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Exhibit 823

FARA eFile bulk data: all registrants and all foreign principals (CSV)

Exhibit 823 ยท Dataset

FARA eFile bulk data: all registrants and all foreign principals (CSV)

Registrant and foreign-principal files with registration and termination dates. Counts derived by the researcher: new registrations 66 in 2014, 69 in 2016, 101 in 2017, 113 in 2018, 150 in 2019, 105 in 2020, 133 in 2021, 119 in 2022, 105 in 2023, 126 in 2024, 138 in 2025; registrants active at any time in the year 917 in 1987, 337 in 2014, 581 in 2025. The 1986 count of 157 new registrations and the 2014 count of 66 match the OIG audit exactly. Active counts differ from the OIG by up to 7 percent. Registrant-name searches return no entries for Brookings, the Atlantic Council or the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Source
U.S. Department of Justice, FARA Unit
Date
Downloaded 10 November 2026
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://efile.fara.gov/bulk/zip/FARA_All_Registrants.csv.zip
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding POL-6.2
Primary record DOJ's registrant files show 66 new FARA registrations in 2014, 150 in 2019 and 138 in 2025. DOJ's report for July to December 2025 lists 565 active registrants representing 858 foreign principals, and the inspector general counted 916 active registrations in 1987 and 360 at the end of 2014.
Finding POL-6.12
Primary record As of 10 November 2026, DOJ's FARA registrant file contains no registrant named Brookings, the Atlantic Council or the Center for Strategic and International Studies.