Project 2029 was supposed to be a quiet Democratic policy effort. Then, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recast it as a plan to prosecute Trump officials, and the 2028 race got louder.
What began in mid-2025 as a Democratic think tank's answer to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 has been reshaped by Pritzker's call to criminally and civilly prosecute Trump administration officials if his party retakes the White House in 2028. The shift has put Project 2029 at the centre of the next presidential race and reignited an old debate about the cost of governing through investigation.