THE TRUMP ADDENDUM: 1973-October 4, 2026 | Ethical concerns, documented conduct and reported allegations
This addendum is not an exhaustive accounting. Numerous additional incidents could be included; what follows presents the highlights of a record spanning more than five decades. Documented conduct, court findings and reported allegations are identified accordingly. The accumulation matters: these entries reveal a pattern that cannot reasonably be dismissed as an occasional lapse in judgment.
This is the character of the man to whom the Republican Party and the evangelical Christians who continue to support him have entrusted their loyalty and our country.
When defending that man takes precedence over constitutional limits, accountability and the public good, loyalty to a president becomes a betrayal of the principles—and the country—they claim to defend.
As you read, replace “Trump” with “Obama,” “Biden,” or even “Bush.” Ask whether the same conduct would receive the same excuses. Recall that Republican Congressman Peter King and conservative commentators found cause for outrage when Barack Obama wore a tan suit to an August 2014 press briefing. Even his choice of clothing became an indictment of his fitness to lead.
A political movement that could manufacture a scandal from a tan suit has demonstrated its capacity for outrage. The question is what happened to its standards when the name changed to Trump.
Racial and religious discrimination; scapegoating:
1. 1973-1975 - DOJ sued Donald, Fred and their company over racial housing discrimination; a
consent decree imposed safeguards without admitting liability. [S1]
2. 1989-2016 - Bought death-penalty ads after the Central Park attack; continued declaring the
five defendants guilty after their exoneration. [S2]
3. 1991 - Trump Plaza was fined $200,000 for removing Black and female dealers to
accommodate a customer's prejudices. [S3]
4. 2000 - Financed covert anti-Mohawk casino advertising; Trump and associates settled
lobbying-disclosure violations for $250,000. [S4]
5. 2011-2016 - Promoted the false claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States,
then falsely blamed Clinton for starting it. [S5]
6. 2015 - Portrayed Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists when launching his
presidential campaign. [S6]
7. 2015 - Called for a total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. [S7]
8. 2016 - Argued that Judge Gonzalo Curiel's Mexican ancestry disqualified him from fairly
hearing the Trump University case. [S8]
9. 2019 - Told four congresswomen of color to go back to other countries; three were born in
the United States. [S9]
10. 2022 - Dined with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye at Mar-a-Lago; said he had not
known who Fuentes was. [S10]
11. 2023 - Said immigrants were "poisoning the blood" of the country, repeating the
dehumanizing language at campaign rallies. [S11]
12. 2024 - Repeated the baseless allegation that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were
eating residents' pets. [S12]
Personal cruelty, military families and racial provocation:
13. 2015 - Said John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured in Vietnam and
refused to apologize. [S107]
14. 2016 - Attacked Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan after they criticized his
Muslim-entry proposal; more than 20 Gold Star families condemned him. [S108]
15. 2017 - Equated white-nationalist demonstrators and counterprotesters after a neo-Nazi
rally killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville. [S109]
16. 2017 - Retweeted anti-Muslim videos from Britain First, a far-right group, while serving as
president. [S110]
17. 2018 - Asked why the United States should accept immigrants from Haiti and African
nations, using a vulgar slur for their countries. [S111]
18. 2025 - Presented misleading video and claims of a white genocide in South Africa during
an Oval Office meeting with President Ramaphosa. [S112]
Business deception and financial misconduct:
19. 1980 - Trump Tower demolition used underpaid, undocumented Polish workers; related
pension litigation later settled for $1.375 million. [S13]
20. 1988 - Paid $750,000 to settle federal charges of failing to observe antitrust stock-purchase
notification requirements, without admitting liability. [S14]
21. 1990-1991 - Trump Castle accepted a disguised $3.5 million loan through Fred Trump's
chip purchase; the casino admitted a gaming-law violation. [S15]
22. 1990s-2016 - Contractors and workers repeatedly alleged unpaid bills and wages; a USA
Today investigation identified at least 60 lawsuits. [S16]
23. 1999 - Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts issued a misleading earnings release; the SEC
brought an enforcement action in 2002. [S17]
24. 2005-2010 - Trump University sold real-estate seminars alleged to be deceptive; Trump
agreed to a $25 million settlement in 2016. [S18]
25. 2011-2021 - Inflated asset values, a New York court found in 2024; a 2025 appeal
preserved fraud liability but vacated the monetary penalty. [S19]
26. 2022 - Two Trump companies were convicted on 17 tax-fraud-related counts; Donald
Trump was not individually charged in that case. [S20]
Corporate bankruptcies, creditor losses and personal payouts:
These were corporate Chapter 11 cases, not personal bankruptcies. Bankruptcy itself is legal;
investor losses and personal payouts supply context. [S194, S195]
27. 1990s-2000s - Collected millions in casino pay and shifted personal debts to the
businesses while investors bore losses, the New York Times found. [S195]
28. 1991 - Trump Taj Mahal entered Chapter 11 after its debt-financed opening; Trump
surrendered half his ownership in restructuring. [S194]
29. 1992 - New York's Plaza Hotel entered bankruptcy; its restructuring transferred a 49%
stake to lenders. [S194]
30. 1992, March - Trump Castle entered Chapter 11; bondholders accepted a restructuring of
the casino's debts. [S194]
31. 1992, March - Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City entered Chapter 11 with
roughly $250 million in debt. [S194]
32. 2004 - Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts entered Chapter 11 with approximately $1.8
billion in debt; his ownership stake shrank. [S194]
33. 2009, February - Trump Entertainment Resorts entered Chapter 11 after missing a $53.1
million bond-interest payment. [S194]
Business representations, property tactics and inherited wealth:
34. 1980 - Promised Bonwit Teller Art Deco reliefs to the Metropolitan Museum, then had them
jackhammered during Trump Tower demolition. [S113]
35. 1984 - Called Forbes while posing as fictional executive John Barron and inflated his
ownership and net worth to improve his public ranking. [S114]
36. 1990s - Benefited from family tax strategies that a New York Times investigation described
as including outright fraud; Trump received at least $413 million in today's dollars. [S115]
37. 1998 - Sought government condemnation of widow Vera Coking's Atlantic City home for a
casino limousine area; a judge rejected the taking. [S116]
38. 2005-2015 - Accepted millions from ACN endorsements while claiming he had researched
the opportunity; customers later sued over undisclosed compensation. [S117]
39. 2008 - Sold his 2004 Palm Beach purchase for $95 million to oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev,
over twice its cost; the deal drew Senate scrutiny. [S119, S120]
40. 2011 - Trump SoHo developers settled a federal buyer-fraud suit, refunding roughly 90% of
deposits without admitting wrongdoing. [S118]
Sexual misconduct and treatment of women:
41. Circa 1980 - Jessica Leeds alleged Trump groped her on an airplane; Trump denied her
account. [S21]
42. Early 1990s - Kristin Anderson alleged Trump put his hand up her skirt in a New York
nightclub; Trump denied the women's allegations. [S27]
43. 1993 - Jill Harth alleged Trump sexually assaulted her at Mar-a-Lago; he denied it, and her
lawsuit was later withdrawn. [S21]
44. 1993 - Stacey Williams alleged Trump groped her at Trump Tower while Epstein watched;
Trump's campaign denied it. [S29]
45. 1996 - Lisa Boyne alleged Trump looked up models' skirts as they crossed a restaurant
table; his campaign denied it. [S30]
46. Circa 1996 - Sexually abused E. Jean Carroll, a civil jury found in 2023; the $5 million
verdict also covered defamation. [S22]
47. 1997 - Five former Miss Teen USA contestants alleged dressing-room intrusions, involving
girls as young as 15; Trump's campaign denied them. [S23]
48. 1997 - Publicly humiliated Miss Universe Alicia Machado over her weight, including a gym
appearance before the media. [S24]
49. 1997 - Cathy Heller alleged unwanted kissing at a Mar-a-Lago brunch despite her
resistance; his campaign denied it. [S28]
50. 1997 - Temple Taggart McDowell alleged an unwanted kiss on the lips while competing in
Miss USA; Trump denied it. [S28]
51. 1997 - Amy Dorris alleged forcible kissing and groping at the U.S. Open; Trump's
campaign denied it. [S28]
52. 1998 - Karena Virginia alleged Trump grabbed her arm and touched her breast outside the
U.S. Open; he broadly denied misconduct. [S28]
53. 2000 - Bridget Sullivan alleged Trump entered a pageant changing room while contestants
were naked; he broadly denied misconduct. [S28]
54. Early 2000s - Karen Johnson alleged Trump grabbed her genitals and forcibly kissed her
at Mar-a-Lago; he broadly denied misconduct. [S31]
55. 2001 - Miss USA contestant Tasha Dixon said Trump entered while contestants were
undressed; Trump denied pageant-misconduct allegations. [S25]
56. 2003 - Mindy McGillivray alleged Trump grabbed her buttocks at Mar-a-Lago; his campaign
denied it. [S28]
57. 2005 - Told Howard Stern that pageant ownership allowed him backstage while women
undressed; the discussion concerned adult pageants. [S25, S23]
58. 2005 - Boasted on the Access Hollywood tape about kissing women and grabbing their
genitals without waiting for consent. [S26]
59. 2005 - Journalist Natasha Stoynoff alleged Trump forcibly kissed her at Mar-a-Lago; Trump
denied her account. [S21]
60. 2005 - Rachel Crooks alleged Trump kissed her without consent at Trump Tower; Trump
denied her account. [S28]
61. 2006 - Miss Finland Ninni Laaksonen alleged Trump grabbed her behind before a
television appearance; his campaign disputed the allegations. [S27]
62. 2006 - Jessica Drake alleged unwanted kissing and a later $10,000 offer for sex; Trump's
campaign denied her account. [S28, S27]
63. 2007 - Former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos alleged unwanted kissing and
groping; Trump denied it. [S21]
64. 2019 - Defamed Carroll while denying her sexual-assault allegation; a separate jury
awarded her $83.3 million in 2024. [S22]
Misuse of charities, political donations and fundraising:
65. 2012 - Used $158,000 from his charitable foundation to settle a lawsuit against his golf
business. [S32]
66. 2013 - His charitable foundation made an unlawful $25,000 political contribution to a group
supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. [S32]
67. 2014 - Used $10,000 in foundation money to buy a portrait of himself, later displayed at a
Trump golf property. [S33]
68. 2016 - Allowed his campaign to control a foundation veterans fundraiser and grant
distribution, using charity activity to advance his candidacy. [S33]
69. 2017 - His inaugural committee paid Trump businesses; a D.C. nonprofit-misuse lawsuit
settled for $750,000 in 2022 without admitted liability. [S34]
70. 2018-2019 - Dissolved the Trump Foundation under court supervision and paid $2 million
in court-ordered damages for misuse of charitable funds. [S33]
71. 2020 - Campaign fundraising used prechecked boxes for recurring withdrawals, triggering
large refunds to donors who said they had not intended repeat gifts. [S35]
72. 2020-2021 - Raised money for an "Election Defense Fund" that did not exist as advertised,
according to the January 6 committee. [S36]
73. 2023 - Used more than $50 million from political fundraising committees for legal
expenses, including his criminal-defense costs. [S37]
74. 2024 - Asked oil executives for $1 billion in campaign support while promising
industry-friendly policy changes, POLITICO reported. [S38]
Personal enrichment through office: businesses and family interests
75. 2017 - Retained ownership of his businesses while president, delegating management to
his sons rather than divesting or using a blind trust. [S39]
76. 2017 - China granted preliminary approval for 38 Trump trademarks while he controlled
U.S. policy toward China. [S42]
77. 2017-2020 - His businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments,
according to bank records reviewed by House Oversight Democrats. [S40]
78. 2017-2021 - Trump properties charged the Secret Service above government lodging
rates, including up to $1,185 per night, congressional records showed. [S41]
79. 2018 - Ivanka Trump's company received Chinese trademark approvals while she served
as a senior White House adviser. [S43]
80. 2019 - Selected his own Doral resort to host the G7 summit, then reversed the decision
after bipartisan criticism. [S44]
81. 2021 - After serving as a presidential adviser, son-in-law Jared Kushner secured a $2
billion Saudi sovereign-fund investment in his firm. [S45]
82. 2025 - Promoted Tesla vehicles on White House grounds with Elon Musk, his senior
adviser and the company's chief executive. [S46]
83. 2025 - His family business joined a Qatar golf-and-villas venture with Qatari Diar and Dar
Global during his presidency. [S47]
Personal enrichment through office: access and new ventures:
84. 2017 - Doubled Mar-a-Lago initiation fees to $200,000 after winning the presidency,
increasing the value of paid access to the sitting president. [S121]
85. 2019 - Pence stayed at Trump's Doonbeg resort in Ireland, 180 miles from official
meetings, after Trump suggested the property. [S122]
86. 2025 - Trump Organization pursued multibillion-dollar Vietnam projects while the
administration prepared tariff decisions affecting Vietnam. [S123]
87. 2025, January - Launched the $TRUMP meme coin; family-controlled entities retained
80% of the supply and earned hundreds of millions in fees, according to Reuters. [S124]
Personal enrichment through office: corporate payments to his library:
88. 2024 - ABC agreed to put $15 million toward his presidential library to settle a defamation
suit before his return to office. [S48]
89. 2025, January - Meta agreed to pay $22 million toward his library within a $25 million
settlement over suspension of his social-media accounts. [S49]
90. 2025, July - Paramount agreed to pay $16 million for his library; weeks later, the FCC
approved its merger. No exchange was legally established. [S50, S51]
Personal enrichment through office: foreign gifts and associated benefits:
91. 2025 - His administration accepted Qatar's jet, valued near $400 million, for the Defense
Department, with a library-foundation transfer contemplated. [S52, S53]
92. 2026, July-August - AWDC gave a diamond ring for Trump; EU-polished natural
diamonds later regained tariff exemption. AWDC denied a connection. [S54, S55, S56]
Personal enrichment through office: cryptocurrency and paid access
93. 2025-2026 - World Liberty funneled over $1.6 billion to the Trump family; Reuters
estimated token-buyer losses of $674 million by April 30, 2026. [S61]
94. 2025-2026 - World Liberty-linked ALT5 Sigma stock plunged; Reuters estimated roughly
$675 million in investor losses by April 2026. [S61]
95. 2025, January - An Emirati-backed buyer reportedly invested $500 million in family crypto
firm World Liberty; the UAE later secured advanced-chip approvals. [S57, S58]
96. 2025, May - Abu Dhabi's MGX used the family-linked USD1 stablecoin for a $2 billion
Binance investment while his administration regulated cryptocurrency. [S59]
97. 2025, May - Hosted a private dinner for leading buyers of his meme coin, giving wealthy
investors, including foreign buyers, access to the president. [S60]
98. 2026, June - Nansen estimated $3.81 billion in losses across 988,905 $TRUMP wallets,
including unrealized losses; wallets are not unique people. [S62]
99. 2026, September 30 - Coin promoters offered a November 22 Trump dinner to the top 185
holders, with a VIP reception for the top 29. [S63]
Election interference and attempts to retain power:
100. 2016 - Publicly invited Russia to find Clinton's emails; Mueller later documented Russian
interference but did not establish a campaign conspiracy. [S64]
101. 2016 - Pursued a Trump Tower Moscow project during the campaign while publicly
denying business connections to Russia. [S65]
102. 2016-2017 - Concealed a pre-election hush-money payment through falsified
reimbursement records; a jury convicted him on 34 felony counts in 2024. [S66, S67]
103. 2019 - Pressed Ukraine's president to investigate the Bidens and work with his personal
lawyer while seeking another presidential term. [S68]
104. 2019 - His administration withheld congressionally approved Ukraine security aid; GAO
found the withholding violated the Impoundment Control Act. [S69]
105. 2020 - Repeated stolen-election claims despite advisers and election officials telling him
major allegations were false. [S36]
106. 2020 - Supported organizing false presidential-elector slates to challenge states Biden
had won. [S36]
107. 2020, December - Pressed Justice Department leaders to label the election corrupt
despite their findings. [S36]
108. 2021, January 2 - Asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find 11,780
votes" to reverse his defeat. [S36]
109. 2021, January 6 - Pressured Vice President Pence to reject certified electoral votes he
had no authority to discard. [S36]
110. 2021, January 6 - Urged supporters to march on the Capitol while repeating false election
claims; the ensuing attack interrupted certification. [S36]
111. 2021, January 6 - Publicly attacked Pence while the Capitol assault was underway and
the vice president was in danger. [S36]
112. 2021, January 6 - Failed for 187 minutes to deliver a public instruction telling the rioters
to leave, the House committee found. [S36]
113. 2022 - Invoked false election-fraud claims to justify terminating rules, including
constitutional provisions. [S70]
114. 2024 - Threatened prosecutions and long prison terms for election workers and others he
accused of cheating. [S71]
Campaign intimidation, witness retaliation and election officials:
115. 2017 - Campaign and Republican National Committee funds paid legal bills arising from
the Russia investigation, Reuters reported. [S125]
116. 2019 - Attacked Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on Twitter while she testified in his
impeachment inquiry; lawmakers called it witness intimidation. [S126]
117. 2020, February - Removed Alexander Vindman and fired Ambassador Gordon Sondland
shortly after both gave damaging impeachment testimony. [S127]
118. 2020, April - Fired Inspector General Michael Atkinson after he transmitted the Ukraine
whistleblower complaint to Congress. [S128]
119. 2020, September - Told the far-right Proud Boys to stand back and stand by during a
presidential debate about political violence. [S130]
120. 2020, November - Fired election-security director Chris Krebs after he rejected claims of
widespread voting fraud. [S129]
Obstruction, retaliation and use of the pardon power:
121. 2017 - Asked FBI Director James Comey to let the Flynn matter go, according to evidence
examined in Mueller's report. [S72]
122. 2017 - Directed White House counsel Don McGahn to seek Mueller's removal; McGahn
refused, according to the Mueller report. [S72]
123. 2017 - Pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio after his criminal-contempt conviction for defying an
order limiting discriminatory immigration enforcement. [S73]
124. 2018 - Pressed McGahn to deny that Trump had ordered Mueller's removal and to create
a false record, Mueller reported. [S72]
125. 2020 - Pardoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and adviser Roger Stone after
their convictions in cases arising from the Russia investigation. [S74]
126. 2020 - Pardoned four Blackwater contractors convicted over the killing of Iraqi
civilians. [S75]
127. 2020 - Pardoned Charles Kushner, his son-in-law's father, whose convictions included tax
crimes and witness retaliation. [S74]
128. 2023 - Suggested General Mark Milley's conduct toward China would once have
warranted death; Milley arranged added family protection. [S76]
129. 2024 - Violated the criminal trial's gag order ten times, drawing contempt findings and
$10,000 in fines. [S77]
130. 2025, January - Granted sweeping January 6 clemency, including pardons for police
assailants and sentence commutations for militia leaders. [S78]
131. 2025, January - Fired inspectors general without required notice; a federal judge found
eight challenged dismissals unlawful. [S79]
132. 2025, March - Targeted Perkins Coie with restrictions on access, clearances and federal
contracts; a judge struck down the retaliatory order. [S80]
133. 2025, September - Publicly urged Attorney General Bondi to prosecute James Comey,
Letitia James and Adam Schiff, his political adversaries. [S81]
134. 2025, October - Pardoned Binance founder Zhao after his anti-money-laundering
conviction; Binance had supported the Trump family's crypto venture. [S82]
Classified documents: retention, disclosures and alleged obstruction:
These charges were not tried. Judge Cannon dismissed the case in 2024 over the special
counsel's appointment; appeals ended in 2025. [S197]
Trump pleaded not guilty. The dismissal did not determine whether the alleged conduct
occurred. [S197]
135. 2021-2022 - The indictment alleged retention of defense and nuclear-program records in
unsecured club spaces, including a bathroom and ballroom. [S196]
136. 2021, July - Prosecutors alleged he showed uncleared visitors a secret attack plan; a
recording captured him acknowledging its secrecy. [S196]
137. 2021, August-September - Prosecutors alleged he showed a classified military map to a
political aide without clearance at Bedminster. [S196]
138. 2022, May-June - Prosecutors alleged he directed box movements to conceal records
from his own lawyer and frustrate a grand-jury subpoena. [S196]
139. 2022, June - Prosecutors alleged he caused a false certification that all subpoenaed
classified records had been returned. [S196]
140. 2022, June-July - A superseding indictment alleged an attempt to delete subpoenaed
security footage; Trump and his co-defendants pleaded not guilty. [S197]
141. 2022, August - The FBI recovered 102 more records bearing classification markings after
his lawyers had certified subpoena compliance. [S196]
Pardons, retaliation and threats against perceived enemies
142. 2016 - Said he would pay legal fees for supporters who assaulted protesters and said he
would like to punch a protester himself. [S131]
143. 2019 - Pardoned Army officers convicted or charged in war-crimes cases and restored a
Navy SEAL's rank over Pentagon objections. [S132]
144. 2020 - Pardoned Michael Flynn after his guilty plea for lying to the FBI and commuted
Roger Stone's sentence for lying to Congress. [S133]
145. 2021 - Pardoned Steve Bannon while Bannon faced charges that he defrauded donors in
a private border-wall fundraising project. [S133]
146. 2025 - Pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez after his U.S.
cocaine-trafficking conviction. [S137]
147. 2025 - Commuted George Santos' sentence after his wire-fraud and identity-theft
convictions. [S138]
148. 2025, January - Revoked security protection for former officials Pompeo, Brian Hook and
John Bolton despite continuing threats against them. [S134]
149. 2025, March - Pardoned Nikola founder Trevor Milton after his securities-fraud conviction;
DOJ records list the pardon. [S135]
150. 2025, April - Pardoned Paul Walczak after a tax conviction; reporting linked the grant to
access purchased by his mother at a $1 million dinner. [S136]
151. 2025, November - Called lawmakers who told troops to refuse illegal orders seditious and
said they could face execution. [S139]
Attacks on the press, critics and independent institutions:
152. 2015 - Mocked disabled reporter Serge Kovaleski with jerking gestures; Trump denied
that he was mocking the reporter's disability. [S83]
153. 2017-2018 - Branded critical news organizations enemies of the American people,
repeatedly treating independent reporting as illegitimate. [S84]
154. 2018, October - Praised Congressman Greg Gianforte for body-slamming a reporter. [S84]
155. 2018, November - His White House suspended CNN reporter Jim Acosta's access after a
contentious news-conference exchange. [S85]
156. 2025, February - Excluded Associated Press reporters from presidential access because
the agency retained "Gulf of Mexico" in its reporting. [S86]
157. 2025, March - His administration detained scholar Badar Khan Suri; a judge found he
was likely targeted for constitutionally protected speech. [S87]
158. 2025, April - Cut billions in Harvard research grants during a pressure campaign; a
federal judge later found the cuts unlawful. [S88]
159. 2025, September - His FCC chair threatened broadcasters before ABC suspended
Jimmy Kimmel, raising direct government pressure against a critic. [S89]
160. 2026, September - Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds over
coverage he disliked; the outlets sued. [S90]
Immigration, due process and coercive state power:
161. 2017 - Suspended refugee admissions and barred entry from seven Muslim-majority
countries under the first travel-ban order. [S91]
162. 2017-2018 - Separated thousands of migrant children from parents; inadequate records
and planning obstructed family reunification. [S92, S93]
163. 2025, January - Sought by executive order to deny birthright citizenship to U.S.-born
children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary visitors. [S94]
164. 2025, March - His administration wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador
despite a protection order; the Supreme Court required remedial action. [S95]
165. 2025, April-May - Sought wartime-law deportations with inadequate notice; the Supreme
Court ruled that roughly 24 hours did not satisfy due process. [S96]
166. 2025, June - Deployed troops for civilian enforcement in Los Angeles; a district judge
later found the use violated the Posse Comitatus Act. [S97]
Policing, protest and civil-liberties abuses:
167. 2020, June - Federal officers used chemical irritants and force to clear Lafayette Square
before Trump walked to a church for a Bible photo opportunity. [S140]
First-term civil-rights and institutional retaliation
168. 2017 - Announced a transgender military-service ban without evidence-based military
findings; courts found the directives likely violated equal-protection principles. [S168]
169. 2018 - Revoked former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance after he became
a prominent critic, using a security process as apparent political retaliation. [S169]
170. 2020 - Installed Louis DeJoy; his operational changes produced mail delays and raised
election-mail and conflict-of-interest concerns. [S170]
DOGE cuts, data access and dismantling of government
171. 2025 - Accepted mass firings, buyouts and deferred resignations; GAO later counted
nearly 378,000 federal separations. [S178]
172. 2025, February - Allowed Musk-linked DOGE staff to seek access to sensitive Treasury
payment systems; a judge called the rollout rushed and blocked access. [S171]
173. 2025, February - Permitted DOGE to seize USAID systems, fire or furlough thousands,
terminate over 90% of contracts and dismantle an agency Congress created. [S172]
174. 2025, February - Allowed mass probationary firings at NIH, CDC and other HHS
agencies, disrupting research, clinical care and disease surveillance. [S173, S174]
175. 2025, February-March - Allowed DOGE plans to cut at least 7,000 Social Security
workers, close offices and obtain beneficiary data. [S175]
176. 2025, February-March - Allowed DOGE to cancel roughly $900 million in Education
contracts and grants and cut nearly half the staff while pursuing abolition. [S176]
177. 2025, February-March - Allowed DOGE to target CFPB, IRS, USPS, Veterans Affairs,
Defense, NASA and FAA for layoffs, data access and dismantling. [S177]
178. 2026, March - Continued defending DOGE's claimed savings despite documented errors
and more than 260,000 workers leaving federal service. [S179]
Further abuses of executive power and public trust:
179. 2017, January - Fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to defend
the first travel-ban order as unlawful. [S141]
180. 2017, May - Fired FBI Director James Comey after pressing him to end the Flynn inquiry;
Mueller treated the episode as potential obstruction. [S142]
181. 2020 - White House officials altered or blocked CDC guidance during the pandemic; a
later review found several documents lacked scientific basis. [S143]
182. 2020-2021 - Resumed federal executions after a 17-year gap and carried out 13
executions in Trump's final six months in office. [S144]
183. 2026 - His Justice Department moved to add firing squads, electrocution and gas to
federal execution methods. [S145]
Public deception and misuse of government authority:
184. 2019 - Displayed an altered hurricane forecast map supporting his erroneous Alabama
warning; investigators documented political pressure on NOAA. [S98]
185. 2020, February-March - Privately acknowledged coronavirus was deadly while publicly
downplaying its danger, as recorded Woodward interviews showed. [S99]
186. 2020, April - Publicly floated investigating disinfectant injection as a COVID-19 treatment
during a White House briefing. [S100]
Hatch Act: confirmed violations and separately identified concerns:
What it is: The Hatch Act limits federal employees' partisan activity, including using official
authority to influence elections. [S198]
The president and vice president are exempt; covered staff are not. OSC means the U.S.
Office of Special Counsel. [S198]
187. 2017, April - Dan Scavino used an account identifying his White House role to urge a
primary defeat for Justin Amash; OSC found a violation. [S180]
188. 2017, June - Nikki Haley used an account identifying her U.N. role to endorse candidate
Ralph Norman; OSC issued a Hatch Act warning. [S181]
189. 2017, November - Kellyanne Conway advocated for and against Alabama Senate
candidates in official TV interviews; OSC found two violations in 2018. [S182]
190. 2019, June - OSC recommended firing Conway for repeated partisan attacks in her
official role; Trump refused and defended her conduct. [S182, S183]
191. 2020 - OSC found 13 senior officials used official authority to aid Trump's reelection; the
examples below overlap that finding. [S184]
192. 2020, August - Sonny Perdue urged votes for Trump at a Farmers to Families event;
OSC found a violation and required cost reimbursement. [S185]
193. 2020, August - Mike Pompeo changed State Department policy and used his official role
in a Jerusalem RNC speech; OSC found Hatch Act violations. [S183]
194. 2020, August - Chad Wolf conducted a naturalization ceremony staged for Republican
convention footage; OSC found a Hatch Act violation. [S183]
195. 2020, August - Lynne Patton used her HUD position for an RNC video; her 2021
settlement admitted a violation, with a $1,000 fine and four-year bar. [S186]
196. 2025, September-November - Agency shutdown messages attacked Democrats; OSC
raised concerns but declined discipline and made no final violation finding in 2026. [S187]
197. 2026, September - Taxpayer-funded, campaign-style Trump ads drew Hatch Act and
propaganda-law concerns; no final violation finding is cited here. [S188]
Major falsehoods and misleading claims: scope and examples:
Scope: The Post counted 30,573 false or misleading claims across the complete first term,
averaging about 21 daily. [S199]
The total includes repeated claims, not 30,573 distinct lies; counting alone does not establish
intent. [S200]
Kessler chose not to repeat the tally in term two; individual fact-checking continued. No
equivalent cumulative total is asserted here. [S201]
Selected examples follow; election denial, birtherism and anti-immigrant falsehoods also
appear in their relevant categories. [S191]
198. 2017, January - Inflated his inauguration crowd and claimed it reached the Washington
Monument; photographs contradicted him. [S189]
199. 2017, January - Claimed massive illegal voting cost him the 2016 popular vote; he
supplied no substantiating evidence. [S189]
200. 2017, March - Accused Obama of wiretapping his phones; the FBI and Justice
Department reported no supporting information. [S189]
201. 2017, December - Called his tax cut the largest in U.S. history; it was not, measured
against GDP or in inflation-adjusted dollars. [S189]
202. 2019, February - Claimed a border wall transformed dangerous El Paso into a safe city; it
was relatively safe before the fence. [S190]
203. 2019, April - Blamed Obama for family separations and claimed he stopped them;
Trump's own zero-tolerance policy drove the separations. [S190]
204. 2025, January - Said tariffs would tax foreign countries; U.S. importers pay the duties and
can pass costs to American buyers. [S191]
205. 2025, January - Claimed China operated the Panama Canal; a Hong Kong company
operated nearby ports, not the canal itself. [S191]
206. 2025, January - Said the January 6 committee destroyed all its evidence; its report and
substantial supporting records were public. [S191]
207. 2025, January - Claimed Pelosi rejected his offer of 10,000 troops and admitted it on
tape; the record supports neither assertion. [S191]
208. 2025, March - Claimed DOGE found hundreds of billions in fraud; its claimed savings did
not establish fraud on that scale. [S192]
209. 2025, March - Used stale Social Security records to imply mass payments to the dead;
missing death records do not prove benefit payments. [S192]
210. 2025, March - Put U.S. Ukraine aid at $350 billion and Europe's at $100 billion; he
inflated U.S. aid and understated Europe's. [S192]
211. 2025, March - Claimed foreign countries emptied prisons and mental institutions into the
United States; offered no supporting evidence. [S192]
212. 2025, March - Portrayed Canada as a major fentanyl route; less than 1% of border-seized
fentanyl came through Canada. [S192]
213. 2026, February - Said he inherited record inflation; it was 3% when he took office, far
below past peaks. [S193]
214. 2026, February - Claimed prices were falling overall; inflation had slowed, but the general
price level was still rising. [S193]
215. 2026, February - Claimed $18 trillion in investment commitments; the asserted total
exceeded the documented commitments. [S193]
216. 2026, February - Claimed gasoline averaged below $2.30 in most states; no state
average was that low at the time. [S193]
217. 2026, February - Claimed military bonus checks came from tariffs; the funds were
redirected from a congressionally funded housing allowance. [S193]
218. 2026, February - Presented tax breaks as eliminating tax on tips, overtime and Social
Security; the law did not provide universal exemptions. [S193]
219. 2026, February - Said U.S. strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear program; experts assessed
damage, not total destruction. [S193]
National security, civilian rights and international accountability
220. 2017 - Shared highly sensitive allied intelligence with Russian officials; U.S. and allied
officials warned the disclosure endangered intelligence cooperation. [S101]
221. 2018 - At Helsinki, credited Putin's denial of election interference over U.S. intelligence
findings. [S102]
222. 2025 - Proposed U.S. control of Gaza and permanent displacement of Palestinians living
there. [S103]
223. 2026, February-June - Waged war against Iran without congressional authorization;
Congress advanced resolutions to end unauthorized hostilities. [S104]
224. 2026, July - Claimed renewed Iran hostilities started a fresh 60-day window for military
action without congressional approval. [S105]
225. 2026, September - Urged all member countries to leave the International Criminal Court
while opposing its scrutiny of U.S. and Israeli actions. [S106]
Personal enrichment through office: gifts, contracts and paid access:
226. 2025, August - Tim Cook presented Trump with a 24-karat-gold plaque during an
announcement of Apple's additional $100 billion U.S. investment. [S146]
227. 2025, December - Pentagon granted Vulcan Elements a record $620 million loan after a
Trump Jr.-linked venture took a stake; the White House denied favoritism. [S147, S148]
228. 2026 - Powerus, partly owned by Trump's sons, pursued Pentagon drone funding and
secured an Air Force contract. [S149]
229. 2026 - The ballroom donor contract allowed anonymous gifts from companies with federal
business and omitted the White House from key conflict-of-interest review. [S152]
230. 2026, April - Foundation Future Industries, whose chief strategy adviser is Eric Trump,
received a $24 million Marine Corps robotics contract. [S148]
231. 2026, July - Trump Media proposed charging investment firms up to $100,000 a month
for millisecond-fast access to Trump's market-moving Truth Social posts. [S150]
232. 2026, September - San Francisco sued Trump Media, alleging its paid Truth API
monetized nonpublic presidential information and violated insider-trading laws. [S151]
Taxpayer-funded propaganda and political self-promotion
233. 2025 - DHS awarded a $200 million anti-immigration ad campaign to Republican-aligned
firms with limited competitive bidding; the spots promoted Trump's border policy. [S153]
234. 2026, September - A taxpayer-funded “Love Me” ad aired on Fox News as a supposed
PSA, built around Trump's image and political glorification. [S154, S155]
235. 2026, September - The White House expanded the taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ad
campaign with another spot and wider distribution while calling it a PSA. [S155]
Cult of personality, landmark destruction and capture of civic institutions
236. 2025, October - Demolished the East Wing for a donor-funded ballroom before Congress
authorized the project or preservation review was complete. [S156]
237. 2025, December - A Trump-controlled Kennedy Center board illegally added his name to
the living memorial Congress created for John F. Kennedy. [S157]
238. 2025, December - The administration rebranded the U.S. Institute of Peace with Trump's
name despite the institution's public mission and criticism of the change. [S158]
239. 2026, February-July - Promoted renaming Dulles Airport and New York Penn Station
and put his likeness beside George Washington on the parks pass. [S161, S160]
240. 2026, February-September - Invoked “national security” for a 250-foot drone-and-sniper
arch; Vietnam veterans sued over desecration and legality. [S166, S167]
241. 2026, March - A federal judge halted the ballroom project, finding the president was not
the owner of the White House and lacked unilateral authority for the work. [S159]
242. 2026, March - His portrait, signature and likeness spread across government buildings,
programs, currency and other public materials. [S160]
243. 2026, June - A federal judge ordered Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center
because only Congress could rename the national memorial. [S163]
244. 2026, July - The administration regilded four public statues near the Lincoln Memorial
with 23.75-karat gold at a reported cost of $5.1 million. [S162]
245. 2026, August - The Trump-led board voted again to put his name on the Kennedy Center
and close it for two years, testing the court's order. [S164]
246. 2026, September - Trump threatened to have the Kennedy Center “ripped down” if he did
not receive recognition for supposedly saving it. [S165]
Defiance of court orders and evasion of judicial oversight:
Scope: By May 2026, AP identified court-order violations in at least 31 administration lawsuits, separately from hundreds of individual immigration cases. [S202]
247. 2025, February-April - Continued withholding federal funds despite injunctions; Judge McConnell found violations involving the spending freeze and FEMA grants. [S203, S204]
248. 2025, March-August - Deportation flights prompted a probable-cause contempt finding; an appeals court later rejected contempt proceedings because the order lacked sufficient clarity. [S205, S206]
249. 2026, February - ICE released Rigoberto Soto Jimenez in Texas without his property despite an order specifying Minnesota; related contempt was lifted after compliance. [S207]
250. 2026, October 10 - Removed approximately 432 East Potomac trees after last-minute notice despite advance-warning assurances; Judge Reyes questioned whether officials deliberately evaded oversight. [S208, S209]
251. 2026, October 19 - Called Judge Reyes a “crazed lunatic” while his administration sought her removal from the golf-course case; she rejected the request. [S210]
Dismantling ethics safeguards and anti-corruption enforcement:
252. 2025, February - Removed ethics director David Huitema and whistleblower-protection chief Hampton Dellinger, cutting short their Senate-confirmed oversight terms. [S211]
253. 2025, February - His Justice Department disbanded the effort targeting Russian oligarchs’ sanctions violations while retreating from other anti-corruption enforcement. [S212]
254. 2025, February-June - Paused Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement; DOJ resumed it under narrower priorities and additional leadership approval requirements. [S213, S214]
255. 2025, March-June - His Justice Department stripped staff and new-prosecution responsibilities from its Public Integrity Section, weakening political-corruption enforcement. [S215]
256. 2026, August - Exempted U.S. companies and Americans from beneficial-ownership reporting and announced deletion of Americans’ existing records, weakening financial transparency. [S216]
New developments and additions to the record — October 27, 2026
257. 2026, October - Reuters reported a criminal investigation into whether former DHS aide Corey Lewandowski profited from government contracting; his lawyer denied wrongdoing. [S217]
258. 2025, February - DOJ ordered Eric Adams’s corruption charges withdrawn partly to facilitate immigration-enforcement cooperation, expressly declining to base its decision on the case’s merits. [S218]
259. 2025, April 9 - Ordered scrutiny of critic Miles Taylor and suspended clearances extending to associated individuals and entities, explicitly attacking his critical publications. [S219]
260. 2025, April 9 - Ordered scrutiny of former election-security chief Chris Krebs and suspended clearances at his employer after Krebs rejected Trump’s election-fraud claims. [S220]
261. 2025, July - DOJ fired career prosecutor Maurene Comey; an October 2026 ruling found the dismissal unlawful and granted retroactive reinstatement for pay and benefits. [S221]
262. 2025, November - Pardoned former Tennessee speaker Glen Casada and aide Cade Cothren following convictions arising from a scheme diverting public money through fraud and kickbacks. [S222]
263. 2026, May - Negotiated sweeping tax protections for himself, his sons and his company through an IRS settlement; a judge subsequently barred its legal effect as improper self-benefit. [S223]
264. 2026, May-June - Used the settlement to establish a proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” compensation fund; DOJ abandoned the plan and a judge blocked its creation. [S224]
265. 2026, June - Reuters estimated roughly $2.3 billion in family crypto gains and comparable investor losses through April; these figures overlap amounts already listed. [S225]
266. 2026, July - A reported $50 million SoftBank library donation prompted congressional scrutiny of possible influence-seeking while the company pursued administration-dependent business interests. [S226]
267. 2026 - Lawmakers questioned an apparent library-funding discrepancy of up to $14.5 million and nearly $7 million in unexplained expenses; their inquiry did not establish theft. [S227]
268. 2026, September - Kennedy Center whistleblowers alleged necessary maintenance funds were diverted toward Trump-driven cosmetic projects; Senate investigators released supporting documents. [S228]
269. 2026, October 14 - A judge extended White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding Trump’s September exclusion of the outlets likely unlawful. [S229]
270. 2026, October 15 - Reporting identified $333 million in ballroom commitments, including $25 million each from Apple and Nvidia, raising concerns about donors’ government interests. [S230]
271. 2026, October 15 - Asserted executive privilege over Kennedy Center discussions with government and nongovernment advisers, seeking to shield communications in the takeover litigation. [S231]
272. 2026, October 15-26 - DOJ sought to withhold California ballots linked to over 20,000 alleged noncitizens using disputed data; an appeals court rejected premature emergency intervention. [S232]
273. 2026, October 22 - A judge restricted DHS voter investigations in nine states, citing unreliable data and intimidation affecting lawful voter-participation activities. [S233]
274. 2026, October 22 - Veterans sought an injunction after officials indicated arch construction could begin November 5 while authorization and preservation disputes remained unresolved. [S234]
275. 2026, October - An appeals court found Trump lacked statutory authority to federalize California’s National Guard for the Los Angeles deployment, rejecting his asserted justification. [S235]
276. 2026, October 23 - Trump said he directed DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to prevent certification of Alaska’s Senate result if Republican Dan Sullivan narrowly lost. [S236]
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S143. Axios. CDC review finds Trump-era COVID guidance was politicized. Mar. 15, 2021.
S144. Associated Press. Trump administration carried out 13 federal executions. Dec. 23, 2024.
S145. Reuters. Trump administration expands federal execution methods. Apr. 24, 2026.
S146. Washington Post. Apple CEO Tim Cook gives Trump a 24-karat-gold gift. Aug. 7, 2025.
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S148. The Guardian. Trump family and allies profit from AI and defense-tech ecosystem. Sept. 20, 2026.
S149. Associated Press. New drone maker partly owned by Trump sons seeks Pentagon contracts. Apr. 8,
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S150. Reuters. Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fastest feed of Trump posts. July 17, 2026.
S151. The Verge. San Francisco sues Trump Media over paid early access to Trump posts. Sept. 22, 2026.
S152. Washington Post. Trump fought to keep White House ballroom donor contract secret. Apr. 21, 2026.
S153. Associated Press. White House hired Republican firms for $200 million anti-migrant ad campaign. Apr. 3,
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S154. ABC News. Administration's pro-Trump ad is taxpayer-funded. Sept. 24, 2026.
S155. Washington Post. Taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ad campaign grows with new spot. Sept. 25, 2026.
S156. Politico. Couple asks judge to block Trump from tearing up East Wing. Oct. 23, 2025.
S157. Associated Press. Kennedy Center adds Trump's name to the memorial Congress created for John F.
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S158. Washington Post. Renamed Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace hosts first event. Dec. 3, 2025.
S159. Associated Press. Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction. Mar.
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S160. TIME. All the things Trump has put his name and face on as president. Mar. 27, 2026.
S161. Axios. Everything Trump wants named after himself. Feb. 6, 2026.
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S163. Reuters. Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center after court ruling. June 12, 2026.
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2026.
S165. People. Trump says Kennedy Center will be ripped down without recognition. Sept. 16, 2026.
S166. Reuters. Trump wants Washington arch to become a military complex. Sept. 20, 2026.
S167. Washington Post. Veterans sue over Trump's planned 250-foot arch. Feb. 19, 2026.
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