‘Technical issue’ caused foreign agent database to sit dormant for nearly a year, DOJ says

EXCLUSIVE — A Justice Department database documenting political operations carried out by foreign agents was updated Thursday morning after sitting dormant since September 2024 following a Washington Examiner inquiry.

On Wednesday, the Washington Examiner reached out to the Department of Justice to request information on when the agency’s “Foreign Principal Political Activities” dashboard would be updated, noting that the most recent entries displayed were nearly a year old. On Thursday morning, a DOJ spokeswoman told the Washington Examiner that the lack of updates had been the result of a technical issue and that it had been resolved.