Foreign Interference

Foreign governments or government-linked actors trying to shape U.S. elections, political institutions, public debate, or governing decisions.

2024
4 items
2021
2 items
2020
5 items
2018
2 items
2016
2 items
2015
1 item
1998
1 item

People

Key figures in Foreign Interference

19 figures

Donald Trump

President of the United States

Vladimir Putin

Russian President

Hillary Clinton

Joe Biden

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler

Ratcliffe

Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Xi Jinping

President of China

Al Gore

Avril Haines

Director of National Intelligence

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister

Bill Clinton

42nd President of the United States

Cori Bush

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Member of Congress

Jamaal Bowman

Former U.S. Representative

Jamal Khashoggi

Washington Post columnist

Merrick Garland

Attorney General

Mohammed bin Zayed

President of United Arab Emirates

Qasem Soleimani

IRGC Quds Force Commander

Robert Mueller

Former Special Counsel and WilmerHale retired partner

Foreign Interference

2024

AIPAC spends more than $100 million on 2024 elections to oust critics of Israel from Congress

Justice Department charges RT operatives and seizes Doppelganger domains ahead of the 2024 election

ODNI, FBI, and CISA attribute the Trump campaign hack to Iran

Iran launches covert news sites and AI-generated disinformation targeting 2024 U.S. election

2021

Prosecutors say Tom Barrack used Trumpworld access to advance UAE interests

Chinese Communist Party uses united front work to target U.S. universities, think tanks, and local governments

2020

U.S. intelligence says Iran sent fake Proud Boys emails to intimidate voters

Treasury sanctions Andrii Derkach as a Russia-linked operative in the 2020 election

Iranian hackers breach Trump campaign systems through spear-phishing

Saudi Arabia and UAE fund Washington think tanks to shape U.S. policy narrative

China spends $280 million on U.S. lobbying, more than any other foreign country

2018

Saudi Arabia spends $27 million on U.S. lobbying amid Khashoggi murder and Yemen war criticism

Mueller team indicts the Internet Research Agency for a covert social-media influence campaign

2016

DHS and ODNI say Russia directed the DNC and WikiLeaks hack-and-leak operation

Russian military intelligence hacks Democratic National Committee servers

2015

Russian Internet Research Agency launches social media disinformation campaign targeting U.S. voters

1998

Senate investigators say Beijing tried to channel money and access into the 1996 election

Key figures in Foreign Interference