The Evidence Record
- Frustrating, Corrupt, Unfair: Civil Forfeiture in Philadelphia
Document · 2021
Institute for Justice
The 67% figure describes the survey sample and 43% the city comparison population. The report does not verify the book’s apparent 43%/72% formulation.
- FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report, Q4 FY2021, Tables
Government Record · 2021
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS confirms the July 22, 2021 contempt-sanctions order and its $250,000 fine and reimbursement. It also states that the June 16 contempt finding concerned violations of…
- FSOC Issues Guidance on Nonbank Financial Company Determinations (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Financial Stability Oversight Council
FSOC's November 2023 guidance setting a two-stage process for designating nonbank firms for Fed supervision. It names no asset manager.
- FSRI: Lahaina Fire Forward-Looking Report, Phase Three (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Fire Safety Research Institute, commissioned by Hawaii Department of the Attorney General
Fire Safety Research Institute, January 2025, for Hawaii's Attorney General: recommendations to reduce future wildfire risk after Lahaina.
- FSRI: Lahaina Fire Incident Analysis Report, Phase Two (2024)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Fire Safety Research Institute, commissioned by Hawaii Department of the Attorney General
Fire Safety Research Institute, October 2024, hired by Hawaii's Attorney General: the Lahaina incident analysis. It blames hurricane-force winds and fuels for the speed, found no…
- FTC and New York v. Google LLC and YouTube LLC: Complaint (2019)
Court Filing · 2019
Federal Trade Commission; People of the State of New York
The FTC and New York complaint against Google and YouTube. It says YouTube pitched itself to toy makers Mattel and Hasbro as the top destination to…
- FTC and New York v. Google LLC and YouTube LLC: Stipulated Order (2019)
Court Filing · 2019
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
The court order settling the FTC's YouTube case. Google and YouTube neither admitted nor denied the allegations, paid the penalty, and agreed to build a system…
- FTC and States Sue WPATH over Deceptive Claims Regarding Treatment of Children (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas filed a complaint alleging deceptive and unsubstantiated WPATH claims about necessity, effectiveness, safety, medical consensus, and medical necessity. The…
- FTC Finalizes Orders with Cox Media Group and Two Other Firms Settling Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” Service
Government Record · 2026
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC finalized orders and $930,000 in relief concerning deceptive Active Listening marketing. It states the marketed service was not based on voice data.
- FTC Hearing #8: Common Ownership
Government Record · 2018
Federal Trade Commission
Official agenda and session materials for the December 6, 2018 common-ownership hearing. It documents regulator consideration, not an FTC finding that common ownership raises fares.
- FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers Taking Control of Users’ Cameras
Government Record · 2023
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, May 2023: Ring agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle charges that it let employees spy on customers' private videos and failed to stop hackers.
- FTC Takes Action Against General Motors for Sharing Drivers’ Precise Location and Driving Behavior Data Without Consent
Government Record · 2025
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, January 2025: action against General Motors and OnStar for selling drivers' precise location and driving behavior, sometimes every 3 seconds, without proper consent. Proposed settlement.
- FTC, DOJ File Statement of Interest in Energy Collusion Case Against BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard
Government Record · 2025
Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
The FTC's May 2025 release on its statement of interest, joined by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, in Texas v. BlackRock. The agencies filed as interested…
- FY2025 Sourcebook Table 15: Sentence Imposed by Type of Crime
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Sentencing Commission
FY2025 federal possession cases averaged two months overall, with a zero-month median; trafficking averaged 87 months overall. Twenty years was not a typical possession sentence.
- FY2026 COPS Tribal Resources Grant Program Allowable and Unallowable Costs
Government Record · 2026
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Justice Department COPS Office cost list for 2026 tribal grants listing license plate readers as allowable equipment.
- FY25 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program Allowable and Unallowable Costs
Government Record · 2025
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Justice Department COPS Office cost list for 2025 mental health and wellness grants, where license plate readers are listed as NOT allowable. Eligibility depends on the…
- Gallup: Trust in Media at New Low of 28% (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Gallup
Gallup, October 2025: trust in mass media hit a new low, with 28% having a great deal or fair amount of trust in newspapers, TV and…
- Gallup: Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low (2024)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Gallup
Gallup, October 2024: 31% of Americans had a great deal or fair amount of trust in mass media, similar to 32% in 2023.
- Gallup: Trust in Media Remains Near Record Low (2022)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2022
Gallup
Gallup, October 2022: 7% of Americans had a great deal of trust in mass media and 27% a fair amount, 34% combined. So the claim that…
- GAO Testimony: Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions for Children in Foster Care
Government Record · 2011
Office of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Senator Grassley's release on the December 2011 Senate hearing on psychotropic drugs given to foster children, which included GAO testimony and former foster youth Ke'onte Cook.
- GAO-01-59: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Dislocated Workers (2000)
Government Record · 2000
U.S. General Accounting Office
GAO, 2000: 832,499 workers were certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance from 1995 to 1999, including NAFTA job losses. Some are counted twice, and it is not…
- GAO-04-110: OxyContin Abuse and Diversion (2003)
Government Record · 2003
U.S. Government Accountability Office
GAO, December 2003: the FDA believed OxyContin's slow-release design would make it less attractive to abusers and did not anticipate people crushing it. An independent federal…
- GAO-24-106593: Havana Syndrome Patient Care (2024)
Government Record · 2024
U.S. Government Accountability Office
GAO, July 2024: 334 people qualified for Havana Syndrome care by January 2024, including some first hit inside the U.S., but only 33 were in the…
- GAO-25-107491: Directed Energy Weapons, Transitioning to Military Use (2025)
Government Record · 2025
U.S. Government Accountability Office
GAO, June 2025: describes the Army's microwave drone-defense system (IFPC-HPM) and a 50 kW laser on a Stryker vehicle, and says the Pentagon is slow moving…