The FBI Agents Association issued an extraordinary public condemnation of FBI Director Kash Patel on November 4, 2025, accusing him of launching a “campaign of erratic and arbitrary retribution” and stating he “disregarded the law” in his mass firing and reinstatement of FBI …
FBI Director Kash Patel used the FBI’s $60 million government jet to fly to State College, Pennsylvania on October 25, 2025, to attend a Real American Freestyle wrestling event where his 27-year-old girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins, was scheduled to perform. Public flight logs for …
On September 25, 2025, a federal grand jury charged former FBI Director James Comey with serious crimes related to the disclosure of sensitive information. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced the indictment, alleging that Comey obstructed a congressional investigation …
Trump appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as Co-Deputy Director of the FBI alongside Dan Bongino, creating the first dual deputy director structure in FBI history. Bailey, a Trump loyalist who supported debunked 2020 election claims, has no FBI experience but will help run day-to-day …
Trump deployed 120+ FBI agents Aug 10, 2025, from counterintelligence/public corruption divisions to patrol DC streets overnight alongside police. Agents from Washington Field Office and Philadelphia worked traffic stops despite lacking street patrol training. Part of 450 federal officers mobilized …
Bloomberg reported on August 1, 2025, that the FBI redacted President Donald Trump’s name and those of other high-profile individuals from approximately 100,000 pages of government files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Internal directives instructed about 1,000 FBI agents to ‘flag’ any …
The FBI’s Washington Field Office disbanded its ‘CR15’ public corruption squad, a unit critical to investigating potential misconduct in the Trump administration. This move follows broader cuts to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section and represents a significant …
The FBI launched a specialized task force to investigate over 80 reported incidents of vandalism, arson, and violent attacks targeting Tesla vehicles, dealerships, and facilities across multiple U.S. states. FBI Director Kash Patel characterized these attacks as ‘domestic terrorism’ and …
Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel received a $25,000 payment from Igor Lopatonok’s Global Tree Pictures for a documentary project, raising serious concerns about foreign influence and conflicts of interest. Lopatonok, a Russian national with documented Kremlin connections, has …
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel gave a “green light to would-be lawbreakers” by gutting the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section and folding one of the FBI’s public corruption squads. Democrats warned that DOJ’s refusal to enforce …
Joe Rogan claimed on his podcast in July 2023 that January 6 was a false flag operation orchestrated by federal intelligence agencies, stating “That’s a fact” regarding intelligence agency involvement in provoking people into the Capitol Building. Rogan repeatedly promoted the …
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 …
The FBI signed an expedited agreement to extend its relationship with Dataminr on June 9, 2020, just days after nationwide demonstrations erupted following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The expanded contract provided FBI agents with enhanced access to Dataminr’s …
On October 6, 2018, the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by a vote of 50-48, making him the first justice in modern history confirmed with credible sexual assault allegations pending and despite obvious temperament problems that raised serious questions about his fitness for the …
Trump fired FBI Director James Comey while under FBI investigation for Russian connections. Day after firing, Trump told Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Ambassador Kislyak in Oval Office that he had “faced great pressure because of Russia” which had been “taken off” by …
A federal magistrate judge ordered Apple to create special software to bypass security features on an iPhone 5C used by San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, triggering the most public battle over encryption in U.S. history. The FBI sought to unlock the device after the December 2015 attack …
Chainalysis secures its first federal government contract, a $9,000 data software deal with the FBI, marking the beginning of the U.S. government’s systematic use of blockchain surveillance technology. In 2015, the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are Chainalysis’s only federal …
Lavabit, an encrypted email service used by Edward Snowden, abruptly shut down rather than comply with federal government demands for the company’s SSL encryption keys, which would have compromised the privacy of all 400,000 users. Founder Ladar Levison announced the closure with a cryptic …
Between 2007 and 2009, Palantir Technologies experienced explosive growth within the U.S. government, expanding from eight pilot programs to more than 50 programs across multiple federal agencies. This rapid expansion was driven by referrals from early adopters and represented Palantir’s …