{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "The Inner Circle Ledger case files", "home_page_url": "https://innercircleledger.com/", "feed_url": "https://innercircleledger.com/feed.json", "description": "Manually maintained case-file updates and archive changes in JSON Feed format.", "language": "en-US", "favicon": "https://innercircleledger.com/favicon.svg", "authors": [ { "name": "The Inner Circle Ledger", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/about/" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/homan-cash-probe/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/homan-cash-probe/", "title": "$50,000 Alleged. No Charges Filed. Inside the Closed Homan Probe.", "content_text": "Probe closed · no charges. Record as of Sep 22, 2025. Reuters reported an undercover cash payment; federal officials said their review found no credible evidence of criminal wrongdoing.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-09-22T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Bribery & access", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/kushner-affinity/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/kushner-affinity/", "title": "$2 Billion in Saudi Backing: The Kushner Fund Fees Under Senate Scrutiny", "content_text": "Congressional conflict-of-interest inquiry. Record as of Mar 28, 2025. A Senate letter questioned whether foreign investment in Affinity Partners could buy influence with the Trump family.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-03-28T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Foreign money", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/tariff-stock-sales/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/tariff-stock-sales/", "title": "Three Aides Sold Trump Media Stock Around the Tariff Announcement. What the Filings Show.", "content_text": "Reported trades · no finding of insider trading. Record as of Jul 10, 2025. Disclosed sales raised timing questions. The available reporting also describes ethics compliance and a divestment agreement.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-07-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-twitter-disclosure/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-twitter-disclosure/", "title": "Musk’s Twitter Disclosure Dispute Ends in a $1.5 Million Settlement", "content_text": "Civil settlement approved. Record as of Jul 8, 2026. The SEC alleged late disclosure of Twitter stock purchases. A judge approved a settlement while expressing concerns about its terms.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-07-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/bannon-wall-fraud/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/bannon-wall-fraud/", "title": "Pardoned Federally. Guilty in New York. Bannon’s Border-Wall Fraud Case.", "content_text": "State guilty plea. Record as of Feb 11, 2025. Bannon pleaded guilty in New York to a scheme to defraud donors to the We Build the Wall campaign.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-02-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "plea" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/bannon-contempt/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/bannon-contempt/", "title": "Bannon Served the Time. Then DOJ Asked to Dismiss the Case.", "content_text": "Conviction · dismissal request not granted in cited report. Record as of Aug 2026. Bannon’s federal contempt case is separate from the border-wall fundraising case.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Obstruction & false statements", "conviction" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-business-records/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-business-records/", "title": "34 Guilty Verdicts. No Jail, Fine or Probation. Trump’s New York Sentence.", "content_text": "Criminal conviction · appeal reported. Record as of Sep 9, 2026. A New York jury convicted Trump of falsifying business records; he received no prison term, fine, or probation.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "conviction" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-civil-valuations/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-civil-valuations/", "title": "The Fraud Finding Stood. Trump’s Monetary Penalty Was Thrown Out.", "content_text": "Civil finding · monetary penalty vacated on appeal. Record as of Aug 21, 2025. The New York civil business-fraud case produced a liability ruling, followed by a major appellate change to the financial penalty.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-08-21T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-foundation/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-foundation/", "title": "A $2 Million Order Against Trump: Inside the Charity Misuse Case", "content_text": "Civil damages order. Record as of Nov 7, 2019. A New York judge ordered Trump to pay damages over misuse of his charitable foundation.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2019-11-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/weisselberg-tax-perjury/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/weisselberg-tax-perjury/", "title": "Tax Fraud, Then Perjury: The Two Pleas of Trump’s Former CFO", "content_text": "Tax-fraud and perjury guilty pleas. Record as of Apr 10, 2024. Weisselberg’s tax case and later perjury case arose from different conduct.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2024-04-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "plea" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/charles-kushner-pardon/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/charles-kushner-pardon/", "title": "Witness Retaliation, Financial Crimes—and a Pardon for Charles Kushner", "content_text": "Criminal conviction · pardoned. Record as of May 1, 2025. His criminal history predates Trump’s presidency; Trump later granted him clemency.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-05-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/manafort-financial-crimes/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/manafort-financial-crimes/", "title": "Convictions, a Conspiracy Plea, a Pardon: The Manafort Record", "content_text": "Criminal convictions · pardoned. Record as of Dec 23, 2020. Trump’s former campaign chairman was convicted of financial crimes and entered a separate conspiracy plea.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2020-12-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/stone-obstruction/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/stone-obstruction/", "title": "A Conviction, a Commutation, a Pardon: Roger Stone’s Legal Record", "content_text": "Criminal conviction · pardoned. Record as of Jul 24, 2024. Stone was convicted of obstructing Congress, witness tampering, and lying to Congress.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2024-07-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Obstruction & false statements", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/gates-conspiracy/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/gates-conspiracy/", "title": "Rick Gates Pleaded Guilty. His Cooperation Helped Shape the Sentence.", "content_text": "Guilty plea · historical sentencing record. Record as of Dec 17, 2019. The former deputy campaign chairman received a short jail sentence after extensive cooperation.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2019-12-17T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Obstruction & false statements", "plea" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/flynn-plea-pardon/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/flynn-plea-pardon/", "title": "Flynn’s Case Took Four Turns: Plea, Pardon, Dismissal, Settlement", "content_text": "Pardoned · criminal case dismissed. Record as of Mar 25, 2026. Flynn’s criminal prosecution ended without a sentence after Trump pardoned him.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-25T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Obstruction & false statements", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/cohen-criminal-case/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/cohen-criminal-case/", "title": "Cohen Wants a Pardon. Trump Said He Would Consider It.", "content_text": "Criminal conviction · pardon only discussed. Record as of Sep 9, 2026. The archive includes former allies who later opposed Trump.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "conviction" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/navarro-contempt/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/navarro-contempt/", "title": "Navarro Challenged His Contempt Convictions. The Appeals Court Upheld Them.", "content_text": "Convictions upheld in cited appellate report. Record as of Aug 2026. The case concerned refusing a congressional subpoena for documents and testimony.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Obstruction & false statements", "conviction" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/gaetz-ethics-report/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/gaetz-ethics-report/", "title": "House Findings. No Federal Charges. The Two Tracks of the Gaetz Case.", "content_text": "House ethics findings · no criminal charges in cited probe. Record as of Dec 23, 2024. The House Ethics Committee issued findings that were separate from the federal criminal investigation.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2024-12-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Sexual misconduct", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/hegseth-assault-allegation/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/hegseth-assault-allegation/", "title": "Hegseth’s Reported $50,000 Settlement: A Denied Allegation, No Criminal Charges", "content_text": "Allegation denied · no criminal charges filed. Record as of Jan 23, 2025. This settlement must not be confused with the separate Homan cash-payment allegation.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-01-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Sexual misconduct", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/giuliani-election-workers/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/giuliani-election-workers/", "title": "Giuliani Settles With the Election Workers He Defamed", "content_text": "Civil judgment · settlement satisfied. Record as of Feb 24, 2025. The case arose from false claims about Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-02-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Election-related conduct", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/georgia-election-indictment/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/georgia-election-indictment/", "title": "Georgia’s Racketeering Case Against Trump Ended in Dismissal", "content_text": "Charges against remaining defendants dismissed. Record as of Nov 26, 2025. The 2023 racketeering indictment alleged an effort to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election result. The remaining prosecution was dropped in 2025.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-11-26T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Election-related conduct", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/powell-georgia-plea/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/powell-georgia-plea/", "title": "Six Misdemeanor Pleas: Sidney Powell’s Georgia Deal", "content_text": "Misdemeanor guilty plea · later docket review needed. Record as of Oct 19, 2023. Powell accepted a plea in the election-interference prosecution.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2023-10-19T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Election-related conduct", "plea" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/chesebro-georgia-plea/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/chesebro-georgia-plea/", "title": "Chesebro Pleaded Guilty. The First-Offender Procedure Changes the Legal Picture.", "content_text": "Guilty plea · first-offender procedure. Record as of Jan 2025. The legal status of a first-offender plea differs from an ordinary final conviction.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Election-related conduct", "plea" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/ellis-georgia-plea/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/ellis-georgia-plea/", "title": "Jenna Ellis Admitted Helping Make False Election Statements", "content_text": "Guilty plea · later docket review needed. Record as of Oct 24, 2023. Ellis pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false statements and writings.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2023-10-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Election-related conduct", "plea" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/collins-insider-trading/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/collins-insider-trading/", "title": "Chris Collins: An Insider-Trading Plea, Then a Trump Pardon", "content_text": "Guilty plea · pardoned. Record as of Dec 23, 2020. Collins’s case involved a criminal plea, not just scrutiny of a well-timed trade.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2020-12-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/hunter-campaign-funds/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/hunter-campaign-funds/", "title": "Campaign Cash, Personal Spending: Duncan Hunter’s Guilty Plea and Pardon", "content_text": "Guilty plea · pardoned. Record as of Dec 23, 2020. Hunter admitted misusing campaign money for personal spending.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2020-12-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Fraud & fundraising", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/broidy-foreign-lobbying/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/broidy-foreign-lobbying/", "title": "Elliott Broidy Admitted Illegal Foreign Lobbying. Trump Pardoned Him.", "content_text": "Guilty plea · pardoned. Record as of May 27, 2026. A Republican fundraiser’s admitted lobbying offense is distinct from questions about later business contracts.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-05-27T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Foreign money", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/wynn-foreign-agent-suit/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/wynn-foreign-agent-suit/", "title": "DOJ Tried to Make Steve Wynn Register as a Foreign Agent. The Suit Failed.", "content_text": "Civil registration suit dismissed · appeal rejected. Record as of Jun 14, 2024. The DOJ sought to require registration over alleged lobbying on China’s behalf.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2024-06-14T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Foreign money", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/barrack-acquittal/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/barrack-acquittal/", "title": "Not Guilty on Every Count: The Tom Barrack Foreign-Agent Trial", "content_text": "Acquitted of all charges. Record as of Apr 29, 2025. The complete record includes acquittals, even when the original allegations drew extensive coverage.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-04-29T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Foreign money", "acquitted" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/papadopoulos-false-statements/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/papadopoulos-false-statements/", "title": "A Lie to the FBI, a Guilty Plea, a Pardon: The Papadopoulos Case", "content_text": "Guilty plea · pardoned. Record as of Dec 23, 2020. The former campaign adviser’s case involved statements to investigators.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2020-12-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Obstruction & false statements", "pardoned" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/epstein-federal-prosecution/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/epstein-federal-prosecution/", "title": "Epstein’s federal prosecution ended after his death—not an acquittal.", "content_text": "Federal charges dismissed after death. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. A former social associate is included with the nature and limits of that connection clearly stated.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Sexual misconduct", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-carroll-litigation/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-carroll-litigation/", "title": "Two Civil Awards Against Trump: The Carroll Verdicts and Appeals", "content_text": "Civil verdicts · appellate ruling documented. Record as of Sep 8, 2025. Carroll obtained separate civil awards involving sexual abuse and defamation; the appellate record matters too.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:06:31Z", "date_modified": "2025-09-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Sexual misconduct", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-boeing-jet/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-boeing-jet/", "title": "A $70 Million Jet With a Bedroom: DHS’s Purchase and Its Explanation", "content_text": "Procurement scrutiny · no finding cited. Record as of Apr 8, 2026. A luxury-configured aircraft raised questions about its stated deportation and official-travel purposes.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:15:16Z", "date_modified": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Public spending", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-gulfstream-jets/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-gulfstream-jets/", "title": "Two Jets. A $172 Million Contract. DHS Says the Fleet Needed Replacing.", "content_text": "Spending questioned · DHS cites fleet needs. Record as of Oct 18, 2025. Lawmakers questioned the cost and timing of replacing government aircraft.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:15:16Z", "date_modified": "2025-10-18T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Public spending", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-ad-contracts/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-ad-contracts/", "title": "$220 Million in DHS Ads: Lawmakers Question the Contracts; Noem Defends Them", "content_text": "Contracting allegations · Noem disputes wrongdoing. Record as of Mar 4, 2026. Lawmakers questioned a $220 million advertising campaign featuring Noem.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:15:16Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-04T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Public spending", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-outside-income/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/noem-outside-income/", "title": "An $80,000 Payment Raises Disclosure Questions. Noem’s Lawyer Says She Complied.", "content_text": "Disclosure allegation · lawyer says compliant. Record as of Jul 1, 2025. Reporting questioned whether outside income appeared in Noem’s federal disclosures.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:15:16Z", "date_modified": "2025-07-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Financial disclosure", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-aide-cash-gifts/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-aide-cash-gifts/", "title": "Four Aides. $155,000 in Trump Gifts. An Ethics Complaint.", "content_text": "Watchdog complaint · no agency finding cited. Record as of Sep 10, 2026. Campaign Legal Center asked federal ethics officials to examine disclosed holiday gifts.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:15:16Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Financial disclosure", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-anti-weaponization-fund/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-anti-weaponization-fund/", "title": "A $1.776 Billion Fund—Announced, Then Scrapped. The Litigation Continued.", "content_text": "Fund rescinded · DOJ appealing July order · Virginia discovery continues. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. Critics described DOJ’s Anti-Weaponization Fund as a “slush fund.” Its cancellation and subsequent court proceedings are part of the record.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:15:16Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Public spending", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-funding-secured/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-funding-secured/", "title": "“Funding Secured”: Musk Settled With the SEC, Then Won the Shareholder Trial", "content_text": "SEC settlement · shareholder jury found no liability. Record as of Apr 29, 2024. The regulatory settlement and the later private lawsuit had different outcomes.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2024-04-29T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-twitter-takeover-statements/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-twitter-takeover-statements/", "title": "Musk’s Twitter Takeover Statements Bring a Mixed Civil Verdict", "content_text": "Liability on some claims · verdict challenged. Record as of Mar 27, 2026. This concerns takeover statements, separate from delayed stock-ownership disclosure.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-27T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-tesla-pay-litigation/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-tesla-pay-litigation/", "title": "Tesla’s 2018 Pay Award Was Canceled. Musk Won It Back on Appeal.", "content_text": "Award restored on appeal. Record as of Dec 19, 2025. The earlier cancellation was reversed.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2025-12-19T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-brody-defamation/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-brody-defamation/", "title": "Musk Wins the Brody Defamation Appeal; the Suit Is Rejected", "content_text": "Appeal favors Musk · suit rejected. Record as of Mar 20, 2026. The court’s rejection is part of the allegation’s record.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2026-03-20T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "False statements", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-election-giveaway/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-election-giveaway/", "title": "Random Winners or Paid Spokespeople? The Disputed Election Giveaway.", "content_text": "Civil claim allowed to proceed · no merits finding. Record as of Aug 20, 2025. Jacqueline McAferty alleged deceptive collection of voters’ information. [1]", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2025-08-20T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Campaign finance", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-usaid-authority/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-usaid-authority/", "title": "Who Had Authority at USAID? An Injunction Against Musk Was Put on Hold.", "content_text": "Preliminary injunction stayed on appeal. Record as of Mar 28, 2025. Employees challenged Musk’s exercise of governmental power without Senate confirmation.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2025-03-28T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-spacex-workplace/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-spacex-workplace/", "title": "SpaceX Must Face California’s Subpoena. Workplace Claims Remain Unresolved.", "content_text": "Subpoena enforcement affirmed · no discrimination finding. Record as of Sep 9, 2026. A former employee alleged unequal pay, promotion discrimination and retaliatory firing. [1]", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Workplace conduct", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-tesla-eeoc-race/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-tesla-eeoc-race/", "title": "The EEOC Accused Tesla of Racial Harassment and Retaliation. Inside the Filing.", "content_text": "Agency allegations · later disposition unverified. Record as of Sep 28, 2023. This is an allegation against Tesla, not a personal charge against Musk.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2023-09-28T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Workplace conduct", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-xai-air-permits/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-xai-air-permits/", "title": "Gas Turbines, Missing Permits? xAI Says Its Temporary Equipment Was Exempt.", "content_text": "Permit dispute · no final liability finding cited. Record as of Jan 15, 2026. Environmental groups challenged operation of gas turbines without air permits. [1]", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2026-01-15T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Environmental compliance", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-faa-starlink-conflict/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-faa-starlink-conflict/", "title": "Starlink Tests at the FAA Put Musk’s Overlapping Roles Under Scrutiny", "content_text": "Congressional scrutiny · no violation finding cited. Record as of Mar 3, 2025. Lawmakers questioned Musk’s overlapping public and commercial roles. [1]", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2025-03-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Conflicts of interest", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-dogecoin-lawsuit/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/musk-dogecoin-lawsuit/", "title": "The Dogecoin Fraud Suit Against Musk Was Dismissed With Prejudice", "content_text": "Dismissed with prejudice. Record as of Aug 29, 2024. Investors’ fraud and trading allegations were rejected. [1]", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:38:40Z", "date_modified": "2024-08-29T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stocks & finance", "closed" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/immigration-observer-retaliation/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/immigration-observer-retaliation/", "title": "Immigration Observers Allege Retaliation: What Their Complaint Says", "content_text": "Complaint filed · no merits ruling cited. Record as of Sep 10, 2026. Common Cause and Michael Khalili allege intimidation and misuse of observers’ information.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:43:39Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/bowman-fed-capital-process/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/bowman-fed-capital-process/", "title": "Bank Rules and Private Contacts: Better Markets Challenges the Fed’s Process", "content_text": "Civil complaint · no merits finding cited. Record as of Sep 10, 2026. Better Markets challenges the process used to develop bank-capital rules.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T01:43:39Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government ethics", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-usps-mail-ballot-rule/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/trump-usps-mail-ballot-rule/", "title": "The Government Asked to Unblock Its Mail-Ballot Rule. The Court Said No.", "content_text": "Preliminary injunction · stay denied. Record as of Sep 10, 2026. A constitutional challenge to federal election rules remains pending.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T02:33:11Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/tesla-driver-monitoring-letter/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/tesla-driver-monitoring-letter/", "title": "Tesla’s Driver Safeguards Face Questions From Congress", "content_text": "Legislator’s request · no new finding. Record as of Sep 10, 2026. A lawmaker questions Tesla’s driver-monitoring safeguards.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T02:33:11Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Company safety", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/spacex-terafab-records/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/spacex-terafab-records/", "title": "Public Incentives, Disputed Secrecy: SpaceX’s Fight Over Terafab Records", "content_text": "Company disclosure suit · no final ruling verified. Record as of Sep 10, 2026. Residents seek records about public incentives; SpaceX claims confidentiality protections.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T03:11:32Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Public records", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/campbell-coal-emergency-order/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/campbell-coal-emergency-order/", "title": "Court Rejects the Campbell Coal-Plant Order; the Plant Keeps Operating", "content_text": "Agency ruling reported · opinion retrieval incomplete. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. AP reports a D.C. Circuit ruling.", "date_published": "2026-09-11T17:54:51Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/fema-workforce-cuts-ruling/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/fema-workforce-cuts-ruling/", "title": "FEMA workforce cuts: DHS action held unlawful; remedies pending.", "content_text": "DHS action held unlawful · evidence sanction imposed · remedies pending. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. A federal judge ruled DHS unlawfully interfered with FEMA staffing and separately imposed an adverse-evidence presumption over deleted Signal messages.", "date_published": "2026-09-12T16:31:28Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/reflecting-pool-renovation-accountability/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/reflecting-pool-renovation-accountability/", "title": "Vandalism or Faulty Work? Contractor Records Complicate the Reflecting Pool Story.", "content_text": "Contractor-fault account reported · administration disputes full explanation. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. Contractor documents reportedly attribute liner failures to repair errors and plan flaws.", "date_published": "2026-09-12T00:17:03Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government contracting", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/active-duty-sailor-partisan-convention/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/active-duty-sailor-partisan-convention/", "title": "On Active Duty—and on a Republican Convention Stage. Approval Remains Unclear.", "content_text": "Policy-compliance questions reported · knowledge and approval unresolved. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. CBS reports an identified active-duty sailor appeared onstage at the Republican midterm convention.", "date_published": "2026-09-12T00:17:03Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Military ethics", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/ireland-doonbeg-visit-allegations/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/ireland-doonbeg-visit-allegations/", "title": "Ireland visit mixes official meetings, a family-business venue and attributed legal-policy allegations.", "content_text": "Current-day conflict concern reported · no adjudication · official events and Doonbeg attendance confirmed. Record as of Sep 12, 2026. AP and Reuters report objections to the visit and scrutiny of its official and family-business elements.", "date_published": "2026-09-12T00:17:03Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-12T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Conflicts", "inquiry" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/opm-loyalty-question-injunction/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/opm-loyalty-question-injunction/", "title": "The Job-Application Question About Trump’s Policies That a Judge Blocked", "content_text": "Preliminary injunction · litigation ongoing. Record as of Sep 11, 2026. Federal employee unions challenge an OPM application question as an unlawful political test.", "date_published": "2026-09-12T01:18:28Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "civil" ] }, { "id": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/doj-protester-assault-prosecutions/", "url": "https://innercircleledger.com/cases/doj-protester-assault-prosecutions/", "title": "12 Felony-Assault Trials, No Convictions on That Charge: AP Reviews the Cases", "content_text": "Mixed dispositions · no trial convictions · three trials pending. Record as of Sep 12, 2026. AP reviewed federal protest cases brought during the Trump administration and reported unusually weak felony-assault outcomes.", "date_published": "2026-09-12T13:04:28Z", "date_modified": "2026-09-12T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Government authority", "inquiry" ] } ] }