Subject: Conduct by the U.S. executive branch and its principal during 2016–2026.
Scope: Verified acts (not opinions), each with a neutral description, a precise legal-status label, dates, case numbers where applicable, and a source URL.
Purpose: Each item is phrased so the actor's identity can be stripped ("a president," "the administration," "the family business") and shown to people of any political persuasion for their own judgment. The sourced detail is kept separate so verifiability is preserved.
1. Federal lease held by a business the principal owned while in office.
- ACT: A president retained ownership of a hotel operating under a 60-year lease of a federally owned building; the lease barred elected officials from benefiting from it.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (no adjudication — suits ended as moot).
- FACTS: The GSA allowed the lease to continue after the 2016 election, ruling it did not violate the "government official" clause (2017). The agency's own inspector general later found GSA failed to consider the conflict. Related emoluments lawsuits were dismissed as moot by the Supreme Court on Jan 25, 2021.
- SOURCE: https://nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/emoluments-trump-supreme-court.html · https://nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/agency-overseeing-trump-s-d-c-hotel-lease-failed-examine-n1286000
2. Payments to the family business from foreign governments while in office.
- ACT: The family business received at least $7.8 million from at least 20 foreign governments (incl. China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait) during the principal's presidency.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (congressional report; not adjudicated).
- FACTS: House Oversight Committee minority report, Jan 4, 2024.
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/04/1222896035/foreign-governments-paid-millions-to-trumps-companies-while-he-was-president
3. Charging the government above-market rates to protect the principal.
- ACT: The principal's private clubs and hotels charged the Secret Service nightly room rates far above federal per-diem rates (as high as $1,185/room/night).
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (House committee finding; not adjudicated).
- FACTS: Oct 17, 2022; records requested by the House Oversight Committee.
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/17/1129491352/trump-hotels-overcharged-secret-service-agents
4. Announcing a federal summit at the principal's own resort, then reversing it.
- ACT: The administration announced the 2020 G7 summit would be held at the principal's private golf resort; after bipartisan criticism it was reversed.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (self-dealing conflict; no adjudication).
- FACTS: Announced Oct 17, 2019; reversed Oct 19, 2019.
- SOURCE: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/19/trump-says-his-doral-resort-will-no-longer-host-g7-summit-000292
5. A senior official's family member receiving a large sovereign-wealth investment after leaving office.
- ACT: A presidential son-in-law who served as a senior White House adviser launched an investment firm six months after leaving office and received $2 billion from a foreign sovereign wealth fund whose own staff had questioned the risk.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (congressional probe; no adjudication).
- FACTS: NYT report, Apr 10, 2022; House Oversight probe launched June 2, 2022.
- SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html
6. The principal's family earning large sums from crypto ventures launched around his return to office.
- ACT: The family launched a memecoin and a DeFi/stablecoin venture; reporting found the family took in more than $800 million from crypto-asset sales in the first half of 2025 alone, much of it from foreign sources.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (Reuters investigation; no adjudication).
- FACTS: Reuters, Oct 28, 2025.
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/
7. IRS failure to conduct the mandatory presidential audit.
- ACT: The mandatory IRS audit of the president's tax returns was not pursued on a timely basis; six years of returns showed very little federal income tax paid in some years.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (congressional committee report, Dec 20, 2022; GAO referral requested).
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/business-donald-trump-richard-neal-c697c4e300948a9e2638d0d9fbbe2f96
8. Accepting a foreign-government luxury jet for use as a presidential aircraft.
- ACT: The administration formally accepted a $400 million Boeing 747 gifted by a foreign government for use as Air Force One.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (accepted May 2025; constitutionality of the foreign gift contested by critics, not adjudicated).
- SOURCE: https://reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-formally-accepts-luxury-jet-qatar-trump-new-york-times-2025-05-21
9. Donor-funded construction on the White House grounds.
- ACT: A $300 million ballroom was commissioned and the East Wing demolished (Oct 2025), funded by named corporate and individual donors (tech, crypto, energy, defense) rather than appropriations.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (ethics concerns raised; not adjudicated).
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trumps-ballroom-funded-by-americas-biggest-companies-wealthy-individuals-2025-10-23/
10. Firing inspectors general across agencies.
- ACT: Five departmental inspectors general were dismissed in six weeks (April–May 2020); in Jan 2025, ~17 were fired in a single night.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED/criticized as likely violating the 30-day-notice statute; no adjudication.
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/trump-inspectors-general-fired-congress-unlawful-4e8bc57e132c3f9a7f1c2a3754359993 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_dismissals_of_inspectors_general
11. Hatch Act violations by senior officials.
- ACT: The Office of Special Counsel found a senior counselor violated the Hatch Act repeatedly (2019) and documented violations by 13 senior officials, including at the 2020 RNC (Nov 9, 2021).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (official OSC findings).
- SOURCE: https://www.osc.gov/news/2019-06-13/osc-finds-kellyanne-conway-repeatedly-violated-the-hatch-act-recommends-removal-from-federal-service/ · https://www.osc.gov/news/2021-11-09/osc-issues-hatch-act-report-documenting-violations-by-13-senior-trump-administration-officials-including-at-the-2020-republican-national-convention/
12. Indicting political opponents through a U.S. Attorney whose appointment a court later found invalid.
- ACT: The Justice Department brought criminal cases against a former FBI director and a state attorney general; a federal judge dismissed both, holding the interim U.S. Attorney's appointment was unlawful.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED dismissal (Nov 24, 2025); underlying indictments (Sept 25 & Oct 9, 2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/24/g-s1-98612/trump-us-attorney-lindsey-halligan · https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-ag-james-trump-foe-indicted-bank-fraud-2025-10-09/
13. Firing the head of the statistics agency over unfavorable data.
- ACT: The commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics was removed after a weak jobs report and an unsubstantiated claim the numbers were "faked."
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (Aug 1, 2025).
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/trump-jobs-firing-f00e9bf96d0110519be9bf4f3ec89195
14. Attempting to fire a Federal Reserve governor.
- ACT: The president moved to remove a sitting Fed governor over unproven mortgage-fraud allegations; a federal judge blocked it (Sept 2025) and the Supreme Court declined to allow removal for now.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED injunctions (courts blocked the removal).
- SOURCE: https://npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5517335/trump-federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook · https://cnbc.com/2026/06/29/supreme-court-lisa-cook-trump-federal-reserve.html
15. Dismantling a congressionally created aid agency.
- ACT: The U.S. Agency for International Development was dismantled and folded into the State Department (2025) without congressional authorization.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (legal challenges ongoing; agency shuttered July 1, 2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5451372/usaid-officially-shuts-down-and-merges-remaining-operations-with-state-department
16. Taking over a federally chartered cultural institution and renaming it for the principal.
- ACT: The president replaced the Kennedy Center's leadership in 2025; the board later voted to add his name and the Center was shut for renovation.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (2025–2026).
- SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center.html
17. Withholding federal research funds from universities over policy disputes.
- ACT: Billions in federal grants to universities were frozen/terminated; courts ordered the funds unfrozen, finding little connection to the stated justification.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (court order to unfreeze ~$2.2B to one university; June 16, 2025 ruling).
- SOURCE: https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-unfreeze-nearly-22-billion-federal-g-rcna228926
18. Deploying National Guard troops into cities over state/local objection.
- ACT: Troops were deployed to Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland (2025); courts ruled the D.C. and L.A. deployments unlawful.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (D.C. deployment ruled unlawful Nov 20, 2025; L.A. deployment ruled to violate the Posse Comitatus Act, Sept 2, 2025).
- SOURCE: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/national-guard-washington-dc-trump-ruling · https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/court-finds-trumps-use-soldiers-los-angeles-illegal
19. Withholding congressionally appropriated funds (impoundment).
- ACT: Funds were withheld from programs to force policy changes; the practice is governed by the Impoundment Control Act. A 2025 "pocket rescission" earned the first successful rescission since 1992.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (CRS analysis).
- SOURCE: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11374
20. Withholding disaster aid from a U.S. territory.
- ACT: ~$20 billion in congressionally appropriated hurricane relief for Puerto Rico was slowed/blocked after 2017; a later probe found officials obstructed the investigation.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (inspector-general/GAO findings; not adjudicated).
- SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749
21. Adding a citizenship question to the census for reasons the courts found pretextual.
- ACT: The administration attempted to add a citizenship question; the Supreme Court found the stated rationale did not match the actual decision-making. A related plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment was later halted.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (Supreme Court, June 27, 2019; Trump v. New York, Dec 18, 2020).
- SOURCE: https://nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/census-citizenship-question-supreme-court.html · https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-366%5F7647.pdf
22. Separating migrant families at the border under a "zero tolerance" policy.
- ACT: ~2,342 children were separated from parents in weeks in 2018 under a policy later rescinded by executive order.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (DHS figures; not adjudicated as a crime).
- SOURCE: https://npr.org/2018/06/19/621065383/what-we-know-family-separation-and-zero-tolerance-at-the-border
23. Force used to clear a park for a photo opportunity.
- ACT: On June 1, 2020, law enforcement used chemical irritants to clear peaceful protesters from a square adjacent to the White House before the president walked to a church for a photo.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (an Interior inspector general report later disagreed on motive, but force use is documented).
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004832399/watchdog-report-says-police-did-not-clear-protesters-to-make-way-for-trump-last-
24. Retention of classified documents at a private residence after leaving office.
- ACT: Hundreds of classified documents (incl. TOP SECRET/SCI) were stored at a private club/residence; ~15 boxes (~700 pages of classified material) were returned to the National Archives in Jan 2022; an FBI search followed in Aug 2022.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED indictment then DISMISSED. Indictment No. 23-CR-80101-CANNON (S.D. Fla.), 37 counts (June 8, 2023), superseded to 40 counts incl. obstruction (July 27, 2023). Dismissed July 15, 2024 on the ground the Special Counsel's appointment violated the Appointments Clause — no ruling on the facts.
- SOURCE: https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf · https://www.npr.org/2024/07/15/g-s1-10379/trump-documents-case-dismissed
25. Showing classified documents to visitors without authorization.
- ACT: An audio recording captured the principal showing and describing a classified military document to people without clearance at a private club (2021).
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (audio; described in the federal indictment).
- SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/politics/trump-classified-documents-audio
26. Disclosing highly classified intelligence to foreign officials in the Oval Office.
- ACT: In May 2017 the president disclosed code-word intelligence about an ISIS plot to visiting Russian officials, reportedly compromising a partner's source.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (multiple U.S. officials; not adjudicated).
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-revealed-intelligence-secrets-to-russians-in-oval-office-officials-idUSKCN18B2MM/ · https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/world/middleeast/israel-trump-classified-intelligence-russia.html
27. Blocking release of the official report on the documents case.
- ACT: The judge who dismissed the classified-documents case permanently barred release of the Special Counsel's final report describing the stockpiling and alleged obstruction.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (court order, Feb 23, 2026).
- SOURCE: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/judge-cannon-jack-smith-classifed-docs-report-00792748
28. (Context) A former national-security adviser charged over classified material.
- ACT: A former national security adviser (a former associate of the principal) was indicted (Oct 16, 2025) for transmitting classified information via personal accounts and pleaded guilty to an Espionage Act violation (June 26, 2026).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (guilty plea).
- NOTE: This is the prosecution of an associate, listed here only because it relates to classified-material handling.
- SOURCE: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-national-security-advisor-john-r-bolton-ii-pleads-guilty-violating-espionage-act · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_John_Bolton
29. Senior officials discussing military strike plans on a commercial chat app that included a journalist.
- ACT: In March 2025, senior officials used a Signal group that accidentally included a journalist; strike details were also shared in a second chat including the defense secretary's spouse and brother.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8vgr0p8n6o · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_group_chat_leaks
30. Hush-money payments to suppress damaging stories before the 2016 election.
- ACT: The principal's personal lawyer paid $130,000 to an adult-film actress and arranged a $150,000 payment to a former model to keep their accounts quiet before the election, and was reimbursed through the company.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED as to the lawyer (guilty plea to campaign-finance violations, Aug 21, 2018, U.S. v. Cohen, S.D.N.Y.), who stated in court he acted "in coordination and at the direction of" the principal; the principal was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator ("Individual-1"). Federal prosecutors later closed the probe of the principal with no charges (2021); the FEC dismissed its complaint against him (2021). The principal was later convicted on related state charges (see item 46).
- SOURCE: https://justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax · https://pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/longtime-trump-attorney-michael-cohen-reaches-plea-deal-with-investigators-ap-sources-say
31. A publisher fined for an illegal campaign contribution.
- ACT: The publisher that paid the former model settled with the FEC, admitting the payment was made to influence the election.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (FEC conciliation agreement; $187,500 fine, May 17, 2021).
- SOURCE: https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/murs/7366/7366_25.pdf · https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/politics/trump-karen-mcdougal-playboy-american-media.html
32. Inaugural committee spending investigated.
- ACT: The 2017 inaugural committee raised ~$107 million; federal prosecutors investigated spending and alleged self-dealing/foreign donors.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED investigation; no charges were brought against the committee or the principal.
- SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/politics/trump-inauguration-spending-investigation/index.html
33. Pressuring a state election official to "find" votes.
- ACT: On Jan 2, 2021, the president pressured the Georgia Secretary of State to "find 11,780 votes."
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (recorded call; described in the Jan 6 Committee report and the Georgia indictment).
- SOURCE: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/html-submitted/ch2.html · https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
34. Organizing slates of "fake electors."
- ACT: In seven states (AZ, GA, MI, NM, NV, PA, WI), 84 individuals signed false electoral certificates claiming the principal had won.
- STATUS: MIXED — ADJUDICATED in several states: guilty pleas in Georgia (4 defendants, incl. lawyers, Oct–Dec 2023) and Arizona (first guilty plea Aug 2024); a civil settlement in Wisconsin (Dec 6, 2023) in which 10 electors admitted their actions and that the election was won by the opponent. Federal and Georgia cases later dismissed.
- SOURCE: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-states-are-investigating-and-prosecuting-the-trump-fake-electors · https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jenna-ellis-former-trump-lawyer-pleads-guilty-georgia-election-interfe-rcna121886 · https://theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/06/wisconsin-fake-electors-admit-biden-won-2020-election · https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/06/arizona-fake-elector-guilty-plea-00172983
35. Pressuring the vice president to reject certified electors.
- ACT: The president and a lawyer circulated a memo urging the vice president to unilaterally reject or return electoral votes on Jan 6, 2021.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (the Eastman memo; described in the federal indictment and House report).
- SOURCE: https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/what-trump-asked-of-pence/
36. Attempting to install a loyalist at Justice and send a false letter to states.
- ACT: A DOJ official drafted a letter falsely stating the department had found election concerns and sought to send it to Georgia; DOJ leadership refused.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (Senate/DOJ testimony).
- SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution
37. Attempting to seize voting machines and declare a national emergency.
- ACT: The president reviewed a draft executive order authorizing the seizure of voting machines; a Dec 18, 2020 Oval Office meeting considered extreme options.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (draft order reported; witness testimony).
- SOURCE: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/04/trump-draft-order-voting-machines-white-house-meeting · https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/12/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-december-2020
38. Pressuring state officials and legislators.
- ACT: The president and allies personally pressed Arizona's House speaker and others to help overturn results.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (sworn testimony to the Jan 6 Committee, June 2022).
- SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/january-6-committee-state-officials-georgia-arizona-raffensberger-rcna33006
39. Federal indictment for the 2020-election scheme.
- ACT: Charged with four counts (conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction, and conspiracy against rights); later superseded.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED indictment then DISMISSED. No. 23-cr-257 (TSC) (D.D.C.), filed Aug 1, 2023; dismissed Nov 25, 2024 after the prosecutor moved to drop it, citing DOJ policy on a sitting president.
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-prosecutor-smith-asks-judge-dismiss-2020-election-subversion-case-against-2024-11-25/ · https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11016
40. State racketeering indictment for the Georgia scheme.
- ACT: The principal and 18 co-defendants were charged under Georgia RICO plus 40 other counts.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED indictment then DISMISSED. No. 23SC188947 (Fulton County Superior Court, Judge McAfee), filed Aug 14, 2023. Prosecutor disqualified Dec 19, 2024; a replacement prosecutor dropped all remaining charges Nov 26, 2025.
- SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution · https://www.reuters.com/world/us/georgia-prosecutor-drops-election-interference-case-against-trump-cnn-reports-2025-11-26
41. Congressional criminal referrals.
- ACT: The House Jan 6 Select Committee voted unanimously to refer the principal to DOJ on four charges (obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to make false statements, and inciting/assisting an insurrection), Dec 19, 2022.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (House committee vote; referral, not a charge).
- SOURCE: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jan-6-committee-makes-criminal-referrals-key-takeaways/story?id=95557624
42. Second impeachment for incitement of insurrection.
- ACT: The House impeached the president on Jan 13, 2021; the Senate acquitted him on Feb 13, 2021 (57–43 to convict, short of the two-thirds needed).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (impeachment trial vote; acquitted).
- SOURCE: https://www.congress.gov/117/crec/2021/02/13/CREC-2021-02-13-pt1-PgD121.pdf · https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/13/us/politics/senate-impeachment-live-vote.html
43. Public invitation to a foreign power to acquire a rival's emails.
- ACT: In July 2016 the candidate publicly urged Russia to find and release deleted emails belonging to his opponent; U.S. intelligence later found Russia began targeting the accounts the same day.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (public statement; Senate Intelligence Committee findings).
- SOURCE: https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282 · https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-asked-russia-to-find-clintons-emails-on-or-around-the-same-day-russians-targeted-her-accounts
44. The Special Counsel documented multiple episodes of potential obstruction.
- ACT: The Mueller Report (March 2019) detailed ~10 episodes of potential obstruction (e.g., directing the firing of the Special Counsel, pressuring officials, a misleading written statement) but did not charge, citing DOJ policy against indicting a sitting president; it explicitly declined to exonerate.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (official Special Counsel report; no charge).
- SOURCE: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/11-moments-mueller-investigated-for-obstruction-of-justice · https://www.reuters.com/article/world/in-unflattering-detail-mueller-report-reveals-trump-actions-to-impede-inquiry-idUSKCN1RU0EI/
45. Firing the FBI director overseeing an investigation touching the principal.
- ACT: The FBI director was fired on May 9, 2017; the president told a national interviewer he was thinking of "this Russia thing" when he did it.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (public admission).
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-fires-fbi-director-comey-setting-off-us-political-storm-idUSKBN1852MP · https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/11/donald-trump-james-comey-firing-russia-investigation
46. Justice Department intervening to lower a sentencing recommendation for an associate.
- ACT: After a presidential tweet, DOJ leadership overrode prosecutors' sentencing recommendation for a longtime associate (Roger Stone); the four line prosecutors withdrew from the case (Feb 11, 2020).
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (prosecutor resignations; no charge against the principal).
- SOURCE: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/politics/roger-stone-sentencing.html
47. Firing the Attorney General and a U.S. Attorney whose office investigated associates.
- ACT: The Attorney General was forced out (Nov 7, 2018); the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York was fired (June 20, 2020) after declining to resign.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED.
- SOURCE: https://nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/sessions-resigns.html · https://npr.org/2020/06/20/881148365/geoffrey-berman-u-s-attorney-who-prosecuted-trump-allies-says-he-wont-quit
48. Commuting the sentence of a convicted associate.
- ACT: The president commuted the prison sentence of Roger Stone (July 10, 2020), days before Stone was to report to prison, after his conviction for obstruction/false statements/witness tampering in the Russia probe.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED as to Stone (convicted on all 7 counts, Nov 15, 2019); the commutation is a documented executive act.
- SOURCE: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-obstruction-false-statements-and-witness-tampering · https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/10/trump-commutes-sentence-roger-stone-356760
49. Obstruction counts in the classified-documents indictment.
- ACT: The indictment included obstruction-of-justice counts (conspiracy to obstruct and withholding/altering documents).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED indictment (No. 23-CR-80101); dismissed July 15, 2024 (see item 24).
- SOURCE: https://www.justice.gov/storage/US-v-Trump-Nauta-De-Oliveira-23-80101.pdf
50. Refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas for financial records.
- ACT: The principal's accountants and banks were subpoenaed; litigation over compliance reached the Supreme Court (Trump v. Mazars, July 9, 2020), which set a demanding test and remanded.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (Supreme Court rulings).
- SOURCE: https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-715_febh.pdf
51. Family business convicted of tax fraud.
- ACT: Two Trump Organization entities were convicted on 17 counts (tax fraud, falsifying business records, conspiracy) for a 15-year scheme to defraud tax authorities.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED — convicted Dec 6, 2022 (People v. Trump Corporation, Indictment No. 1473-2021, N.Y. Sup. Ct., Justice Merchan); sentenced Jan 13, 2023 to $1.61 million (maximum) in fines.
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/donald-trumps-company-be-sentenced-15-year-tax-fraud-2023-01-13/ · https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-trump-corporation-trump-payroll-corp-sentenced-to-pay-maximum-fines-under-law-following-felony-trial-conviction/
52. Chief financial officer pleaded guilty (twice).
- ACT: The CFO pleaded guilty to tax fraud (Aug 18, 2022) and served ~100 days; later pleaded guilty to perjury for lying in the civil fraud case (March 2024) and was sentenced to 5 months.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (guilty pleas).
- SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/allen-weisselberg-sentencing
53. Civil judgment for decades of financial-statement fraud — later vacated.
- ACT: After a bench trial, the court found the family and business liable for fraudulently inflating asset values to obtain better loans/insurance, and ordered disgorgement (~$355M, ~$515M with interest).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED, then PENALTY VACATED on appeal. Index No. 452564/2022 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Justice Engoron), judgment Feb 16, 2024. On Aug 21, 2025, the Appellate Division, First Department (2025 NY Slip Op 04756) narrowly upheld the fraud finding but struck the monetary penalty as an excessive Eighth Amendment fine; business bans on the principal and his sons remain (pending further appeal).
- SOURCE: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-wins-landmark-victory-case-against-donald-trump · https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g-s1-84246/civil-fraud-penalty-president-trump-appeal
54. Criminal conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
- ACT: A Manhattan jury convicted the principal on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to the 2016 hush-money scheme.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED — convicted May 30, 2024 (People v. Trump, No. 71543/2023, N.Y. Sup. Ct., Justice Merchan); sentenced Jan 10, 2025 to an unconditional discharge (no jail, fine, or probation; the conviction stands).
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5253927/trump-sentencing-new-york · https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf
55. Civil verdict — sexual abuse and defamation (first suit).
- ACT: A jury found the principal liable for sexually abusing a writer in the mid-1990s and for defamation.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED — verdict May 9, 2023 (Carroll v. Trump, 1:20-cv-07311, S.D.N.Y.), $5 million.
- SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jury-reaches-verdict-e-jean-carroll-rape-defamation-case-trump-rcna82778
56. Civil verdict — defamation (second suit).
- ACT: A second jury awarded damages for continued defamatory statements.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED — verdict Jan 26, 2024 (Carroll v. Trump, 1:22-cv-10016, S.D.N.Y.), $83.3 million; a $91.6 million bond was posted pending appeal (March 2024).
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/trump-carroll-defamation-trial-e4ea8b93cdeb29857864ffd8d14be888 · https://www.reuters.com/legal/donald-trump-appeals-e-jean-carrolls-833-million-defamation-verdict-2024-03-08/
57. Civil settlement — a defunct "university."
- ACT: A federal judge finalized a $25 million settlement with students who said they were misled by the venture.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (settlement; finalized April 9, 2018).
- SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/federal-court-approves-25-million-trump-university-settlement-n845181
58. Civil settlement — a charitable foundation used for political ends.
- ACT: A court ordered $2 million in damages for using charitable assets to further a political campaign.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (court-ordered settlement, Nov 7, 2019, N.Y. Supreme Court).
- SOURCE: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/ag-james-secures-court-order-against-donald-j-trump-trump-children-and-trump
59. Contempt of court and gag-order fines.
- ACT: The principal was held in contempt and fined $110,000 (2022) for non-compliance with subpoenas; fined $5,000 and $10,000 (2023) for violating a gag order in the civil fraud trial.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (court orders).
- SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_business_fraud_lawsuit_against_the_Trump_Organization
60. Associates convicted in related prosecutions.
- ACT/STATUS: ADJUDICATED convictions of close associates:
- Campaign chairman Paul Manafort — 8 counts of bank/tax fraud (Aug 21, 2018, E.D. Va., Crim. No. 1:18-cr-83).
- Lawyer Michael Cohen — 8 counts (Aug 21, 2018, S.D.N.Y.).
- Adviser Roger Stone — 7 counts (Nov 15, 2019, D.D.C.).
- Chief strategist Steve Bannon — contempt of Congress; conviction upheld (May 10, 2024).
- Trade adviser Peter Navarro — contempt of Congress; 4 months (Jan 25, 2024).
- SOURCE: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/manafort-convicted-8-counts-n901231 · https://justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax · https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-obstruction-false-statements-and-witness-tampering · https://nytimes.com/2024/05/10/us/politics/stephen-bannon-contempt-upheld.html · https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-trump-adviser-navarro-be-sentenced-contempt-congress-2024-01-25/
61. Settlements paid to the principal by media companies.
- ACT: Two news organizations settled defamation/threatened lawsuits by paying the principal or his presidential library: $15 million (Dec 14, 2024) and $16 million (July 2, 2025); a social platform paid $10 million over a post-2021 account suspension.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (settlements).
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/abc-trump-lawsuit-defamation-stephanopoulos-04aea8663310af39ae2a85f4c1a56d68 · https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-harris-minutes-paramount-6415042fe910ae60b432dd8c73ef61b2
62. Lawsuit over a pollster's pre-election poll — dismissed.
- ACT: The principal sued a pollster, her company, and a newspaper over a poll; an Iowa judge dismissed it, finding the poll protected speech.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (dismissed Sept 23, 2026).
- SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/media/trump-j-ann-selzer-des-moines-register-lawsuit-dismissed
63. (Supreme Court) Broad criminal immunity for official acts.
- ACT: The Supreme Court held former presidents have absolute immunity for core constitutional acts and presumptive immunity for other official acts.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (Trump v. United States, No. 23-939, decided July 1, 2024).
- SOURCE: https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
64. (Supreme Court) State ballot disqualification rejected.
- ACT: The Court unanimously held states cannot disqualify a presidential candidate under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause absent federal action.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (Trump v. Anderson, No. 23-719, March 4, 2024).
- SOURCE: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719%5F19m2.pdf
65. (Appeals court) Civil immunity for pre-office conduct denied.
- ACT: A federal appeals court rejected absolute presidential immunity against civil suits over Jan 6 conduct by police officers.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (Blassingame v. Trump, No. 22-5069, D.C. Cir., Dec 1, 2023).
- SOURCE: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/22-5069/22-5069-2023-12-01.html
66. Long-running scheme to defraud tax authorities. (Cross-ref item 51.)
- ACT: Off-the-books perks and false records for 15 years.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (company conviction, 2022).
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/donald-trumps-company-be-sentenced-15-year-tax-fraud-2023-01-13/
67. Fraudulent valuation of assets. (Cross-ref item 53.)
- ACT: Inflating/deflating property values on financial statements to lenders, insurers, and tax authorities.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED liability (2024); monetary penalty vacated on appeal (2025).
- SOURCE: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-wins-landmark-victory-case-against-donald-trump
68. Court-appointed monitor over the business.
- ACT: After findings of persistent fraud, a monitor was appointed to oversee the organization (Nov 2022), and a former federal judge was tasked with compliance oversight.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (court appointment).
- SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_business_fraud_lawsuit_against_the_Trump_Organization
69. (Cross-ref) "University" fraud settlement and (cross-ref) charitable-foundation misuse. See items 57 and 58.
70. Deutsche Bank / lender statements. (Cross-ref item 53.)
- ACT: The civil fraud case centered on statements submitted to Deutsche Bank and insurers.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (as part of item 53).
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-lawsuit-trial-new-york-53313f64d57b0aa99f756c2c791d29ab
71. Mass clemency for Jan 6 defendants, including violent offenders.
- ACT: On Jan 20, 2025, the president pardoned ~1,500 Jan 6 defendants and commuted 14 sentences, including leaders of extremist groups and people convicted of assaulting police.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED executive act (not unlawful per se; criticized as rewarding convicted violence).
- SOURCE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ · https://www.justsecurity.org/106689/january-6-pardons-statistics/
72. Pardons/commutations of close associates and family.
- ACT: Clemency granted to the principal's former national security adviser (Nov 25, 2020), former campaign chairman, longtime adviser, and the father of his son-in-law (Dec 23, 2020).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED executive acts (individuals had pleaded guilty or been convicted).
- SOURCE: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pardon-michael-flynn-russia-aeef585b08ba6f2c763c8c37bfd678ed · https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55433522
73. Pardons of political allies and controversial figures.
- ACT: Clemency for a sheriff convicted of criminal contempt (Aug 2017), a commentator convicted of campaign-finance violations (May 2018), a media figure convicted of fraud (2019), a former governor (commutation, 2020), and others.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED executive acts.
- SOURCE: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-j-trump-2017-2021
74. Restoring/clemency for military personnel convicted or accused of war crimes.
- ACT: Pardons or rank-restorations for service members convicted or accused in high-profile battlefield cases (2019).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED executive acts.
- SOURCE: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-of-clemency-2
75. Clemency recipient later given a senior ambassadorship.
- ACT: A man pardoned in 2020 (who had been convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering) was nominated and confirmed (May 19, 2025) as U.S. ambassador to France.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (Senate confirmation).
- SOURCE: https://politico.com/news/2025/05/19/charles-kushner-confirmed-ambassador-france-00358104
76. Large volume of second-term clemency.
- ACT: 142 pardons issued in the second term through Nov 2025 (per Ballotpedia), excluding the Jan 6 grants in some counts.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (tracking database).
- SOURCE: https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/11/12/president-donald-trump-r-has-issued-142-pardons-in-second-term-so-far
77. Withholding congressionally appropriated military aid to pressure a foreign leader.
- ACT: ~$391 million in security aid to Ukraine was withheld while the president pressed Ukraine's leader to announce investigations into a domestic political rival.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED as an unlawful impoundment by the GAO (Jan 16, 2020, finding a violation of the Impoundment Control Act). Led to the first impeachment.
- SOURCE: https://nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/ukraine-aid-hold-violated-law-government-accountability-office-n1117031
78. The July 25, 2019 call with Ukraine's president.
- ACT: The president asked Ukraine's leader to "do us a favor" and investigate a rival and a conspiracy theory, while a White House meeting was also dangled.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (declassified rough transcript released Sept 2019).
- SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal · https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/775456663/who-was-on-the-trump-ukraine-call
79. First impeachment and acquittal.
- ACT: The House impeached the president for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress (Dec 18, 2019); the Senate acquitted (Feb 5, 2020: 52–48 and 53–47).
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (impeachment/acquittal).
- SOURCE: https://npr.org/2020/02/05/801429948/not-guilty-trump-acquitted-on-2-articles-of-impeachment-as-historic-trial-closes
80. Using private intermediaries to run a parallel foreign policy aimed at a rival.
- ACT: A personal lawyer conducted a pressure campaign in Ukraine outside normal channels while the official aid was frozen.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (House impeachment record).
- SOURCE: https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/report/
81. Siding with a foreign adversary over U.S. intelligence in a joint press conference.
- ACT: At a July 2018 summit, the president publicly accepted a foreign leader's denials over his own intelligence agencies' findings on election interference.
- STATUS: DOCUMENTED (public remarks).
- SOURCE: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49800181
82. Invoking emergency tariff powers later found to exceed statutory authority.
- ACT: Broad tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were ruled unlawful by lower courts, which found the statute did not authorize them.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED at trial level (May 2025 rulings); on appeal (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, Nos. 24-1287 & 25-250, S. Ct.).
- SOURCE: https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/PDF/LSB11332/LSB11332.3.pdf
83. Military strikes on alleged drug boats, with a disputed second strike.
- ACT: A Caribbean strike campaign (from Sept 2, 2025) killed at least 227 people; legal experts questioned the lawfulness of a "double-tap" second strike on survivors.
- STATUS: ALLEGED unlawful by legal experts; ACLU demanded it end. Not adjudicated.
- SOURCE: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-demands-end-to-the-trump-administrations-illegal-year-long-boat-strikes-campaign · https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v15zkxpe0o
84. Invoking a wartime deportation law later found unlawful.
- ACT: The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was invoked to deport Venezuelans; a federal appeals court held the invocation unlawful.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (5th Circuit, Sept 2, 2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-trumps-use-alien-enemies-act-deport-venezuelans-2025-09-03/
85. Deporting a protected individual by acknowledged error and failing to return him.
- ACT: A Maryland man with a withheld-removal order was deported to a Salvadoran prison (March 15, 2025); the administration called it an "administrative error" but argued courts could not compel his return.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (Supreme Court directed the administration to facilitate his return, April 10, 2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24A949%5Flkhn.pdf · https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-deportation-maryland-man-trump-c21e54f77c1e6716e2998c2463f6650b
86. Border-wall funding diverted from military accounts.
- ACT: Emergency declaration and transfer of $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a border wall.
- STATUS: ADJUDICATED (federal court permanently enjoined the transfer, Dec 2019; 9th/5th Circuit litigation).
- SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-border-idUSKBN1YF01L/ · https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/07/03/19-16102.pdf
87. Excluding a major news organization over its editorial choices.
- ACT: The White House barred a wire service from presidential events over its refusal to use a new name for a body of water; the service sued.
- STATUS: PENDING litigation (Associated Press v. Budowich, D.D.C., 2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305226/ap-sues-white-house-gulf-of-america-mexico-trump · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press_v._Budowich
88. Targeting specific law firms by executive order.
- ACT: Executive orders named individual law firms, restricting their access to federal buildings/employees; some firms sued and others settled.
- STATUS: PENDING/MIXED litigation (2025).
- SOURCE: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/resources/litigation-news/2025/sotn-biglaw-target-trump-eo