The Evidence Record

The Evidence Record

• Sackett v. EPA, 598 U.S. 651

  Court Filing · 2023

  Supreme Court of the United States

  Sackett narrowed Clean Water Act jurisdiction in 2023. It did not cause Robertson’s 2019-2020 post-death vacatur and abatement.

• Salt Lake County Declines Charges Against Tim Ballard (2025)

  News Report · 2025

  ABC4

  ABC4, November 2025: the Salt Lake County district attorney declined to charge Tim Ballard for lack of admissible evidence, saying that does not mean the accusers…

• Salt Lake Tribune: OUR Wanted Tim Ballard Gone in 72 Hours (2023)

  News Report · 2023

  The Salt Lake Tribune

  Salt Lake Tribune, November 2023: court documents show Operation Underground Railroad's board asked Ballard to resign within 72 hours; he gave other reasons for leaving.

• SDNY: Remarks on the Indictment and Arrest of Jeffrey Epstein (2019)

  Government Record · 2019

  U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York

  U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, July 2019: announced sex trafficking charges against Epstein for abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14. Epstein died before trial.

• SEC Litigation Release No. 25261

  Government Record · 2021

  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  The release describes the Burr/Fauth investigation and more than $1.6 million in stock sold on February 13, 2020. It expressly makes no violation finding.

• Senate Judiciary Committee: Oversight of the FBI (September 16, 2025)

  Government Record · 2025

  Senate Committee on the Judiciary

  FBI Director Kash Patel's September 2025 Senate testimony: he said the files held no credible information that Epstein trafficked victims to other people.

• Settlement Agreement with Members of the Sackler Family

  Court Filing · 2020

  U.S. Department of Justice and named Sackler family members

  The civil settlement required $225 million and expressly preserved criminal liability. It was not an admission of liability.

• Shared Spaces: San Francisco Small Business Commission Webinar (Reopening Timeline)

  Government Record · 2021

  City and County of San Francisco

  The City timeline places outdoor personal-services authorization on September 7, 2020, after Pelosi’s August 31 visit. It also identifies August 31 as the start of California’s…

• SIGTARP Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

  Government Record · 2020

  Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program

  SIGTARP's semiannual report restates its 2015 finding that lenders denied 70 to 80 percent of HAMP applicants, about four million people, and documents housing-program spending. It…

• Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358

  Court Filing · 2010

  Supreme Court of the United States

  Skilling preserved §1346 by confining it to bribery and kickbacks. It did not legalize those crimes.

• Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024)

  Court Filing · 2024

  Supreme Court of the United States

  The Court held that 18 U.S.C. §666 criminalizes bribes but not gratuities for past acts. It reversed the Seventh Circuit’s 2023 affirmance of the bribery conviction…

• Special Assessment Pursuant to Systemic Risk Determination: Board Memorandum

  Government Record · 2023

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  The original special assessment targeted estimated DIF losses attributable to protecting uninsured SVB and Signature depositors. Banks, not taxpayers, were the statutory payers.

• Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency, Meeting 6 Evidence

  Transcript · 2022

  House of Commons of Canada

  Finance official Isabelle Jacques testified that approximately 280 financial products and about $8 million were affected. She stated that all accounts frozen in response to the…

• Special Prosecutor Dan K. Webb Concludes Investigation into the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and Chicago Police Department’s Handling of the Jussie Smollett Case

  Government Record · 2020

  Dan K. Webb, Special Prosecutor

  Special prosecutor Dan Webb's August 2020 release announcing the end of his investigation. He found no evidence supporting criminal charges against State's Attorney Kim Foxx or…

• State Employees Search Amos Miller Farm, Seize Property

  News Report · 2024

  The Lancaster Patriot

  Report says PDA employees, assisted by Pennsylvania State Police, searched the farm January 4 under a January 3 administrative warrant. It identifies Sheri Morris as affidavit…

• State v. Owen (Neb. Ct. App. 1993): The Franklin Grand Jury Finding

  Court Filing · 1993

  Court of Appeals of Nebraska

  Nebraska Court of Appeals, 1993, quoting the 1990 Douglas County grand jury in the Franklin case: it called the abuse allegations "a carefully crafted hoax." The…

• Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System

  Government Record · 2016

  James B. Comey / FBI

  Comey described extremely careless handling but found no clear evidence of intent and recommended no charges. The statement was not a finding that no classified material…

• Statement of Michael E. Horowitz Concerning the OIG’s 2016 Election Report

  Transcript · 2018

  Michael E. Horowitz, DOJ Inspector General

  The June 2018 OIG review criticized Comey’s departure from Department norms while finding no evidence that political bias drove the prosecutorial closure decision.

• Statement of U.S. Attorney Bobby L. Christine Regarding Sentencing of Reality Winner

  Government Record · 2018

  U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia

  The “longest” description was made by U.S. Attorney Bobby L. Christine in an official statement. It is properly attributed to him; the opened record does not…

• Statement on DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility Report on Jeffrey Epstein 2006–2008 Investigation

  Government Record · 2020

  U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

  The Justice Department's 2020 statement on its internal review: no professional misconduct, but victims were not treated with forthrightness and Acosta used poor judgment. It withheld…

• Status of Washington Mutual Bank Receivership

  Government Record · 2008

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  All WaMu deposits transferred to JPMorgan regardless of amount, including approximately $45 billion uninsured. The record contradicts alleged uninsured-depositor losses and reports no DIF loss.

• STOCK Act, Pub. L. 112-105

  Government Record · 2012

  Congress of the United States

  The Act expressly applies securities-law insider-trading prohibitions to Congress and establishes transaction-reporting duties. It contradicts categorical statutory legality.

• Supreme Court of Canada Docket 42261

  Court Filing · 2026

  Supreme Court of Canada

  The Supreme Court granted the government leave and granted both respondents leave to cross-appeal. Merits review is pending, so the litigation is not finally resolved.

• Tax Compliance: Trends of IRS Audit Rates and Results for Individual Taxpayers by Income, GAO-22-104960

  Government Record · 2022

  U.S. Government Accountability Office

  GAO reported an overall individual audit rate of 0.25 percent for tax year 2019. Its tables put returns claiming only the Earned Income Tax Credit at…