Obstruction

Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval

| Importance: 9/10

On October 15, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg issued an internal memo barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from communicating with Congress or state lawmakers without prior approval from the Pentagon’s office …

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Bloomberg Obtains 18,000+ Epstein Emails Revealing Maxwell Relationship and Trump Name Removal Request

| Importance: 9/10

Bloomberg News published a trove of over 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account spanning 2002-2022, three years after his death in custody. The authenticated emails, concentrated between 2005-2008 during Epstein’s first criminal investigation, directly contradict …

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DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months

| Importance: 9/10

Whistleblower Aid revealed that the DOJ Office of the Inspector General ’lost’ a whistleblower disclosure for almost three months, only ‘finding’ it on the eve of Emil Bove’s confirmation vote for a federal judgeship. The disclosure, submitted on May 5, 2025, alleged …

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FBI Redacted Trump's Name from Jeffrey Epstein Files Under Privacy Protections

| Importance: 9/10

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 …

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AG Bondi briefs Trump on his appearances in Epstein files

| Importance: 6/10

Attorney General Bondi briefed Trump that his name appeared multiple times in Epstein files, revealing consciousness of guilt regarding financial crimes rather than sex trafficking allegations.

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Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight

| Importance: 8/10

The Trump administration claimed ‘absolute immunity’ to block all congressional oversight, with White House Counsel Pat Cipollone declaring Congress had no ’legitimate legislative purpose’ for investigations. Don McGahn defied House subpoenas despite federal judges ruling …

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Pecker and Howard Remove Trump Documents from National Enquirer Safe Before Inauguration

| Importance: 8/10

David Pecker and Dylan Howard remove remaining Trump documents from National Enquirer safe weeks before inauguration, fearing liability, either destroying or relocating files. This action was part of a broader pattern of document management and potential evidence suppression related to Trump’s …

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National Enquirer Shreds Trump Documents from Safe After WSJ Inquiry

| Importance: 9/10

After Wall Street Journal calls about McDougal payment, Dylan Howard orders staff to “get everything out of the safe” and shred documents, destroying evidence days before election. The Enquirer’s leadership, including CEO David Pecker, maintained a ‘catch and kill’ safe …

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Trump Jr. Accepts Meeting Explicitly Framed as "Russia and Its Government's Support"

| Importance: 6/10

Donald Trump Jr. accepted meeting at Trump Tower after being promised “official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary” as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” Meeting included Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat …

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Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to Supreme Court, McConnell and Senate Republicans Refuse to Hold Hearings or Vote

| Importance: 9/10

On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland, the widely respected Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death one month earlier. Garland was considered a …

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Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, McConnell Immediately Vows to Block Any Obama Nominee

| Importance: 9/10

On February 13, 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of apparent natural causes at a luxury resort in West Texas, creating a vacancy on the Court with nearly 11 months remaining in President Obama’s term. Within hours of Scalia’s death being announced, Senate Majority Leader …

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