Foreign electoral intervention
Interventions by foreign governments in elections
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| October 9 2025 | Comey's arraignment is scheduled for the week of this date, with no arrest warrant issued. |
| October 9 2025 | Scheduled for arraignment following his federal indictment. |
| October 9 2025 | Scheduled arraignment for the federal indictment. |
| October 8 2025 | Arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and released until trial without conditions. |
| October 3 2025 | Multiple sources reported that an FBI agent named Chris Ray was suspended or relieved of duty after refusing to arrange a perp walk for Comey in front of media. |
| September 2025 | Indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia on two counts: making false statements and obstruction, which he denies. The case is under U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff's jurisdiction, with U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as lead prosecutor and Patrick Fitzgerald as defense counsel. |
| September 2025 | Indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making false statements and obstruction, which he denies. |
| September 25 2025 |
John O. Brennan
On the day James Comey was indicted, Trump suggested he might also indict Brennan.
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| September 25 2025 |
Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election
The Paris Criminal Court sentenced Sarkozy to five years in prison for criminal association, making him the first French president sentenced to prison. Brice Hortefeux was sentenced to two years, and Claude Guéant to six years.
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| September 25 2025 |
Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election
The Paris Criminal Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict in the Libyan campaign financing case involving Nicolas Sarkozy and his associates.
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| September 2025 | The Taihe Institute closed, reportedly related to the political downfall of Gao Yichen, a former 610 Office official and former deputy minister of the Ministry of State Security. |
| 2025 | Taught a course on 'changing paradigms in the Supreme Court' at Harvard Law School during the spring semester. |
| 2025 | Rejoined Cooley LLP in the summer. |
| 2025 | Mark Warner returns to serve as Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from Virginia. |
| 2025 | Targeted by Donald Trump in a retaliatory campaign against attorneys investigating or prosecuting allegations involving the president |
| 2025 | Granted authority by the State Council to design and pilot a new 'political' ethnographic field of study at 15 universities focusing on 'community' between Han and non-Han ethnicities. |
| September 2025 | Winner's memoir 'I Am Not Your Enemy' was published by Spiegel & Grau. |
| September 2025 | Parscale registered as an agent of the Israeli government. His company Clock Tower X LLC received a $6 million contract to provide strategic communications, planning, and media services to combat antisemitism in the United States. |
| September 3 2025 | Farage travels to the US and testifies before the Republican-led House judiciary committee about free speech in the UK. |
| August 2025 |
Chinese espionage in California
Jinchao Wei was convicted for passing naval weapon system information to a Chinese intelligence officer.
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| August 2025 | Assange attended the March for Humanity in Sydney, a large protest highlighting the plight of Palestinians in the Gaza conflict. |
| August 2025 | Italian authorities arrested 13 individuals with connections to Chinese organized crime. |
| August 2025 | Mueller's family publicly disclosed his Parkinson's disease diagnosis after the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee indicated intent to subpoena him regarding Jeffrey Epstein investigations. |
| August 2025 | CrowdStrike acquired Onum, a Spanish company focused on managing real-time telemetry pipelines. |
| 2025 |
Chinese government interference in Canada
Liberal Party candidate Paul Chiang resigned after suggesting someone should claim a bounty on Conservative Party candidate Joe Tay, who was targeted by an arrest warrant from the Hong Kong Police Force and a repression campaign by China-based social networks.
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| July 2025 |
Director of National Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard becomes the incumbent DNI during the Trump administration, with Lora Shiao serving as Acting DNI.
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| July 22 2025 |
Director of National Intelligence
Aaron Lukas becomes Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence serving under President Donald Trump
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| July 2025 | Xu Zewei arrested by U.S. and Italian authorities at Malpensa Airport in Milan, charged with cyber espionage as part of the Hafnium hacking group associated with SSSB. |
| July 2025 | Maurene Comey was dismissed from her position as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. |
| 2025 | The Rybolovlev family trust filed a petition in the Cayman Islands seeking to wind up the ATP Life Science Ventures fund, alleging mismanagement by Seth Harrison and citing concerns about excessive expenses and questionable investment decisions. |
| July 2025 |
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
CIA director John Ratcliffe released an internal review of the 2016 intelligence assessment, criticizing its process but affirming its core finding that Russia intended to undermine American democracy and disparage Hillary Clinton.
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| 2025 | Rick Crawford (R) becomes chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
| 2025 |
United front in Taiwan
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council identified Douyin and Xiaohongshu as platforms being used for pro-unification propaganda.
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| July 2025 |
Chinese espionage in California
The United States Department of Justice charges Yuance Chen and Liren 'Ryan' Lai with attempting to recruit U.S. military personnel and gather naval intelligence for China's Ministry of State Security.
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| July 2025 |
Chinese espionage in California
Chenguang Gong, a former engineer at a South California company, pleaded guilty to stealing military tracking blueprints for the Chinese government.
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| July 2025 |
Chinese espionage in California
The California Independent System Operator (operator of most of California's electric grid) was reported breached by Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploiting a SharePoint zero-day vulnerability.
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| 2025 | Completes her term as solicitor general of the United States. |
| 2025 |
Foreign electoral interventions
Serbia allegedly intervened in Kosovo's election through direct control of the Serb List political party, which received a public endorsement from Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić and presented itself as supportive of the Serbian government during the campaign.
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| 2025 |
Foreign electoral interventions
During the German election, Elon Musk publicly endorsed the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, drawing strong criticism from political leaders. Friedrich Merz condemned Musk's endorsement as 'intrusive and presumptuous', while SPD leader Saskia Esken accused Musk of attempting to influence the election through his media and financial power.
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| 2025 | Comey published his third novel, 'FDR Drive'. |
| 2025 |
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
Musk becomes a senior advisor to the US president and is appointed de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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| 2025 | Stone accused Senator Mark Kelly of treason and called for his execution over Trump's crypto connections. |
| 2025 | Sexual orientation and gender identity were removed from I&A's list of characteristics that prohibit intelligence activities. |
| 2025 | CrowdStrike experiences financial growth, with annual revenue increasing to $3.95 billion and net cash flow from operations rising to $1.38 billion |
| 2025 | Erik Prince led a group that proposed a deportation plan to the Trump administration, involving support from the private sector. |
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