The Evidence Record

The Evidence Record

• 1970 Census of Population: Michigan

  Government Record · 1973

  U.S. Census Bureau

  The 1970 Census for Michigan: Detroit's population was 1,511,482, more than double what it is today.

• 1970 Census of Population: Number of Inhabitants (includes Youngstown, Ohio)

  Government Record · 1971

  U.S. Census Bureau

  The 1970 Census population counts: Youngstown, Ohio had 139,788 people, more than twice its population today.

• 2020 Reports to Congress in Response to COVID-19 (Federal Reserve)

  Government Record · 2021

  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

  The Federal Reserve's index of 2020 reports to Congress on its emergency facilities, including the corporate bond facility workbooks. Across all 2020 trades (926 trades, May…

• 2024 Larry Fink Chairman’s Letter

  Document · 2024

  Laurence D. Fink / BlackRock

  The letter emphasizes “energy pragmatism,” continued hydrocarbon use, energy security, client mandates, and expanded Voting Choice. This supports a shift in emphasis, not abandonment of all…

• 2025 Annual Report

  Government Record · 2025

  Financial Stability Oversight Council

  FSOC's 2025 annual report, approved by the Council on December 11, 2025. FSOC's designation records show no nonbank designation of BlackRock, Vanguard or State Street, and…

• 21 U.S.C. § 841: Prohibited acts A

  Government Record · 2026

  Office of the Law Revision Counsel

  The twenty-year minimum in §841(b)(1)(C) concerns trafficking when death or serious bodily injury results. It is not the ordinary simple-possession penalty.

• 21 U.S.C. § 844: Penalties for simple possession

  Government Record · 2026

  Office of the Law Revision Counsel

  Ordinary first-offense federal simple possession carries a maximum of one year, subject to statutory enhancements and other provisions. The song’s typical twenty-year possession claim is false.

• 26 CFR 1.501(c)(4)-1: Social Welfare Organizations

  Government Record

  U.S. Treasury / IRS (regulation)

  IRS regulation: a 501(c)(4) nonprofit qualifies if it is 'primarily engaged' in promoting the common good. 'Primarily' has never been defined with a number, which lets…

• 29 CFR §2550.404c-5, Fiduciary relief for investments in qualified default investment alternatives

  Government Record · 2007

  U.S. Department of Labor

  QDIA rules permit eligible default investments, including life-cycle/target-retirement-date products whose allocation becomes more conservative with age. The regulation does not name BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street, or…

• 401(k) Retirement Plans: Department of Labor Should Update Guidance on Target Date Funds

  Government Record · 2024

  U.S. Government Accountability Office

  GAO reports that 401(k) participants invested 28 percent of 401(k) assets in target date funds in 2020, and that these funds are widely used as the…

• 47 U.S.C. 230: Section 230

  Government Record · 2020

  U.S. House Office of the Law Revision Counsel (via GovInfo)

  Federal law, added by the Telecommunications Act of 1996: no website or app is treated as the publisher of what its users post. Not amended as…

• A Look Inside the Fed’s $1.307 Billion ETF Allocation: 7 iShares ETFs Account for 48% of Assets

  News Report · 2020

  Deborah Fuhr, ETFGI

  ETFGI's analysis of the Fed's first week of ETF buying: iShares funds were about 48 percent of the $1.307 billion settled market value. The text says…

• A Short History of SNAP

  Government Record · 2026

  USDA Food and Nutrition Service

  USDA's history of food stamps: the first program ended in 1943, pilots began in 1961, and the Food Stamp Act passed in 1964. So the modern…

• A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)

  Court Filing · 1935

  Supreme Court of the United States (Hughes, C.J.)

  U.S. Supreme Court, May 1935, unanimous: struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act's industry codes. Congress cannot hand its lawmaking power to others. One of two…

• Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2023

  Government Record · 2025

  U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

  Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2025: U.S. multinationals employed 29.9 million people in the U.S. and 14.0 million abroad in 2023.

• Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

  Government Record · 2020

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York

  Confirms BlackRock’s agency-CMBS operational role on behalf of the System Open Market Account and states that the contract terminated May 2, 2022. The linked agreement and…

• Agency MBS Investment Management Agreement (BlackRock)

  Government Record · 2008

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York and BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory

  The New York Fed's December 2008 agreement naming BlackRock an investment manager for the Fed's purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities. The recitals record a competitive selection;…

• Alexander v. State, No. 1D12-2469

  Court Filing · 2013

  Florida District Court of Appeal, First District

  The court reversed Alexander’s 2012 conviction and 20-year sentence only for erroneous self-defense instructions, while rejecting Stand Your Ground immunity. Her 2015 negotiated outcome was three…

• Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement, Maiden Lane II LLC

  Government Record · 2010

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; Maiden Lane II LLC

  Establishes BlackRock’s Maiden Lane II fee schedule, including a one-time fee, basis-point asset-management fee, and first-three-year minimums.

• Amended and Restated Investment Management Agreement, Maiden Lane III LLC

  Government Record · 2010

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; Maiden Lane III LLC

  Establishes BlackRock’s Maiden Lane III advisory and asset-management compensation, with different rates by asset type and annual minimums.

• Amended and Restated Investment Manager Agreement, Maiden Lane LLC

  Government Record · 2010

  Federal Reserve Bank of New York; BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.; Maiden Lane LLC

  Names BlackRock Financial Management as investment manager for Maiden Lane, the Bear Stearns-related vehicle. The agreement concerns management and disposition for FRBNY, not acquisition for BlackRock’s…

• Amended Opinion and Order Regarding the Reasonableness of Fees Under 11 U.S.C. §943(b)(3), In re City of Detroit, Case No. 13-53846

  Court Filing · 2015

  U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan

  Identifies Merrill Lynch Capital Services and UBS AG as Detroit’s swap counterparties. It does not identify BlackRock, Vanguard, or State Street as the swap counterparties or…

• American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Section 422 (Repatriation Tax Holiday)

  Government Record · 2004

  U.S. Congress

  The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Section 422: companies could bring overseas profits home at an effective federal tax rate of about 5.25 percent, sold…

• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (2021)

  Court Filing · 2021

  Supreme Court of the United States

  U.S. Supreme Court, July 2021, 6 to 3: struck down California's rule forcing charities to hand their major donor lists to the state attorney general, as…