Foreign Influence in Politics

2017

2017-05-01 Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, who oversaw the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey

2025

2025-02-05 Pam Bondi disbanded the FBI Foreign Influence Task Force and FBI Task Force Kleptocapture. Both departments were designed to combat foreign influence in U.S. politics.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/bondi-ends-fbi-effort-combat-foreign-influence-us-politics-rcna191012

2025-06-11 A Pew Research study found that globally other countries have less confidence in the United States.

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/us-image-declines-in-many-nations-amid-low-confidence-in-trump/

2026

2026-05-05 Leaked audio recordings revealed that the U.S., Israel and Honduras were all involved in a scheme together to target leftist governments in Latin America. Context, Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez in December after he was convicted of drug trafficking.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/8/headlines/us_and_israel_worked_with_disgraced_ex_president_of_honduras_to_destabilize_leftist_governments

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/05/05/hondurasgate-leaked-audio-links-asfura-hernandez-trump-milei-netanyahu-in-anti-left-plot/

TIMESTAMP 7:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2p6lUw7Bx0&list=WL&index=1&t=9s