Trump Action Archive

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• House Democrats open investigation into DOJ pressure on SPLC indictment — House Democrats Jamie Raskin and Mary Gay Scanlon announced an investigation into allegations that DOJ leadership pressured prosecutors to rush charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center. The investigation was triggered by a whistleblower account indicating that Aakash Singh, an associate deputy attorney general, ordered federal prosecutors in Alabama to expedite the indictment despite concerns about case strength. The Democrats' letter, released Friday, seeks to examine whether the indictment was politically motivated and whether DOJ norms of prosecutorial independence were violated.
• SPLC lawyers seek court order blocking prejudicial government statements — Lawyers representing the Southern Poverty Law Center filed for a court order to block the government from making further prejudicial statements against the organization. The filing came after Trump, Blanche, and other administration allies made false or misleading statements about the SPLC, including claims that the organization funded rightwing extremism and never shared information with law enforcement—both contradicted by the facts underlying the indictment itself.

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• Federal grand jury indicted John Bolton for classified information disclosure — A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted former national security advisor John Bolton on eighteen counts: eight counts of communicating secret information to unauthorized recipients and ten counts of unauthorized possession of classified documents. The charges relate to Bolton sharing classified diary material with relatives that later informed his memoir "The Room Where It Happened." The indictment references Bolton's criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal messaging to plan military operations.
• Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton was indicted for retaining classified information — John Bolton, Trump's former National Security Advisor, was indicted for keeping more than 1,000 pages of diaries containing highly classified information and sharing them with two relatives. The indictment also notes that Bolton's email account was hacked by Iran, exposing some of the classified secrets.
• John Bolton indicted for mishandling classified information — John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser and prominent critic of the president, was indicted for allegedly mishandling classified information. Bolton faces 18 criminal charges, including eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of unlawfully retaining national defense information. In a statement, Bolton said he "look[s] forward to the fight to defend my lawful conduct and to expose [Trump's] abuse of power."
• John Bolton indicted on 18 counts of mishandling classified information — The Department of Justice filed an 18-count indictment against John Bolton, former Trump national security adviser, charging him under the Espionage Act with transmitting and retaining highly classified information. Bolton allegedly sent diary entries containing classified details to two unnamed individuals via personal email and messaging accounts. The grand jury indictment was handed down in federal district court in Maryland on October 17, 2025. Bolton's defense argues the diaries were personal records shared only with family and known to the FBI since 2021.
• John Bolton pleads not guilty to 18-count indictment for mishandling classified information — Former national security adviser John Bolton surrendered to authorities and pleaded not guilty in Maryland federal court to an 18-count indictment alleging he shared classified diary notes with relatives lacking security clearances, stored classified documents at his home, and sent top-secret information via personal email. Bolton's lawyer characterized the prosecution as political retaliation for his 2020 memoir critical of Trump. Career prosecutors in the Maryland US attorney's office filed the charges, which were initially dropped by the Biden DOJ in 2021 but reopened after the CIA director and FBI director reviewed Bolton's hacked emails.

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• Former CDC Director Monarez testifies that RFK Jr. operates without scientific basis — Susan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions that Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is operating according to ideology without regard for science. Monarez stated that Kennedy fired her after she refused to approve changes to the childhood vaccination schedule without supporting research.
• Former CDC director testified she was fired for scientific integrity — Appearing before the Senate health committee, former CDC director Susan Monarez testified that she was fired for "holding the line on scientific integrity." She said she was directed to only work with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's political appointees at the agency, "and not to speak or work with career scientists." She also testified that RFK Jr. said "there was no scientific evidence associated with [COVID-19] vaccines," called the CDC "the most corrupt federal agency in the world," and said its employees "were killing children, and they don't care."
• Senator Cassidy warns against Kennedy-appointed immunization panel — Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) warned against the panelists that Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices after purging the panel responsible for making changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. Insurance companies also signaled they will disregard any changes made by Kennedy's panel and continue covering vaccines, indicating lack of confidence in the panel's scientific judgment.
• Susan Monarez testifies against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions — Former CDC director Susan Monarez testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, criticizing Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for operating based on ideology rather than scientific evidence. Monarez was fired by Kennedy after refusing to support changes to the childhood vaccination schedule without proper research.

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• Tulsi Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 intelligence officials — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that, at Trump's direction, the agency is revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former intelligence officials, several of whom were involved in an assessment ordered by then-President Barack Obama involving Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Gabbard accused the officials of "abus[ing] the public trust by politicizing and manipulating intelligence, leaking classified intelligence without authorization, and/or committing intentional egregious violations of tradecraft standards."