FBI forensics show Trump watched TV and tweeted instead of stopping Capitol riot

FBI forensic analysis of Trump’s iPhone revealed he spent the afternoon of January 6 in the White House dining room watching TV coverage of the Capitol riot while using Twitter, refusing to call off the attack. Three witnesses testified the TV was tuned to news covering the riot in real time. …

Jeffrey Clark admits in Signal messages that classified briefing yielded "nothing helpful" for Trump

DOJ official Jeffrey Clark sent Signal messages to Rep. Scott Perry admitting that a highly classified briefing on foreign election interference “yielded nothing” to support stolen election claims, writing “Bottom line is there is nothing helpful to P” (referring to the …

Jeffrey Clark Attempts DOJ Coup to Overturn Election

Environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark attempted to use the Department of Justice to overturn the 2020 election by sending false fraud letters to swing states. Clark drafted a letter falsely claiming DOJ had identified ‘significant concerns’ about the election and urging Georgia to convene a …

Trump Calls Georgia Secretary of State to Find 11,780 Votes

President Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on January 2, 2021, demanding he ‘find 11,780 votes’ to overturn Biden’s victory in Georgia. In the recorded hour-long call, Trump threatened Raffensperger with criminal prosecution, saying ‘you know what …

Larry Ellison Donates $30 Million to Tim Scott's Super PAC Over 2021-2022

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison donated $30 million to Opportunity Matters Fund, a super PAC supporting Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), over the course of 2021 and 2022. This massive contribution followed an initial $5 million donation in October 2020, bringing Ellison’s total support for Scott to $35 …

Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network

Billionaire Barre Seid donated $1.6 billion to Leonard Leo’s Marble Freedom Trust in one of the largest dark money transfers in U.S. political history. The donation, structured through a sophisticated tax-minimization strategy, involves transferring 100% of Seid’s Tripp Lite company …

ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie"

Following Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and false claims of widespread fraud, ALEC developed new model election legislation to give Trump’s “Big Lie” systematic legislative form across states. The organization partnered with Heritage Action and the State Policy Network to …

440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave

Throughout 2021, at least 440 bills containing voter restriction provisions were introduced across 49 states, representing the largest coordinated assault on voting rights since Jim Crow and demonstrating ALEC’s systematic model legislation deployment at unprecedented scale. The Brennan Center …

Wells Fargo Scandal Scorecard: 5,300 Workers Fired, Zero Execs Prosecuted

After nearly a decade of systematic fraud, multiple investigations, Congressional hearings, and billions in penalties, the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal concludes with a stark scorecard that defines two-tiered justice in American finance: 3.5 million fraudulent accounts affecting millions of …

Trump tells acting AG "just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me"

In a phone call with Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Deputy AG Richard Donoghue, Trump pressured them to declare the 2020 election corrupt despite no evidence of fraud. Trump stated “just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.” …

Trump Pardons Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Kushner in Corruption Spree

President Trump issued pardons to campaign chairman Paul Manafort (convicted of financial fraud and conspiracy), adviser Roger Stone (witness tampering and lying to Congress), National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (lying to FBI about Russia contacts), and Charles Kushner (tax evasion and witness …

Trump Pardons Charles Kushner and 14 Others in Single-Day Corruption Spree

President Trump pardoned his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, along with 14 other allies in a single day, demonstrating brazen nepotism and abuse of presidential clemency power. Charles Kushner had pleaded guilty in 2004 to 18 counts of illegal campaign …

DOJ Secret Court Order Targets Washington Post Journalists Days Before Barr's Resignation

On December 22, 2020, the DOJ filed a secret court order to seize phone records of three Washington Post journalists (Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller, and Adam Entous) investigating Russian diplomatic communications. Filed just one day before Attorney General William Barr’s resignation by DOJ …

Trump Pardons Four Blackwater Contractors for Nisour Square Massacre

President Trump pardoned four Blackwater private military contractors convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians, including two children, in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard were serving sentences ranging from 12 years to life …

Texas Leads 10-State Lawsuit: Google-Facebook "Jedi Blue" Collusion

On December 16, 2020, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google joined by nine other states, exposing secret agreements between Google and Facebook—including the “Jedi Blue” deal—to eliminate competition in digital advertising and maintain Google’s …

Trump privately admits defeat saying "Can you believe I lost to this f'ing guy?"

Trump privately acknowledged he lost the 2020 election, telling a White House staffer “Can you believe I lost to this f’ing guy?” after seeing Biden on television, according to the Jack Smith report. Trump also told family members “you still have to fight like hell” …

Trump Campaign Organizes Fake Electors in Seven States

The Trump campaign organized groups of fake electors to meet and cast fraudulent electoral votes in seven states Biden won - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. These 84 fake electors signed false certificates claiming to be the ‘duly elected’ …

FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization Through Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions, Seeks Breakup

The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, files major antitrust lawsuit against Facebook alleging illegal monopolization through systematic acquisition of competitors Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC seeks structural breakup of Facebook through forced …

Trump Pardon Corruption - Systematic Monetization of Presidential Clemency Power

President Trump’s systematic abuse of pardon power between 2017-2021 established a pattern of corruption that transformed constitutional clemency authority into a criminal enterprise. Analysis of Trump’s 237 pardons and commutations reveals a president who monetized executive power, …

Tesla Begins Purchasing Russian Aluminum from Rusal

Tesla began sourcing aluminum from Rusal, a Russian metals company founded by oligarch Oleg Deripaska, in late 2020 for its German Giga Berlin manufacturing plant. The procurement occurred after US sanctions against Rusal were lifted in 2019, with Tesla purchasing millions of euros worth of aluminum …

DOJ Reveals Investigation into $2 Million Bribery-for-Pardon Scheme

Heavily redacted federal court documents unsealed in December 2020 revealed the Department of Justice was investigating a “bribery-for-pardon” scheme in which individuals allegedly offered substantial political contributions in exchange for presidential pardons. The court filings, made …

Giuliani admits to Arizona Speaker "We don't have evidence, but we have lots of theories"

Rudy Giuliani admitted to Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers that “We don’t have the evidence, but we have lots of theories” regarding claims of election fraud. Despite this admission, Giuliani and Trump continued pressuring Bowers to reconvene the legislature and replace …

Trump Pardons Michael Flynn After Guilty Plea and Sidney Powell Conspiracy Theories

President Trump issued a full pardon to his first National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016 transition. The pardon came after Flynn, represented by conspiracy theorist attorney …

CIA Awards Multibillion-Dollar C2E Cloud Contract to Oracle, AWS, Microsoft, Google, IBM

The Central Intelligence Agency awarded its Commercial Cloud Enterprise (C2E) contract to five major technology companies—Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, and IBM—on November 20, 2020. The multi-cloud contract, valued at tens of billions of dollars over a 15-year period, represents …

Newsmax CEO Admits "We Have No Evidence" of Election Fraud, Airs Claims 23 More Times

Chris Ruddy writes internal email stating “We have no evidence” of Smartmatic election rigging, but Newsmax continues airing false claims 23 more times for ratings

Vance Begins Election Denial Rhetoric

Following the 2020 presidential election, J.D. Vance shifts from a Trump critic to an election denier, promoting false claims about Biden’s victory being illegitimate. During multiple interviews and public appearances, Vance repeatedly refused to acknowledge Trump’s loss, stating he …

Judge Sullivan Orders Emergency USPS Ballot Sweeps, DeJoy Initially Defies Court Order

U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan issued an emergency order on Election Day directing the United States Postal Service to immediately sweep its processing facilities between 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to ensure that delivery of mail-in ballots was not delayed, particularly in crucial battleground …

Facebook Rolls Back Election Safety Measures Immediately After 2020 Vote, Enabling "Stop the Steal" Misinformation

Facebook dismantles election safety measures immediately after the 2020 vote, prematurely rolling back safeguards designed to combat misinformation despite internal warnings. The decision enables “Stop the Steal” conspiracy theories to spread virally through the platform’s …

Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett 52-48 Eight Days Before Election, Creating 6-3 Conservative Supermajority

On October 26, 2020, the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48, installing her on the bench just eight days before the November 3 presidential election and while millions of Americans had already cast their ballots. Barrett’s confirmation created a 6-3 …

Trump Issues Original Schedule F Executive Order: Civil Service Protection Elimination

President Trump issued an executive order creating Schedule F, a radical reclassification mechanism designed to strip civil service protections from approximately 50,000 federal workers in ‘policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating’ positions. The order would effectively …

DOJ Purdue Settlement Allows Sacklers to Keep Billions in Extracted Wealth

On October 21, 2020, the Department of Justice announced a settlement totaling more than $8 billion with Purdue Pharma—touted as the largest penalties ever levied against a pharmaceutical manufacturer—yet the settlement allowed the Sackler family to keep the vast majority of billions extracted from …

DOJ Sues Google for Search Monopoly Through Exclusionary Contracts

On October 20, 2020, the United States Department of Justice, joined by eleven state Attorneys General, filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Google LLC for illegally monopolizing search and search advertising markets. The case represented the federal government’s most significant …

YouTube Bans QAnon Content Only After Years of Algorithmic Amplification

On October 15, 2020, YouTube announced it would ban content promoting QAnon and related conspiracy theories that “target individuals”—but the policy came approximately three years after YouTube’s recommendation algorithm began systematically amplifying QAnon from an obscure 4chan …

Wells Fargo Fires 125 Employees for COVID Relief Fraud, Culture Unchanged

Wells Fargo terminates between 100 and 125 employees for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds through the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Employees created fake profiles and made false representations to receive advances of up to $10,000 from the pandemic relief …

FBI Enables Social Media Suppression of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Despite Knowing Authenticity

Twitter and Facebook suppressed the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story after months of FBI warnings about potential Russian ‘hack-and-leak’ operations. The FBI had possessed the laptop since December 2019 and confirmed its authenticity, but when social media companies asked …

COVID-Positive Trump Leaves Hospital for SUV Joyride, Endangering Secret Service in Sealed Vehicle

On Sunday evening, October 4, 2020, President Trump—still infected with COVID-19 and hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—left his hospital suite to drive past supporters gathered outside in a black Chevrolet Suburban SUV, forcing at least two Secret Service agents to …

Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, Hospitalized at Walter Reed with Experimental Treatments

President Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2, 2020, and was flown by Marine One helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that evening, where he received an experimental monoclonal antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals under “compassionate …

Amazon Discloses 19,816 Workers Infected with COVID-19 After Months of Concealment

Amazon Discloses 19,816 Workers Infected with COVID-19 After Months of Concealment

On October 1, 2020, after months of resisting transparency demands from workers, labor groups, politicians, and regulators, Amazon disclosed that at least 19,816 of its frontline employees had tested positive or been …

New York Times Obtains Trump Tax Returns, Reveals $750 in Federal Taxes Paid

The New York Times obtained and published a comprehensive investigation into President Donald Trump’s tax returns covering more than 20 years, revealing that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 (the year he won the presidency) and 2017 (his first year in office). The …

Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Religious Conservative to Replace Liberal Icon Ginsburg

On September 26, 2020—just eight days after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death—President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a religious conservative from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, to fill Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. Barrett’s judicial record showed …

Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event

On September 26, 2020, President Trump held a Rose Garden ceremony announcing Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court that became what Dr. Anthony Fauci would later call a “superspreader event,” with more than 150 attendees packed together without masks for both an …

Ring announces Always Home Cam, autonomous drone for indoor home surveillance

At Amazon’s Fall 2020 hardware event, Ring announced the Always Home Cam, a fully autonomous indoor security drone designed to fly preset paths through homes when triggered by Ring alarms or user commands. Ring President Leila Rouhi explained the product was created because “when …

FinCEN Files Reveal $2 Trillion in Suspicious Banking Transactions

On September 20, 2020, BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published the FinCEN Files, exposing over $2 trillion in suspicious financial transactions between 1999 and 2017. The investigation, involving 2,657 leaked documents and 2,121 suspicious …

FinCEN Files Reveal $2 Trillion in Suspicious Banking Transactions

BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the FinCEN Files, revealing more than $2 trillion in suspicious banking transactions reported to the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network between 1999 and 2017. The files contained over 2,100 Suspicious …

'FinCEN Files' leak reveals banks flagged >$2T in suspicious transactions; U.S. warns SAR disclosures are unlawful

The ICIJ/BuzzFeed ‘FinCEN Files’ exposed a massive global banking corruption investigation, revealing over $2 trillion in suspicious financial transactions across 200+ banks between 1999-2017. The leaked 2,657 documents, including 2,121 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), showed systemic …

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies 46 Days Before Election, McConnell Immediately Vows to Confirm Replacement Despite 2016 Standard

On September 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at age 87 from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, creating a Supreme Court vacancy just 46 days before the November 3 presidential election and while early voting was already underway in some states. In her final days, …

House Committee Report Documents Boeing-FAA Regulatory Capture That Killed 346 People

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released its final 238-page report on the Boeing 737 MAX disasters, concluding that the crashes “were the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing’s engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of …

Oracle Becomes TikTok's "Trusted Technology Provider" Under Trump Administration Pressure

Oracle Corporation announced on September 14, 2020, that ByteDance had selected Oracle as TikTok’s “trusted technology provider” in the United States, positioning Oracle to provide cloud infrastructure services and security oversight for TikTok’s U.S. operations. The …

HHS Spends $300 Million in Taxpayer Funds on "Defeating Despair" COVID Ad Campaign Timed to Promote Trump Before Election

The Department of Health and Human Services launched a $300 million advertising campaign called “Defeating Despair” to promote the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response, with the effort conceived by political appointee Michael Caputo and timed to air before the November …

Northrop Grumman Wins $13.3 Billion Contract for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Nuclear ICBMs

The Department of the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 billion contract on September 8, 2020, to develop the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile system, initiating the engineering and manufacturing development phase of a program estimated to cost between …