Shows 43% of Lawmakers Leaving Congress Became Lobbyists
3 src Public Citizen · U.S. Congress · K Street | confirmed | |
| 2005-03-14 | Tom Daschle Joins Private Equity Firm and Lobbying After Senate Majority Leadership
3 src Tom Daschle · InterMedia Advisors · Alston & Bird · Leo Hindery | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-03 | Dick Gephardt Founds Lobbying Firm After 28 Years as House Democratic Leader
3 src Dick Gephardt · Gephardt Group · DLA Piper | confirmed | |
| 2004-12-15 | Billy Tauzin Joins PhRMA as CEO After Shepherding $200B Medicare Drug Bill
3 src Billy Tauzin · PhRMA · Medicare | confirmed | |
| 2004-07-11 | CIA Director George Tenet Departs After Iraq Intelligence Failures, Joins Investment Bank and Intelligence Company Boards
5 src George Tenet · Allen & Company · QinetiQ · L-1 Identity Solutions · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2003-08-29 | John Poindexter Resigns from DARPA After TIA Scandal, Surveillance Architect Exits to Private Sector
3 src John Poindexter · DARPA · Information Awareness Office · SAIC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2003-03-08 | Halliburton Gets 9.5B Iraq Contracts with Cheney Ties
4 src Dick Cheney · Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Bunnatine Greenhouse · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2001-09-04 | Oracle Hires CIA Executive Director David Carney, Establishes Information Assurance Center
3 src Oracle · David W. Carney · Central Intelligence Agency · Larry Ellison | confirmed | |
| 2001-05-31 | Air Force Secretary James Roche Appointed After 17 Years as Northrop Grumman Executive
3 src James G. Roche · Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-10-26 | Robert Rubin Joins Citigroup for $126 Million After Engineering Glass-Steagall Repeal
4 src Robert Rubin · Citigroup · Sandy Weill · Goldman Sachs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1999-07-02 | Lawrence Summers Becomes Treasury Secretary, Accelerates Derivatives Deregulation Campaign
4 src Lawrence Summers · Bill Clinton · Robert Rubin · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-20 | FDA Approves OxyContin with Unsubstantiated Safety Claims
5 src Food and Drug Administration · Purdue Pharma · Dr. Curtis Wright · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-10 | CIA Director James Woolsey Departs, Begins Three-Decade Career Monetizing Intelligence Credentials
3 src James Woolsey · Booz Allen Hamilton · Paladin Capital Group · Foundation for Defense of Democracies · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-10 | Robert Rubin Appointed Treasury Secretary After 26 Years at Goldman Sachs
4 src Robert Rubin · Bill Clinton · Goldman Sachs | confirmed | |
| 1993-01-14 | CFTC Chair Wendy Gramm Exempts Enron from Derivatives Regulation, Joins Board Five Weeks Later
4 src Wendy Gramm · Phil Gramm · Enron Corporation · CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1989-05-25 | Reagan HUD Scandal Exposed, Samuel Pierce Influence Peddling Investigation
3 src Samuel Pierce · Deborah Gore Dean · James Watt · Thomas Demery · +1 | confirmed |