2017
157 verified events recorded in 2017.
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Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-07 | Michael Flynn Retroactively Registers as Turkey Foreign Agent - $530K Lobbying During Campaign and as National Security Advisor Michael Flynn · Donald Trump · Recep Tayyip Erdogan · Ekim Alptekin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-06 | Trump Signs Travel Ban 2.0 (Executive Order 13780) - Revised Muslim Ban After Courts Block Original Donald Trump · Derrick Watson · Doug Chin · Rudy Giuliani | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-04 | Trump Falsely Accuses Obama of Wiretapping Trump Tower Based on "A Little Bit of a Hunch" Donald Trump · Barack Obama · James Clapper · James Comey | 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 | |
| 2017-03-02 | Ryan Zinke Opens Public Lands to Extraction While Profiting Ryan Zinke · David Bernhardt · Department of Interior · Halliburton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-01 | Peter Thiel Hires Vance at Mithril Capital Peter Thiel · J.D. Vance · Ajay Royan | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-28 | Trump Exploits Navy SEAL Ryan Owens' Widow at Congress Address to Deflect From Botched Yemen Raid He Approved Donald Trump · Carryn Owens · William Owens · Ryan Owens · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-22 | Washington Post Launches "Democracy Dies in Darkness" Slogan Under Bezos Ownership Jeff Bezos · Washington Post · Bob Woodward | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-21 | Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Private Prison Phase-Out, Citing 'Future Needs of Federal Corrections System' Jeff Sessions · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · CoreCivic · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-15 | Cofer Black, Former Blackwater Vice Chairman and CIA Counterterrorism Chief, Joins Burisma Board Joseph Cofer Black · Erik Prince · Nikolay Zlochevskyi · Hunter Biden · +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 | |
| 2017-02-11 | Trump Handles North Korea Missile Crisis at Mar-a-Lago in Front of Paying Club Members - Unprecedented Security Breach Donald Trump · Shinzo Abe · Sean Spicer | 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 | |
| 2017-02-08 | Kellyanne Conway Commits 50+ Hatch Act Violations, No Consequences Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel · White House · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-08 | Trump Attacks Nordstrom Using Presidential Office to Promote Daughter Ivanka's Business After Brand Dropped Donald Trump · Ivanka Trump · Nordstrom · Sean Spicer · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-07 | Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary in Historic VP Tie-Breaking Vote - First Ever for Cabinet Nominee Betsy DeVos · Mike Pence · Susan Collins · Lisa Murkowski · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-07 | Scott Pruitt Dismantles EPA While Taking Industry Money Scott Pruitt · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Andrew Wheeler · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-01 | McKinsey Redirected from Obama-Era ICE Reform to Trump Immigration Crackdown Consulting McKinsey & Company · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-01 | Rex Tillerson ExxonMobil CEO Becomes Secretary of State Rex Tillerson · ExxonMobil · Vladimir Putin · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-31 | Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Donald Trump · Judicial Crisis Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-30 | Deutsche Bank fined $630 million for $10 billion Russian money laundering scheme Deutsche Bank · Donald Trump · Jared Kushner · New York Department of Financial Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-30 | Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs Donald Trump · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · Public Citizen · Natural Resources Defense Council (plaintiff) · +2 | 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 | |
| 2017-01-29 | Trump Approves Botched Yemen Raid Killing Navy SEAL Owens and 23+ Civilians Including 8-Year-Old American Girl Donald Trump · William Owens · Nawar al-Awlaki · Carryn Owens | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-27 | Stephen Miller's Muslim Ban Creates Chaos at Airports Nationwide, Detains Legal Residents Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon | 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 | |
| 2017-01-27 | Trump Signs Muslim Ban (Executive Order 13769) Causing Airport Chaos and Mass Visa Revocations Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Jim Mattis · State Department | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-24 | Trump Reverses Dakota Access Pipeline Denial, Orders Expedited Approval Donald Trump · Energy Transfer Partners · Kelcy Warren · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-23 | Trump Appoints Ajit Pai as FCC Chairman, Installing Former Verizon Lawyer to Regulate His Former Employer Donald Trump · Ajit Pai · Verizon Communications · Federal Communications Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-21 | Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $400K for Presidential Access Donald Trump · Mar-a-Lago · Chris Ruddy · Yujing Zhang · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Goldman Sachs Alumni Take Control of Trump Economic Policy Gary Cohn · Steven Mnuchin · Goldman Sachs · Dina Powell · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Heritage Foundation Staffs Trump Admin, Implements 64% of Agenda Heritage Foundation · Donald Trump · Mick Mulvaney · Scott Pruitt · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | McKinsey's ICE Contract Redirected Toward Trump's Immigration Crackdown and Detention Cost-Cutting McKinsey & Company · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Records show at least ~$1.75–$2.0M in Secret Service spending at Trump properties during presidency U.S. Secret Service · DHS Office of Inspector General · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-20 | Trump Organization Receives 3.6M from Foreign Governments Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Saudi Arabia · China · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-17 | CFPB Sues Navient for Systematically Cheating 12 Million Student Loan Borrowers Through Illegal Servicing Practices Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Navient Corporation · Sallie Mae | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-17 | DeVos Confirmation Hearing Reveals Investments in Student Debt Collection - Ethics Review Incomplete Betsy DeVos · Performant Financial · RDV Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-17 | Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence After Brutal Imprisonment Barack Obama · Chelsea Manning · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-11 | Erik Prince Establishes Kremlin Backchannel in Seychelles Meeting with Putin Ally Erik Prince · Kirill Dmitriev · George Nader · Steve Bannon · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-11 | Rex Tillerson Confirmation Hearing Reveals ExxonMobil-Russia Conflicts and Sanctions Violations Rex Tillerson · Donald Trump · Igor Sechin · Vladimir Putin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-11 | Trump Announces Sham Business Conflicts Plan: Retains Ownership While Sons Run Company - Rejects Divestment Donald Trump · Sheri Dillon · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-10 | Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi Sued for Insulin Price-Fixing Conspiracy as Prices Rise 300%+ Eli Lilly · Novo Nordisk · Sanofi · CVS Caremark · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-09 | Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · Kentucky House Committee | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-06 | Intelligence Community Assessment Concludes Putin Ordered Campaign to Influence 2016 Election Vladimir Putin · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Amazon Pays Zero Federal Income Tax on $5.6 Billion Profit Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Clearview AI Founded to Build Mass Facial Recognition Database Hoan Ton-That · Richard Schwartz · Peter Thiel · Clearview AI | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Cytrox Established in North Macedonia as NSO Competitor Ivo Malinkovski · Cytrox · Israel Aerospace Industries · North Macedonia Ministry of Interior · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Essential Consultants Receives Over $2M from Multiple Corporate Entities and Oligarch-Linked Firms Essential Consultants LLC · Columbus Nova · Viktor Vekselberg · Novartis · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Google Manipulates Ad Auctions Through "Project Bernanke" to Favor Own Exchange Google · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton · Publishers · Advertisers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Hacker Steals 900 GB of Data from Cellebrite, Exposing Customer Information and Technical Details Cellebrite | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | ICE hiring collapses despite 10,000 agent expansion order Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | ICE relies on a sprawling, mostly contracted network of ~200 detention facilities; oversight fragmented Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · CoreCivic · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Marshals Service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Pecker and Howard Remove Trump Documents from National Enquirer Safe Before Inauguration David Pecker · Dylan Howard · American Media Inc. · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Reports: Sanctioned oligarch Suleiman Kerimov held ~1% SpaceX stake via Heritage Trust Suleyman Kerimov (Russian Federation Council member) · SpaceX · Elon Musk · Heritage Trust · +3 | confirmed |