Timeline
All 304 entries ordered by the date the matter began, spanning 1967–2025. An entry appears at its start, not its resolution, so long-running matters sit early.
1960s
31967Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismFalse Military Claims: The Bone Spurs Diagnosis, the Purple Heart, and Claims of Superior Military Knowledge
1967Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Family Tax Schemes: $413 Million in Fraudulent Transfers from Fred Trump's Empire
1968Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismInflated Claims About Education and Intelligence: Wharton Transfer Misrepresented, Suppressed Transcripts, and Self-Declared Genius
1970s
81973Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedDOJ Housing Discrimination: Federal Consent Decree for Systematic Racial Bias in Rental Properties
1978Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismJessica Leeds Accusation: Alleged Groping on a First-Class Flight in the Late 1970s
1978Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAsbestos Denial: False Safety Claims Contradicting Federal Documentation at Trump Properties
1979Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Bonwit Teller Art Destruction: Trump Promised Art Deco Treasures to the Metropolitan Museum, Then Had Them Jackhammered
1979Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceOver 500 Shell Companies and LLCs: How the Trump Organization Used Corporate Structures to Obscure Ownership, Shield Liability, and Complicate Investigations
1979Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe John Barron and John Miller Aliases: Trump Posed as His Own Publicist to Plant Stories, Inflate His Wealth, and Fabricate His Personal Life
1979Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedUnpaid Contractors: Decades of Documented Non-Payment Across Hundreds of Vendors and Workers
1979Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedWage Theft and Labor Exploitation at Trump Properties: Documented Cases of Unpaid Overtime, Tip Confiscation, and Subminimum Wages
1980s
211980Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedPolish Workers Lawsuit: Undocumented Demolition Workers Underpaid and Denied Union Benefits During Trump Tower Construction (Diduck v. Kaszycki & Sons)
1980Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismSqueezing Tenants: Trump's Pattern of Using Lease Terms, Harassment, and Litigation to Force Out Renters and Commercial Occupants
1980Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally Resolved100 Central Park South: Tenant Harassment Campaign and Federal RICO Dismissal
1981Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceLies About His Net Worth: Trump's Decades-Long Pattern of Inflating His Wealth, the 'John Barron' Forbes Deception, and the Financial Statements That Became the Basis of Civil Fraud Charges
1982Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceNew Jersey Casino Regulatory History: Anti-Money Laundering Violations, FinCEN Penalties, and Organized Crime Associations
1983Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismSLAPP Litigation: Pattern of Strategic Lawsuits to Silence Journalists, Critics, and Political Opponents
1983Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedUSFL v. NFL: Trump's Role in the Fall Schedule Gamble That Destroyed a Professional Football League
1983Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedFrivolous Litigation as Intimidation: Trump's Pattern of Using Defamation Lawsuits to Silence Critics and Journalists
1983Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceBankrupting Small Businesses Through Non-Payment: The Edward Friel Jr. Cabinet Company and Trump's Pattern of Stiffing Contractors
1983Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSuing Journalists Who Question His Wealth: Trump's Decades-Long Pattern of Using Litigation to Suppress Unfavorable Press Coverage
1984Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedUSFL v. NFL: $1 Antitrust Verdict After Trump-Led Strategy Collapsed the League
1984Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Wealth Claims: Exposed by Tax Records Showing Billion-Dollar Losses and $413 Million in Paternal Transfers
1987Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump Foundation: Court-Ordered Dissolution for Illegal Self-Dealing and Campaign Finance Violations
1987Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump's Personal Charitable Giving Record: Decades of Inflated Claims, Foundation Funded by Others, and No Personal Donations After 2008
1987Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTrump Casino Junk Bonds: Billions Lost by Investors While Trump Collected Millions in Personal Compensation
1988Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFreehold Music Center: Piano Dealer Forced to Accept 70 Cents on the Dollar for Trump Taj Mahal Supply Contract
1989Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceCentral Park Five: Full-Page Death Penalty Ads and Refusal to Acknowledge Exoneration
1989Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismFailed Trump-Branded Ventures: A Pattern of Misleading Marketing Across Vodka, Steaks, Airlines, Mortgage, Magazine, and Other Licensed Products
1989Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedAtlantic City Casino Regulatory Violations: Fines, Discrimination Citations, and Anti-Money Laundering Failures
1989Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismPattern of Unpaid Legal Counsel: Law Firms and Attorneys Alleging Nonpayment for Services
1989Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAnti-Union Practices Across Trump Properties: Union Busting in Las Vegas, the Taj Mahal Strike, and a Pattern of Preferring Non-Union Labor
1990s
161991Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedCasino Bankruptcies: Six Chapter 11 Filings, $82 Million in Personal Compensation While Investors Lost Billions
1991Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTrump Village Rent Overcharge Scheme: Tenants Sued Over Decades of Fraudulently Inflated Rents at Fred Trump's Brooklyn Properties
1992Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedJill Harth Lawsuit: Federal Complaint Alleging Groping and Attempted Rape from 1992 to 1997
1992Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedAttempted Eminent Domain Seizure of a Widow's Home: Trump Tried to Take Vera Coking's Property for a Casino Parking Lot
1993Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTreatment of Native Americans: Opposing Tribal Sovereignty as a Business Competitor, Questioning Racial Identity, and Using Slurs at a Ceremony Honoring Veterans
1994Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismDoe v. Trump: Anonymous Federal Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault of a Minor at a Party Hosted by Jeffrey Epstein
1995Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismPhantom Philanthropy: Trump's Pattern of Appearing at Charity Events He Did Not Support, Claiming Credit for Donations He Did Not Make, and the 1996 AIDS Nursery Incident
1995Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedE. Jean Carroll Verdict: Civil Liability for Sexual Abuse and Defamation ($88.3 Million in Total Damages)
1995Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePageant Dressing Room Intrusions: Trump's Self-Described Practice of Walking In on Contestants at Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA
1997Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump Taj Mahal: $10 Million FinCEN Penalty for Willful Anti-Money Laundering Violations
1997Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismUndisclosed Debt and Deutsche Bank Entanglements: $421 Million in Personal Loans During the Presidency
1997Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismDeutsche Bank Lending Relationship: Over $2 Billion in Loans from a Bank Facing Russian Money Laundering Sanctions
1998Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims About Self-Made Wealth: The 'Small Loan of a Million Dollars' Myth and the Documented $413 Million Inheritance
1998Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Model Management: Immigration Violations and Financial Exploitation of Foreign Models
1999Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTax Avoidance Patterns: Paying $750 in Federal Income Tax, Reporting Chronic Losses, and Claiming a Disputed $72.9 Million Refund
1999Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismUndocumented Workers at Trump Golf Clubs: Years of Employment, Supervisors Providing Fake Documents, and Mass Firings
2000s
292000Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentThe Giving Pledge Gap: Trump's Pattern of Promised Donations and Undelivered Charitable Commitments
2001Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismForeign Government Spending at Trump Properties: Saudi, Kuwaiti, Qatari, and Other Foreign Government Payments Beyond the Washington Hotel
2001Tier 3, Documented Through Primary Evidence9/11 False Claims: Fabricating a Role at Ground Zero, Promoting a Debunked Conspiracy Theory, and Collecting a Recovery Grant Meant for Small Businesses
2001Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Bayrock Group and Felix Sater: Trump's Business Partnership with a Convicted Felon He Claimed Not to Know
2001Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAndrew Tesoro: Architect Stiffed on $140,000 in Fees for Trump National Golf Club Westchester Clubhouse
2003Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Apprentice NDAs: Non-Disclosure Agreements Used to Suppress Information About Trump's Conduct on the Set of His Television Show
2003Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismSexist Treatment of Women on The Apprentice: Accounts from Contestants, Crew, and Former Staff
2004Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentCharity as a Stage: Trump Used Others' Philanthropic Events for Self-Promotion and Steered Charity Donations to Mar-a-Lago
2004Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump University: $25 Million Settlement for Fraud and Misrepresentation
2004Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Institute: Fraudulent Seminars Using Plagiarized Materials and Deceptive Marketing
2004Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump Organization Criminal Tax Fraud: Felony Convictions for 15-Year Off-the-Books Compensation Scheme
2004Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedAllen Weisselberg Tax Fraud Guilty Plea: 15 Felony Counts for a 15-Year Scheme at the Trump Organization
2004Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump-Branded Real Estate That Defrauded International Buyers: Failed Licensing Projects in Baja Mexico, Fort Lauderdale, Toronto, Panama, and SoHo
2004Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump Organization Criminal Tax Fraud: Fifteen-Year Scheme of Unreported Executive Compensation
2004Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump University Instructor Qualifications Fraud: Scripted Deception, Fabricated Credentials, and the 'Hand-Picked' Marketing Claim
2005Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAccess Hollywood Tape and Pattern of Sexual Misconduct Allegations (20+ Accusers)
2005Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSexual Misconduct Allegations: The Access Hollywood Tape, 26-Plus Accusers, and Threats to Sue
2005Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismNatasha Stoynoff Accusation: Alleged Forcible Kissing at Mar-a-Lago in 2005, Corroborated by Six Witnesses
2005Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismProfiting from Charity at Mar-a-Lago: How Trump Charged Nonprofits Full Venue Rates While Claiming Credit for Their Philanthropic Work
2005Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Trump Network and ACN: Endorsing Multi-Level Marketing Schemes for Millions in Undisclosed Payments
2005Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Ocean Club Panama: Misrepresented Sales, Criminal Buyers, and a Violent Management Dispute
2006Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedSelf-Dealing Purchases: Charity Funds Used to Buy Personal Items Including Portraits and a Tim Tebow Helmet
2006Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismEric Trump Foundation and St. Jude: Charity Golf Fundraiser Revenue Redirected Through Trump Organization Properties
2006Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSilencing Accusers: The Catch-and-Kill System, NDAs, and Legal Threats Used to Suppress Sexual Misconduct Allegations
2007Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePhantom Charitable Donations: The Washington Post Investigation into Trump's Unfulfilled Pledges to Give to Charity
2007Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump SoHo: Buyer Fraud Settlement and Abandoned Criminal Investigation After Attorney Donations to DA
2008Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFake Charitable Pledges: Pattern of Unfulfilled Donations and the 2016 Veterans Fundraiser
2009Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Trump Network: A Multi-Level Marketing Vitamin Scheme Built on Pseudoscience and Celebrity Endorsement
2009Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismCharity Golf Tournaments: Trump's Pattern of Hosting Charitable Events at His Courses While Pocketing Fees and Rigging Prize Payouts
2010s
1562010Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedNew York Civil Fraud: Judicial Finding of Years of Financial Fraud Through Systematic Asset Inflation
2010Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTwo Sets of Books: The Trump Organization's Practice of Maintaining Inflated Financial Statements for Lenders and Deflated Valuations for Tax Authorities
2010Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Organization India Projects: Licensing Deals with Politically Connected Developers and Blurred Lines Between Diplomacy and Business
2010Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Tower Manila and Trump Tower Punta del Este: Licensing Deals with a Philippine Trade Envoy and a Financially Troubled Uruguayan Project
2011Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceBirther Conspiracy: Five Years of False Claims That Obama Was Not Born in the United States
2011Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePattern of Racist and Racially Charged Statements: From Birtherism to 'Shithole Countries' to 'Go Back Where You Came From'
2011Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismIvanka Trump Clothing Line: Documented Sweatshop Conditions in Indonesian and Chinese Factories
2012Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Towers Istanbul: Licensing Fees from Erdogan-Connected Developer While Shaping U.S. Policy Toward Turkey
2012Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Trump Tower Baku Project: A Hotel Deal Linked to an Azerbaijani Oligarch Family with Ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
2012Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Trump International Hotel Lease Sale: $375 Million Exit After Years of Government Patronage Inflated the Property's Value
2012Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFlorida Regulatory Record: Hundreds of Health Code Violations at Trump Doral and Mar-a-Lago
2012Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceMar-a-Lago and Trump Properties: H-2B Visa Violations and Rejection of American Workers
2013Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedBondi Donation: $25,000 Trump Foundation Gift to Florida Attorney General While Trump University Investigation Was Under Consideration
2014Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump International Hotel Las Vegas: Years of Refusing to Bargain with Unionized Workers Despite NLRB Orders
2014Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedThe Paint Spot: Small Business Forced to Litigate for $32,535 Owed by Trump National Doral Miami
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRally Violence Promotion: Documented Encouragement of Violence Against Protesters and Political Opponents
2015Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedHush Money Conspiracy: Catch-and-Kill Scheme with AMI and Michael Cohen
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims About Crime and Immigration: Overstated Crime Rates, Fabricated Statistics, and Contradicted Assertions About Immigrant Criminality
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims About Trade Deals: NAFTA as 'the Worst Deal Ever,' USMCA Similarities, Tariff Misrepresentations, and the Growing Trade Deficit with China
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Perpetual Healthcare Plan: Years of Promising a Replacement for the Affordable Care Act That Never Existed
2015Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedTrump's Tax Return Battle: Years of Legal Obstruction Followed by Revelations of Minimal Tax Payments and Failed IRS Audits
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDehumanizing Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric: From 'Rapists' to 'Poisoning the Blood' Across Three Campaigns
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAmplification of Conspiracy Theories: Ted Cruz's Father and the JFK Assassination, Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, Promotion of Alex Jones, and False Claims About Antifa
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDehumanizing Language About Immigrants: 'Animals,' 'Vermin,' 'Poisoning the Blood,' and the Use of Eliminationist Rhetoric
2015Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe Trump Effect on Hate Crimes: Academic Studies and FBI Data Documented Increases in Hate Crimes Correlated with Trump's Rhetoric and Rallies
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on Journalists: Mocking a Disability, Gendered Insults, and Targeting of Individual Reporters
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRefusal to Divest or Disclose: Breaking the Norms of Presidential Financial Transparency
2015Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentThe Degradation of Presidential Discourse: Profanity, Personal Insults, and the Collapse of Rhetorical Norms from the Presidential Platform
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on Gold Star Families and Military Service Members
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTrump Tower Moscow: Pursuing a Russian Business Deal During the 2016 Campaign While Publicly Denying Russian Connections
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceWages Are Too High, Too Low, and Irrelevant: Trump's Contradictory Positions on the Federal Minimum Wage While It Remained Frozen at $7.25
2015Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedFelony Conviction: 34 Counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (New York, 2024)
2015Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceEmbrace and Praise of Authoritarian Leaders: Admiration for Kim Jong Un, Putin, Xi Jinping, Erdogan, Duterte, and Orban, and Authoritarian Self-Identification
2016Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentErosion of Church-State Separation: Bible Photo Op, 'Chosen One' Declaration, and Transactional Alliance with Christian Nationalism
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceVeterans Fundraiser: $6 Million Raised at Iowa Rally with Months-Long Delay in Distribution
2016Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentVeterans Fundraiser as Debate Alternative: Using a Charitable Event for Political Advantage
2016Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedThe Trump Foundation's Final Accounting: Court-Supervised Dissolution, $2 Million in Restitution, and a Complete Record of Self-Dealing
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceJacobus v. Trump: Defamation Lawsuit by Republican Consultant over Twitter Attacks
2016Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedNwanguma v. Trump: The Louisville Rally Lawsuit Over Incitement of Violence Against Protesters
2016Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedGeorge Papadopoulos Guilty Plea: Trump Campaign Adviser Lied to FBI About Russian Contacts
2016Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedRick Gates Guilty Plea: Conspiracy Against the United States and Lying to the FBI
2016Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedTom Barrack Prosecution: Trump's Inaugural Committee Chairman Charged with Acting as an Unregistered Foreign Agent for the UAE
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on the Judiciary: Racial Targeting of Judges and Erosion of Judicial Independence
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Trump Tower Meeting: Campaign Officials Met with a Russian Lawyer Promising Dirt on Clinton, Then Trump Dictated a Misleading Cover Story
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePoliticization of the Federal Judiciary: Rushed Barrett Confirmation, Personal Attacks on Judges, and Efforts to Undermine Judicial Independence
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDehumanizing and Threatening Rhetoric Toward Political Opponents: From 'Lock Her Up' to 'Vermin'
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSoliciting Foreign Campaign Assistance: 'Russia, If You're Listening,' the Ukraine Pressure Campaign, and the Public Request to China
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe 'Second Amendment People' Comment: Suggesting Gun Owners Could Act Against Hillary Clinton (August 2016)
2016Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismInflated Generosity Claims: Presidential Salary Donations Offset by Agency Cuts, Unsubstantiated Charitable Giving, and Credit for Others' Philanthropy
2016Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentThe Phantom Infrastructure Plan: Four Years of Promised Investment That Never Materialized
2016Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismPattern of Threatened Lawsuits Never Filed: Litigation Threats as a Tool of Intimidation Against Accusers, Media Organizations, and Investigators
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Nonexistent Michigan 'Man of the Year' Award: A Fabricated Honor Trump Repeated More Than Twenty Times Despite No Evidence It Existed
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on Voting Rights: Opposition to Mail-In Voting, False Voter Fraud Claims, Voter ID Restrictions, and Efforts to Suppress Turnout
2016Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTreatment of Mitt Romney: The Dinner Photo, the Endorsement-to-Exile Arc, and the Pattern of Punishing Intraparty Dissent
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceUndermining U.S. Intelligence Agencies: Nazi Germany Comparison, Helsinki Deference, and Classified Disclosure to Russian Officials
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePoliticization of the Intelligence Community: Sharing Classified Intelligence with Russia, Compromising a CIA Source, and Attacking Intelligence Leaders
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceGutting the Office of Government Ethics: Walter Shaub's Resignation in Protest and the Transition from Compliance to Defiance on Executive Branch Ethics
2017Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedSummer Zervos Defamation Lawsuit: Presidential Immunity Challenge and Withdrawal Without Compensation
2017Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedPresidential Inaugural Committee: $750,000 Settlement for Misuse of Nonprofit Funds and Hotel Overpayments
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTrump International Hotel DC: $3.7 Million in Foreign Government Payments and GSA Lease Violations
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismMar-a-Lago: Pay-for-Access and Security Breaches at the 'Winter White House'
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDoral G7 and Government Spending at Trump Properties: Self-Dealing Through Federal Business
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTaxpayer Costs of Presidential Golf Trips: Over $150 Million Spent at Trump-Owned Properties During First Term
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismTrump Organization Foreign Licensing Deals During the Presidency: Ongoing Business Relationships in Countries Where U.S. Foreign Policy Was Active
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismJared Kushner's Business Conflicts While Serving as Senior White House Adviser: 666 Fifth Avenue Bailout, Foreign Entanglements, and Security Clearance Failures
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary Evidence3,400 Conflicts of Interest: Trump's Refusal to Divest From His Businesses During the Presidency
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismGhost Bookings at Trump Hotels: Foreign Governments Reserved Rooms They Never Used, Effectively Making Payments to the President's Business
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary Evidence30,573 False or Misleading Claims: Washington Post Fact Checker Database (2017 to 2021)
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims About the Inherited Economy: Trump Took Credit for Trends That Began Under Obama
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePromoting Political Violence Through Social Media: 'When the Looting Starts, the Shooting Starts' and the Pattern of Violent Rhetoric on Digital Platforms
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDisability Rights Rollbacks: Special Olympics Funding Cuts, Program Reductions, and Erosion of Disability Protections
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePattern of Retaliatory Attacks on Former Allies: Public Humiliation, Forced Departures, and Personal Vilification of Loyalists Who Dissented
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAnti-Labor Record: NLRB Stacking, Minimum Wage Rollbacks, Erosion of Worker Protections, and Opposition to Organized Labor
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceEnvironmental Deregulation Harming Workers and Communities: EPA Rollbacks, Paris Climate Withdrawal, Weakened Emissions Standards, and Reduced Workplace Safety Enforcement
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceNepotism: Appointment of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump as Senior White House Advisers
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDestruction of Presidential Records: Torn Documents, Flushed Papers, and Missing White House Files
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceViolations of Presidential Records Preservation Requirements: Private Communications, Unsecured Messaging, and Systematic Failure to Archive Official Records
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceHollowing Out the Diplomatic Corps: Firing Career Ambassadors, Purging Expertise, and Leaving Senior State Department Positions Unfilled
2017Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedGovernment by 'Acting' Officials: Circumventing Senate Confirmation Through Extended Use of Temporary Designations
2017Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentExecutive Orders Used to Bypass Congress: Implementing Policy Through Unilateral Presidential Action
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceGovernance by Social Media: Using Twitter to Announce Policy, Fire Officials, and Attack Individuals
2017Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentThe Normalization of Presidential Dishonesty: How 30,573 False Claims in One Term Changed the Relationship Between the Presidency and Truth
2017Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedMichael Cohen Testimony: Allegations That Trump Directed False Statements to Congress and Signed Reimbursement Checks in Office
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDestroying Evidence Under Investigation: Allegations of Document Shredding, Phone Wiping, and Server Deletion by Trump and His Employees
2017Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedHatch Act Violations: White House RNC Convention and Kellyanne Conway
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceWeaponization of the Department of Justice: Demands to Investigate Political Opponents, Obamagate, and Pressure on Attorneys General
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceInaugural Crowd Size and the Pattern of Inflating Metrics: False Claims About Audience Numbers and Ratings
2017Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedEmoluments Clause Lawsuits: Three Federal Cases Alleging Constitutional Violations Through Business Profits
2017Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedMichael Flynn Guilty Plea, DOJ Motion to Dismiss, and Presidential Pardon: National Security Adviser Convicted of Lying to the FBI
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePoliticization of the Department of Homeland Security: Using CBP and ICE as Political Tools and Installing an Illegally Serving Secretary
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFiring of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates: Dismissed After Refusing to Defend the Travel Ban and Warning About Michael Flynn
2017Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedMuslim Travel Ban: Executive Orders Restricting Entry from Muslim-Majority Countries
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePromoting Trump-Branded Products from the White House: Goya Beans, Ivanka's Fashion Line, and the Use of Official Office for Commercial Endorsement
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on Press Freedom: 'Enemy of the People' Rhetoric and Revocation of Press Credentials
2017Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentBoycotting the White House Correspondents' Dinner: Trump Broke a 36-Year Presidential Tradition and Ordered Administration Officials to Stay Away
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe 'Nobody Knew' Pattern: Trump Repeatedly Claimed Ignorance on Behalf of the Entire Country to Excuse His Own Lack of Preparation
2017Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedElliott Broidy Guilty Plea: Top Trump Fundraiser Acted as Unregistered Foreign Agent for Chinese and Malaysian Interests
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePoliticization of the Census and Redistricting: The Citizenship Question and the Hofeller Files
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismIvanka Trump China Trademarks: Foreign Government Approvals Coinciding with Diplomatic Engagements
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFiring of FBI Director James Comey During Active Russia Investigation (May 2017)
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttempts to Fire Special Counsel Mueller and Obstruct the Russia Investigation (2017-2019)
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThreats to Withdraw from NATO and Encouragement of Russian Aggression Against Allied Nations
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFamily Separation Policy: Thousands of Children Separated from Parents at the Border Under Zero Tolerance
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRollback of Overtime and Tip Protections: Trump DOL Narrowed Worker Safeguards Benefiting Millions
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceBlocking the FBI Headquarters Relocation to Protect the Trump Hotel from Competition: A Federal Building Decision Shaped by Personal Financial Interest
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceHope Hicks and the Misleading Trump Tower Meeting Statement: Crafting a False Narrative Aboard Air Force One
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePublic Humiliation of Jeff Sessions: Trump's Sustained Campaign of Insults Against His Own Attorney General for Recusing from the Russia Investigation
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTreatment of John Kelly: Trump's Attacks on His Former Chief of Staff After Kelly Confirmed 'Losers and Suckers' Comments
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRefusal to Implement Russia Sanctions Passed by Congress with Veto-Proof Majorities (CAATSA)
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceCharlottesville 'Very Fine People on Both Sides' Statements
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismAlleged Pardon Offer to Julian Assange: Conditioning Clemency on Denying Russian Involvement in DNC Email Hack
2017Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentRefusal to Participate in Traditional Presidential Functions: Skipping the Kennedy Center Honors and Using Ceremonies for Political Purposes
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceControversial Pardons: Pattern of Clemency for Political Allies and January 6 Defendants
2017Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims Regarding Natural Disaster Response: Puerto Rico Death Toll Denial, Inadequate Hurricane Maria Relief, and Diversion of FEMA Funds
2017Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismConditioning Disaster Relief on Political Loyalty: Delayed Aid to California, Puerto Rico, and Other States That Opposed Trump
2017Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedPaul Manafort Criminal Convictions: Eight Federal Felony Counts and Subsequent Plea Deal, Sentencing, and Presidential Pardon
2017Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentThe Unprecedented Scope of Criminal Charges Among Trump Associates: A Pattern of Convictions, Pardons, and Obstruction Across Multiple Investigations
2017Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentTax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Legislation Marketed as Worker Relief That Primarily Benefited Corporations and the Wealthy
2018Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedCensus Manipulation: Blocked Citizenship Question and Excluded Undocumented Immigrants from Apportionment
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTampering with the 2020 Census: Shortened Counting Timelines, Political Pressure, and the Documented Undercounting of Black, Hispanic, and Native American Communities
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDisbanding the Pandemic Preparedness Team: Trump Eliminated the NSC Directorate for Global Health Security Before COVID-19
2018Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedLev Parnas and Igor Fruman Convictions: Giuliani Associates Convicted of Funneling Foreign Money into U.S. Elections and Trump's Political Orbit
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceUse of the State Department for Personal and Political Purposes: Pompeo's RNC Speech from Jerusalem, Giuliani's Shadow Diplomacy, and the Recall of Ambassador Yovanovitch
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAbuse of Security Clearances: Overruling Intelligence Officials to Grant Clearances to Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Revoking Brennan's Clearance in Apparent Retaliation
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceClaiming Credit for the Veterans Choice Act: Trump Repeatedly Said He Signed a Law That Obama Signed in 2014
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on Federal Reserve Independence: Threatening to Fire Jerome Powell and Using Political Pressure to Influence Monetary Policy
2018Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismQAnon Embrace: Amplification of Conspiracy Movement Through Social Media, Rallies, and Private Events
2018Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedMichael Cohen's Guilty Plea Implicating Trump as 'Individual-1' Who Directed Campaign Finance Violations
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceWhen the Inner Circle Turns: The Unprecedented Number of Former Senior Officials Who Publicly Warned Against Trump After Serving in His Administration
2018Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedPaul Manafort's Breach of Cooperation: Lying to Mueller's Prosecutors While Sharing Information with Trump's Legal Team Through a Joint Defense Agreement
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceMockery of Christine Blasey Ford: Trump's Rally Reenactment of Sexual Assault Testimony During the Kavanaugh Confirmation
2018Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismRadicalizing Effect: Domestic Terrorists Who Cited Trump's Rhetoric in Their Manifestos, Court Filings, and Public Statements
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceUsing the Military as a Political Prop: The Pre-Midterm Border Deployment That Cost Hundreds of Millions and Ended After Election Day
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePoliticization of the U.S. Military: Border Deployments, July 4th Display, National Guard Against Protesters, and Partisan Pressure on Military Leaders
2018Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims About Presidential Accomplishments: The Border Wall, the Economy, and the Defeat of ISIS
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSystematic Harm to Immigrants and Asylum Seekers: Remain in Mexico, Title 42 Expulsions, and Migrant Protection Protocols
2019Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedRoger Stone's Obstruction and Trump's Intervention: Conviction, Sentencing Override, Prosecutor Resignations, Commutation, and Full Pardon
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceUnpaid Campaign Rally Bills: Trump's Refusal to Pay the City of El Paso and a Pattern of Unpaid Municipal Security Costs
2019Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedAbuse of Emergency Powers: National Emergency Declaration to Fund Border Wall After Congressional Refusal
2019Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedDiverting $3.6 Billion in Military Construction Funds to Build the Border Wall After Congress Refused Funding
2019Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedNew York AG Investigation into Trump Organization Insurance Practices: Inflated Assets in Applications to Insurers
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTrump's Claim That Wind Turbine Noise Causes Cancer and a Pattern of Anti-Science Public Statements
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRetaliatory Firings: Removal of Lt. Col. Vindman, Ambassador Yovanovitch, and Other Impeachment Witnesses
2019Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismCalling Meghan Markle 'Nasty' and Then Denying It: A Case Study in Gaslighting Captured on Audio
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRacist Attacks on Congresswomen of Color: Trump Told the 'Squad' to 'Go Back' to Their Countries, and the House Voted to Condemn His Remarks
2019Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedIllegal Withholding of Ukraine Military Aid: GAO Finding of Impoundment Control Act Violation
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe White House Counsel's Role in the Ukraine Cover-Up: Moving the Call Transcript to a Classified Server and Resisting Congressional Oversight
2019Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedFirst Impeachment: Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress Over Ukraine Pressure Campaign
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceUkraine Pressure Campaign: The July 25, 2019 Phone Call with President Zelensky
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceHurricane Dorian and Sharpiegate: Altered NOAA Forecast Map and Political Pressure on Weather Scientists
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on the Biden Family: Mocking a Stutter, Disparaging Hunter Biden's Addiction, and Using Government Power to Investigate a Political Rival's Relatives
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePolitical Interference with Weather Forecasting: NOAA Pressure, Commerce Department Directives, and Scientific Integrity Violations
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceBlanket Defiance of Congressional Oversight: Refusal to Comply with Impeachment Subpoenas, Blocked Witnesses, Withheld Documents, and the Rejected 'Absolute Immunity' Claim
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRetaliation Against Whistleblowers: Ukraine Whistleblower Threats and Vindman Firings
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceReal-Time Witness Intimidation: Trump Tweeted Attacks Against Marie Yovanovitch While She Testified in the Impeachment Hearing
2019Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePolitical Interference with CDC and FDA During COVID-19: Edited Scientific Reports and Hydroxychloroquine Pressure
2020s
712020Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentUsing the State of the Union for Partisan Spectacle: The Rush Limbaugh Medal of Freedom and the Erosion of Bipartisan Ceremony in 2020
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceCOVID-19 Misinformation: Private Admission of Danger While Publicly Downplaying the Virus
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceCOVID Workplace Safety Failures: OSHA Refused Emergency Standards While Trump Ordered Meatpacking Plants to Remain Open
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacking Mail-In Voting While Using It Himself: Trump Voted by Mail in Florida While Calling the Same Method Fraudulent and 'Cheating'
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidencePoliticization of the COVID-19 Response: Trump Threatened to Withhold Vaccines from States with Critical Governors and Made the Pandemic a Partisan Weapon
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceOpposition to Paid Sick Leave and Family Leave: Trump Administration Regulations That Narrowed Worker Protections During COVID-19
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceFalse Claims About Voting by Mail: Trump Alleged Massive Fraud Despite His Own Administration's Findings and His Own Use of Mail-In Ballots
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceLIBERATE MICHIGAN: Trump's Call to Defy COVID-19 Lockdown Orders and the Armed Occupation of the Michigan State Capitol
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceInterference with the United States Postal Service: DeJoy Appointment, Mail Sorting Machine Removal, and Suppression of Mail-In Voting Infrastructure Before the 2020 Election
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThreats to Deploy the Military Against Domestic Protesters: Trump Asked About Shooting George Floyd Demonstrators
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceLafayette Square: Use of Federal Force Against Peaceful Protesters for Presidential Photo Opportunity
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRemoval of SDNY U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman: Premature Resignation Announcement and Firing During Active Investigation of Trump Allies
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceUsing the White House as a Campaign Venue: The 2020 RNC, the Barrett Super-Spreader Event, and the Abraham Accords Ceremony
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAttacks on the Constitutional Order: Calling for 'Termination' of the Constitution, Embracing Dictatorial Language, and Refusing to Commit to Peaceful Transfers of Power
2020Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedFrom 'Stand Back and Stand By' to Presidential Pardon: The Proud Boys Seditious Conspiracy Arc
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSchedule F: The Executive Order Designed to Strip Civil Service Protections from Tens of Thousands of Federal Workers and Enable a Political Purge of the Bureaucracy
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceElection Technology Defamation: Trump's Amplification of False Claims About Dominion Voting Systems and the Resulting Legal Fallout
2020Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedFox News Dominion Voting Systems Settlement: $787.5 Million Resolution Exposing Trump's Election Lies as Source Material
2020Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedPost-Election Litigation Campaign: 62 Lawsuits Filed to Overturn the 2020 Election Results, Nearly All Dismissed
2020Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedNewsmax Defamation Settlements: $40 Million to Smartmatic and $67 Million to Dominion for Amplifying False Election Fraud Claims
2020Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedFederal Election Obstruction Indictment: Four Felony Counts for Conspiracy to Overturn 2020 Election
2020Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedGeorgia RICO Indictment: 41-Count Racketeering Case for Conspiracy to Overturn 2020 Election Results
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Surge in Threats Against Election Workers: How Trump's Targeting of Specific Officials and Processes Generated Thousands of Documented Threats Nationwide
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRefusal to Accept 2020 Election Results and Disruption of the Presidential Transition
2020Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentObstruction of the Peaceful Transfer of Power: Trump's Refusal to Concede in 2020-2021 Contrasted with Biden's Full Cooperation in 2024
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAssault on Election Infrastructure: Pressuring State Officials, Calling for Termination of Constitutional Rules, and Encouraging Legislatures to Override the Popular Vote
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceMark Meadows's Text Messages: Communications Revealing Coordination on January 6 and His Refusal to Cooperate with the Congressional Investigation
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe 'Big Lie': Sustained False Claims That the 2020 Election Was Stolen
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceMonetizing the Presidency: The Save America PAC Slush Fund, Legal Bill Payments, and the Merchandising of Political Office
2020Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedGiuliani's $148 Million Defamation Verdict: Consequences for Spreading Trump's Election Fraud Claims Against Georgia Election Workers
2020Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedAttacks on Election Workers: Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss, and the $148 Million Defamation Verdict
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDOJ Weaponization: Attempted Installation of Jeffrey Clark to Overturn 2020 Election
2020Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceAbuse of the Pardon Power for Personal and Political Loyalty: Clemency for Allies Convicted in Connection with Trump's Own Conduct
2021Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Raffensperger Call: Trump's Hour-Long Pressure Campaign to Overturn the Georgia Election Results
2021Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceDestroyed Phone Records: Secret Service Texts from January 5-6, 2021, Deleted During 'Device Migration' After Watchdog Requested Them
2021Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedSecond Impeachment: Incitement of Insurrection Following the January 6 Capitol Attack
2021Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceJanuary 6 Capitol Attack: House Select Committee Findings and Criminal Referrals
2021Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTrial by Combat: Rudy Giuliani's Incitement at the January 6 Rally as Trump's Personal Attorney Acting at His Direction
2021Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe Seven-Hour Gap: Missing White House Phone Records from January 6, 2021
2021Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRigging the Gig Economy: Trump's DOL Rules Made It Easier to Classify Workers as Independent Contractors, Stripping Employee Protections
2021Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedFederal Classified Documents Indictment: 40 Felony Counts for Willful Retention of National Defense Information
2021Tier 4, Credibly Reported Through Investigative JournalismThe $2 Billion Kushner-Saudi Investment: Saudi Arabia Funded Jared Kushner's Firm After He Shaped Favorable Middle East Policy
2021Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentAllen Weisselberg's Serial Legal Proceedings and the Unanswered Question: Why No Trump Family Member Was Individually Charged Despite Organizational Convictions
2021Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedTrump Media and Truth Social: SEC Fraud Charges Against SPAC, Insider Trading Convictions, and the Digital World Acquisition Corp Merger
2021Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedExecutive Privilege Abuse: Claiming Presidential Privilege After Leaving Office to Delay the January 6 Investigation
2021Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedSteve Bannon's Criminal Contempt of Congress: Conviction, Sentencing, and Imprisonment for Defying the January 6 Committee Subpoena
2022Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedContempt of Congress Conviction: Peter Navarro's Refusal to Comply with January 6 Committee Subpoena
2022Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedCivil Contempt of Court: Trump Fined $110,000 for Failing to Comply with Attorney General Subpoena
2022Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedE. Jean Carroll Defamation Verdict: $83.3 Million Jury Award for 'Remarkably Reprehensible' Conduct
2022Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedAttacks on Jurors and Witnesses During Active Trials: Gag Order Violations Across Multiple Jurisdictions
2023Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedWitness Intimidation and Gag Order Violations: Social Media Attacks During Active Legal Proceedings
2023Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTargeting Judges' Families: Trump's Public Attacks on Judge Merchan's Daughter, Judge Engoron's Clerk, and a Pattern of Judicial Intimidation
2023Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedWeisselberg Perjury: Felony Conviction for Lying Under Oath During Civil Fraud Trial
2024Tier 1, Adjudicated and Legally ResolvedWeaponizing Defamation Lawsuits from the Oval Office: The ABC, CBS, Des Moines Register, and Pulitzer Board Cases of 2024 and 2025
2024Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceCryptocurrency, Meme Coins, and the Presidency: Trump's World Liberty Financial Venture, the $TRUMP and $MELANIA Tokens, and Second-Term Emoluments Concerns
2024Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceRolling Back Crypto Regulation While Holding Crypto Assets: The Trump Family's World Liberty Financial and the SEC's Retreat from Enforcement
2024Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe CBS News Lawsuit: Trump Sued for $10 Billion Over a 60 Minutes Interview, Then Collected $16 Million in Settlement
2024Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe 2025 Financial Disclosure: $2.03 Billion in Reported Income, Seventy Percent of It From Digital-Asset Ventures Created After the 2024 Election
2025Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceConditioning Disaster Relief on Political Compliance: Trump Threatened to Withhold Federal Wildfire Aid from California Over Water Policy and Voter ID Demands
2025Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceThe $TRUMP Meme Coin Dinner: Selling Presidential Access to Top Cryptocurrency Holders
2025Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentThe 2025 Tariff Regime: Economists Called It the Largest Tax Increase in Decades as Markets Crashed and Consumer Costs Surged
2025Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceSecond-Term Democratic Norm Violations: Gutting of Federal Agencies, Mass Firings of Civil Servants, DOGE and Unauthorized Access to Government Systems, and Defiance of Court Orders
2025Tier 5, Interpretive and Normative AssessmentUndermining the Peaceful Transfer of Power: Second Inauguration as an Act of Political Dominance (January 2025)
2025Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedDOGE and the Breach of Government Data Systems: Elon Musk's Operatives Accessing Social Security, Treasury, and IRS Records
2025Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedDOGE-Driven Mass Firings: The Dismantling of the Professional Civil Service Through Unprecedented Terminations of Federal Employees
2025Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedDismantling of USAID: Shutdown of the 64-Year-Old Foreign Aid Agency Affecting Millions of Recipients Worldwide
2025Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedAttempting to End Birthright Citizenship by Executive Order: A Direct Challenge to the 14th Amendment Blocked by Every Court That Reviewed It
2025Tier 3, Documented Through Primary Evidence2025 Mass Deportation Operations: Rescission of Protected Areas Policy, Courthouse and Church Arrests, and Detention of U.S. Citizens
2025Tier 3, Documented Through Primary Evidence2025 Tariff War: Unilateral Trade Escalation Triggering Retaliation, Agricultural Collapse, and Consumer Price Increases
2025Tier 2, Formally Charged or InvestigatedDefiance of Federal Court Orders in the Second Term: Slow-Walking Reinstatement of Fired Workers, Ignoring Funding Freeze Injunctions, and Contempt Warnings from Federal Judges
2025Tier 3, Documented Through Primary EvidenceTargeting Nonprofit Organizations: Executive Actions to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Universities and Advocacy Groups Critical of Administration Policies