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EntityRelationshipEntitySourcesBirthright-citizenship restriction struck down2026-06-30Donald J. Trumpissued unconstitutional citizenship restrictionExecutive Order 141601 sourceIndependent-agency removal shield dismantled2026-06-29Donald J. Trumpremoved commissioner and defeated tenure protectionFTC commissioner for-cause removal protection1 sourceEmergency-powers tariffs exceeded IEEPA2026-02-20Donald J. Trumpimposed tariffs without IEEPA authorization2025 IEEPA tariff program1 sourceYouTube's $24.5 million settlement routed $22 million to Trump's ballroom project2025-09-29Donald J. Trumpsecured platform settlement funding ballroom projectTrump v. YouTube account-suspension settlement1 sourceTrump ordered prosecutors and immigration officials to target flag burning2025-08-25Donald J. Trumpordered flag-burning enforcement throughProsecuting Burning of The American Flag1 sourceFraud liability survived appeal; the half-billion-dollar remedy did not2025-08-21Donald J. Trumpdefendant-appellant inPeople v. Trump, Index No. 452564/20222 sourcesTrump sued the Wall Street Journal over its Epstein birthday-letter report2025-07-18Donald J. Trumpfiled defamation case over Epstein-letter reportingTrump v. Dow Jones and Company Epstein-letter defamation case1 sourceParamount paid $16 million to settle Trump's edited-interview suit2025-07-01Donald J. Trumpsecured media settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. Paramount Global settlement1 sourceA fourth court permanently enjoined Trump’s law-firm punishment order2025-06-27Donald J. Trumpissued law-firm order struck down inSusman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President1 sourceTrump suspended entry for new Harvard foreign students and exchange visitors2025-06-04Donald J. Trumprestricted Harvard student entry throughEnhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University1 sourceCourt declared Trump’s WilmerHale order unconstitutional and enjoined it2025-05-27Donald J. Trumpissued law-firm order struck down inWilmerHale v. Executive Office of the President1 sourceCourt struck down Trump’s Jenner & Block order as unconstitutional retaliation2025-05-23Donald J. Trumpissued law-firm order struck down inJenner & Block LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice1 sourceCourt permanently blocked Trump’s retaliatory order against Perkins Coie2025-05-02Donald J. Trumpissued law-firm order struck down inPerkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice1 sourceTrump ordered federal funding cut off from NPR and PBS2025-05-01Donald J. Trumpordered public-media funding cutoff throughEnding Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media1 sourceTrump ordered an ActBlue-focused election-finance investigation2025-04-24Donald J. Trumpordered fundraising investigation throughInvestigation into Unlawful “Straw Donor” and Foreign Contributions in American Elections1 sourceCourt blocked key parts of Trump’s federal election-control order2025-04-24Donald J. Trumpissued election order enjoined inLULAC v. Executive Office of the President1 sourceCourt enjoined White House retaliation against the Associated Press over “Gulf of America”2025-04-08Donald J. Trumpled White House enjoined for press retaliation inAssociated Press v. Budowich1 sourceTrump stripped collective-bargaining coverage from broad agency components2025-03-27Donald J. Trumpexcluded agencies from labor statute throughExclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs1 sourceTrump ordered immediate declassification of Crossfire Hurricane records2025-03-25Donald J. Trumpordered investigation records declassified throughImmediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation1 sourceTrump invoked the Alien Enemies Act against alleged Tren de Aragua members2025-03-15Donald J. Trumpinvoked wartime removal authority throughInvocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua1 sourceTrump ordered the U.S. Agency for Global Media reduced to its statutory minimum2025-03-14Donald J. Trumpordered public broadcaster reduced throughContinuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy1 sourceX agreed to pay about $10 million to settle Trump's suit2025-02-12Donald J. Trumpsecured payment settling platform lawsuitTrump v. X account-suspension settlement1 sourceMeta settled Trump's suspension suit for $25 million2025-01-29Donald J. Trumpsecured platform settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. Meta Platforms account-suspension settlement1 sourceTrump ordered federal power used against gender-affirming care for people under 192025-01-28Donald J. Trumprestricted youth gender care throughProtecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation1 sourceTransgender military exclusion returned and remained in force2025-01-27Donald J. Trumpordered restrictive military-service policy2025 transgender military-service restrictions1 sourceTrump ordered an attorney-general review of investigations involving him and January 62025-01-20Donald J. Trumpordered law-enforcement review throughEnding The Weaponization Of The Federal Government1 sourceABC agreed to direct $15 million to Trump's future presidential library2024-12-13Donald J. Trumpsecured media settlement for future presidential libraryTrump v. American Broadcasting Companies defamation settlement1 sourceCourt found Trump's Chicago tower violated environmental law2024-09-09Donald J. Trumpwas business principal of tower found in environmental violationIllinois v. 401 North Wabash Venture LLC1 sourceSupreme Court built broad criminal immunity around official acts2024-07-01Donald J. Trumpsecured official-act criminal-immunity ruleTrump v. United States presidential-immunity case1 sourceThirty-four felony convictions, now on direct appeal2024-05-30Donald J. Trumpconvicted defendant and appellant inPeople v. Donald J. Trump, Ind. No. 71543/20233 sourcesFormer Trump finance chief returned to jail for perjury2024-04-10Donald J. Trumpwas principal in case where former CFO committed perjuryPeople v. Allen Weisselberg (perjury case)1 sourceSave America spent nearly $47 million on legal costs in 20232024-01-31Donald J. Trumpbenefited from PAC legal spendingSave America PAC 2023 legal spending1 source$83.3 million defamation judgment affirmed; Supreme Court petition pending2024-01-26Donald J. Trumpdefendant and petitioner inCarroll v. Trump, No. 20-cv-73112 sourcesDismissed Times lawsuit left Trump with a $392,638 fee order2024-01-12Donald J. Trumpowed legal fees after lawsuit was dismissedTrump v. The New York Times Company fee order1 sourceCarroll sexual-abuse and defamation verdict left standing2023-05-09Donald J. Trumpdefendant found liable inCarroll v. Trump, No. 22-cv-100162 sourcesTrump and his lawyers drew nearly $938,000 in sanctions2023-01-19Donald J. Trumpwas sanctioned for frivolous federal lawsuitTrump v. Clinton sanctions order1 sourceTwo Trump companies were convicted on all seventeen felony counts2023-01-13Donald J. Trumpowned companies convicted of tax-fraud feloniesPeople v. Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corp.1 sourceTrump Organization CFO admitted a thirteen-year tax-fraud scheme2022-08-18Donald J. Trumpemployed CFO convicted in tax-fraud schemePeople v. Allen Weisselberg (tax-fraud case)1 sourceTrump's Twitter suspension lawsuit was dismissed2022-05-06Donald J. Trumplost platform-suspension lawsuit at dismissalTrump v. Twitter dismissal1 sourceInaugural money flowed to the Trump hotel; defendants paid $750,000 to settle2022-05-03Donald J. Trumppresident-elect served by inaugural committee58th Presidential Inaugural Committee1 sourceTrump pardoned former adviser Steve Bannon while federal fraud charges were pending2021-01-20Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon throughSteve Bannon pardon1 sourceJanuary 6 committee found Trump knowingly pressured Pence to reject electoral votes2021-01-06Donald J. Trumppressured vice president duringPressure campaign against Vice President Pence1 sourceTrump pressed Georgia’s top election official to “find 11,780 votes”2021-01-02Donald J. Trumppressed state election official duringTrump–Raffensperger election call1 sourceSenate investigation documented Trump’s bid to bend DOJ toward overturning the election2020-12-27Donald J. Trumppressured Justice Department duringTrump pressure campaign against Justice Department1 sourceTrump pardoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort after federal convictions2020-12-23Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon throughPaul Manafort pardon1 sourceFederal indictment alleged Trump joined the fake-elector scheme2020-12-14Donald J. Trumpwas charged over alleged participation inFederal fake-elector allegations1 sourceTrump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn2020-11-25Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon throughMichael Flynn pardon1 sourceTrump commuted Roger Stone’s sentence days before imprisonment2020-07-10Donald J. Trumpcommuted sentence throughRoger Stone sentence commutation1 sourceCongressional subpoenas sent back under a new presidential standard2020-07-09Donald J. Trumpresisted congressional records subpoenasTrump v. Mazars USA, LLP1 sourceNo absolute presidential shield from a state grand jury2020-07-09Donald J. Trumpchallenged state grand-jury subpoenaTrump v. Vance1 sourceDACA rescission failed basic administrative-law review2020-06-18Donald J. Trumpdirected administration that rescinded DACA2017 DACA rescission1 sourceCourt found Trump breached his Foundation duties and ordered $2 million2019-11-07Donald J. Trumpbreached fiduciary duty toThe Donald J. Trump Foundation1 sourceAsylum bar vacated as contrary to statute2019-08-02Donald J. Trumpissued proclamation paired with unlawful asylum bar2018 asylum entry-bar rule and Proclamation 98222 sourcesCensus citizenship rationale exposed as contrived2019-06-27Donald J. Trumpoversaw challenged census decision2020 census citizenship-question decision1 sourceGSA watchdog found the agency ignored hotel-lease constitutional issues2019-01-16Donald J. Trumpretained hotel lease interest examined by GSA watchdogGSA Inspector General Old Post Office lease evaluation1 sourceSanctuary-city funding threat exceeded presidential power2018-08-01Donald J. Trumpissued unlawful funding directiveExecutive Order 13768 sanctuary-jurisdiction funding directive1 sourceFamily separation enjoined, then constrained by settlement2018-06-26Donald J. Trumpled administration whose separation practice was enjoinedMs. L. v. ICE family-separation class action1 sourceSupreme Court upheld the third travel ban2018-06-26Donald J. Trumpissued entry-restriction proclamationPresidential Proclamation 96452 sourcesTrump's management team was forced out of the Panama hotel2018-03-05Donald J. Trumplost management control and branding at Panama hotelTrump hotel management removal in Panama1 sourceTrump pardoned Joe Arpaio after his criminal-contempt conviction2017-08-25Donald J. Trumpgranted full pardon throughJoe Arpaio pardon1 sourceFirst travel ban halted; emergency stay denied2017-02-09Donald J. Trumpissued order challenged in caseWashington v. Trump (2017)1 sourceFinCEN imposed a $10 million casino compliance penalty2015-03-06Donald J. Trumpfounded casino business admitting Bank Secrecy Act violations2015 FinCEN enforcement against Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort1 sourceFailed Trump Baja project generated a $7.25 million buyer settlement2012-10-03Donald J. Trumpwas defendant and brand participant in failed-project litigationTrump Baja condominium litigation settlement1 sourceTrump SoHo buyers recovered 90 percent of their deposits2011-11-02Donald J. Trumpsettled buyer claims with deposit refundsTrump SoHo buyer refund settlement1 sourceTrump settled the undocumented Polish workers case for $1.375 million1998-12-30Donald J. Trumpsettled Trump Tower labor litigationTrump Tower Polish workers litigation settlement1 sourceFinCEN fined the Trump Taj Mahal $477,7001998-01-28Donald J. Trumpowned casino business penalized by FinCEN1998 FinCEN penalty against Trump Taj Mahal Associates1 sourceTrump paid $750,000 over delayed antitrust filings1988-04-05Donald J. Trumppaid civil penalty in antitrust filing settlementUnited States v. Donald J. Trump (Hart-Scott-Rodino settlement)1 sourceThe USFL antitrust victory produced a three-dollar award1988-03-10Donald J. Trumpadvocated USFL strategy behind nominal antitrust awardUnited States Football League v. National Football League1 sourceFederal housing-bias case ended in a consent decree1975-06-10Donald J. Trumpentered a federal housing consent decreeUnited States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.1 sourceTrump University cases ended in a $25 million settlementDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpsettled Trump University litigationTrump University class-action settlement1 sourceTrump's Jupiter club settled deposit claims for $5.45 millionDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpowned club that settled former-member deposit claimsTrump National Golf Club Jupiter membership-deposit litigation1 sourceTrump's campaign stopped enforcing its sweeping worker NDADate not publishedDonald J. Trumpled campaign that settled worker NDA challengeJessica Denson campaign NDA settlement1 sourceJill Harth alleged Trump groped her and attempted rapeDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpwas accused of groping and attempted rapeJill Harth1 sourceSummer Zervos alleged Trump kissed and groped her without consentDate not publishedDonald J. Trumpwas accused of unwanted kissing and gropingSummer Zervos1 source
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issued unconstitutional citizenship restriction1 citationremoved commissioner and defeated tenure protection1 citationimposed tariffs without IEEPA authorization1 citationsecured platform settlement funding ballroom project1 citationordered flag-burning enforcement through1 citationdefendant-appellant in3 citationsfiled defamation case over Epstein-letter reporting1 citationsecured media settlement for future presidential library1 citationissued law-firm order struck down in1 citationrestricted Harvard student entry through1 citationissued law-firm order struck down in1 citationissued law-firm order struck down in1 citationissued law-firm order struck down in1 citationordered public-media funding cutoff through1 citationordered fundraising investigation through1 citationissued election order enjoined in1 citationled White House enjoined for press retaliation in1 citationexcluded agencies from labor statute through1 citationordered investigation records declassified through1 citationinvoked wartime removal authority through1 citationordered public broadcaster reduced through1 citationsecured payment settling platform lawsuit1 citationsecured platform settlement for future presidential library1 citationrestricted youth gender care through1 citationordered restrictive military-service policy1 citationordered law-enforcement review through1 citationsecured media settlement for future presidential library1 citationwas business principal of tower found in environmental violation1 citationsecured official-act criminal-immunity rule1 citationconvicted defendant and appellant in3 citationswas principal in case where former CFO committed perjury1 citationbenefited from PAC legal spending1 citationdefendant and petitioner in2 citationsowed legal fees after lawsuit was dismissed1 citationdefendant found liable in3 citationswas sanctioned for frivolous federal lawsuit1 citationowned companies convicted of tax-fraud felonies1 citationemployed CFO convicted in tax-fraud scheme1 citationlost platform-suspension lawsuit at dismissal1 citationpresident-elect served by inaugural committee1 citationgranted full pardon through1 citationpressured vice president during1 citationpressed state election official during1 citationpressured Justice Department during1 citationgranted full pardon through1 citationwas charged over alleged participation in1 citationgranted full pardon through1 citationcommuted sentence through1 citationresisted congressional records subpoenas1 citationchallenged state grand-jury subpoena1 citationdirected administration that rescinded DACA1 citationbreached fiduciary duty to1 citationissued proclamation paired with unlawful asylum bar2 citationsoversaw challenged census decision1 citationretained hotel lease interest examined by GSA watchdog1 citationissued unlawful funding directive1 citationled administration whose separation practice was enjoined1 citationissued entry-restriction proclamation2 citationslost management control and branding at Panama hotel1 citationgranted full pardon through1 citationissued order challenged in case1 citationfounded casino business admitting Bank Secrecy Act violations1 citationwas defendant and brand participant in failed-project litigation1 citationsettled buyer claims with deposit refunds1 citationsettled Trump Tower labor litigation1 citationowned casino business penalized by FinCEN1 citationpaid civil penalty in antitrust filing settlement1 citationadvocated USFL strategy behind nominal antitrust award1 citationentered a federal housing consent decree1 citationsettled Trump University litigation1 citationowned club that settled former-member deposit claims1 citationled campaign that settled worker NDA challenge1 citationwas accused of groping and attempted rape1 citationwas accused of unwanted kissing and groping1 citation
Donald J. TrumpExecutive Order 14160FTC commissioner for-cause removal protection2025 IEEPA tariff programTrump v. YouTube account-suspension settlementProsecuting Burning of The American FlagPeople v. Trump, Index No. 452564/2022Trump v. Dow Jones and Company Epstein-letter defamation caseTrump v. Paramount Global settlementSusman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the PresidentEnhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard UniversityWilmerHale v. Executive Office of the PresidentJenner & Block LLP v. U.S. Department of JusticePerkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of JusticeEnding Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased MediaInvestigation into Unlawful “Straw Donor” and Foreign Contributions in American ElectionsLULAC v. Executive Office of the PresidentAssociated Press v. BudowichExclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations ProgramsImmediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane InvestigationInvocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De AraguaContinuing the Reduction of the Federal BureaucracyTrump v. X account-suspension settlementTrump v. Meta Platforms account-suspension settlementProtecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation2025 transgender military-service restrictionsEnding The Weaponization Of The Federal GovernmentTrump v. American Broadcasting Companies defamation settlementIllinois v. 401 North Wabash Venture LLCTrump v. United States presidential-immunity casePeople v. Donald J. Trump, Ind. No. 71543/2023People v. Allen Weisselberg (perjury case)Save America PAC 2023 legal spendingCarroll v. Trump, No. 20-cv-7311Trump v. The New York Times Company fee orderCarroll v. Trump, No. 22-cv-10016Trump v. Clinton sanctions orderPeople v. Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corp.People v. Allen Weisselberg (tax-fraud case)Trump v. Twitter dismissal58th Presidential Inaugural CommitteeSteve Bannon pardonPressure campaign against Vice President PenceTrump–Raffensperger election callTrump pressure campaign against Justice DepartmentPaul Manafort pardonFederal fake-elector allegationsMichael Flynn pardonRoger Stone sentence commutationTrump v. Mazars USA, LLPTrump v. Vance2017 DACA rescissionThe Donald J. Trump Foundation2018 asylum entry-bar rule and Proclamation 98222020 census citizenship-question decisionGSA Inspector General Old Post Office lease evaluationExecutive Order 13768 sanctuary-jurisdiction funding directiveMs. L. v. ICE family-separation class actionPresidential Proclamation 9645Trump hotel management removal in PanamaJoe Arpaio pardonWashington v. Trump (2017)2015 FinCEN enforcement against Trump Taj Mahal Casino ResortTrump Baja condominium litigation settlementTrump SoHo buyer refund settlementTrump Tower Polish workers litigation settlement1998 FinCEN penalty against Trump Taj Mahal AssociatesUnited States v. Donald J. Trump (Hart-Scott-Rodino settlement)United States Football League v. National Football LeagueUnited States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.Trump University class-action settlementTrump National Golf Club Jupiter membership-deposit litigationJessica Denson campaign NDA settlementJill HarthSummer Zervos
Donald J. TrumpExecutive Order 14160FTC commissioner for-cause removal protection2025 IEEPA tariff programTrump v. YouTube account-suspension settlementProsecuting Burning of The American FlagPeople v. Trump, Index No. 452564/2022Trump v. Dow Jones and Company Epstein-letter defamation caseTrump v. Paramount Global settlementSusman Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the PresidentEnhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard UniversityWilmerHale v. Executive Office of the PresidentJenner & Block LLP v. U.S. Department of JusticePerkins Coie LLP v. U.S. Department of JusticeEnding Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased MediaInvestigation into Unlawful “Straw Donor” and Foreign Contributions in American ElectionsLULAC v. Executive Office of the PresidentAssociated Press v. BudowichExclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations ProgramsImmediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane InvestigationInvocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De AraguaContinuing the Reduction of the Federal BureaucracyTrump v. X account-suspension settlementTrump v. Meta Platforms account-suspension settlementProtecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation2025 transgender military-service restrictionsEnding The Weaponization Of The Federal GovernmentTrump v. American Broadcasting Companies defamation settlementIllinois v. 401 North Wabash Venture LLCTrump v. United States presidential-immunity casePeople v. Donald J. Trump, Ind. No. 71543/2023People v. Allen Weisselberg (perjury case)Save America PAC 2023 legal spendingCarroll v. Trump, No. 20-cv-7311Trump v. The New York Times Company fee orderCarroll v. Trump, No. 22-cv-10016Trump v. Clinton sanctions orderPeople v. Trump Corporation and Trump Payroll Corp.People v. Allen Weisselberg (tax-fraud case)Trump v. Twitter dismissal58th Presidential Inaugural CommitteeSteve Bannon pardonPressure campaign against Vice President PenceTrump–Raffensperger election callTrump pressure campaign against Justice DepartmentPaul Manafort pardonFederal fake-elector allegationsMichael Flynn pardonRoger Stone sentence commutationTrump v. Mazars USA, LLPTrump v. Vance2017 DACA rescissionThe Donald J. Trump Foundation2018 asylum entry-bar rule and Proclamation 98222020 census citizenship-question decisionGSA Inspector General Old Post Office lease evaluationExecutive Order 13768 sanctuary-jurisdiction funding directiveMs. L. v. ICE family-separation class actionPresidential Proclamation 9645Trump hotel management removal in PanamaJoe Arpaio pardonWashington v. Trump (2017)2015 FinCEN enforcement against Trump Taj Mahal Casino ResortTrump Baja condominium litigation settlementTrump SoHo buyer refund settlementTrump Tower Polish workers litigation settlement1998 FinCEN penalty against Trump Taj Mahal AssociatesUnited States v. Donald J. Trump (Hart-Scott-Rodino settlement)United States Football League v. National Football LeagueUnited States v. Fred C. Trump, Donald Trump, and Trump Management, Inc.Trump University class-action settlementTrump National Golf Club Jupiter membership-deposit litigationJessica Denson campaign NDA settlementJill HarthSummer Zervos