Eric Trump Eric Trump is President Donald Trump’s second son and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization. He formerly ran a children’s charity, the Eric Trump Foundation, that has been accused of funneling donations to his father’s businesses.
Lara Trump Lara Trump is the co-chair of the Republican National Committee, a political commentator, and daughter-in-law of Donald Trump.
Trump impeachment On September 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The inquiry focused on Trump’s alleged abuse of power in trying to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his potential 2020 political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. On December 18, 2019, the House voted to impeach.
Trump/Russia Numerous news stories, government investigations, indictments, and convictions have stemmed from allegations that members of President Donald Trump's campaign, transition team, and administration assisted Russia in its interference in the 2016 presidential election in support of Trump.
Ivanka Trump Ivanka Trump is President Donald Trump’s oldest daughter and an adviser serving in his administration. She also has multiple businesses which have caused controversy over allegations of favoritism from China to curry favor with the Trump administration and exploitative labor practices.
Donald Trump Before he was elected president in the 2016 election, Donald Trump had weekly platforms on CNBC’s Squawk Box and Fox News’ Fox & Friends, where he gave political commentary and pushed the birther conspiracy theory. Since he became president, Media Matters and other media organizations have documented thousands of his lies and attacks on the press.
Tom Price Price resigned after he was criticized for using public funds for charter flights. Prior to joining the Trump administration, Price represented Georgia's 6th Congressional District in Congress.
Helen Aguirre Ferré Helen Aguirre Ferré ran the RNC’s Hispanic outreach operation during the 2016 election, causing controversy when she deleted past social media posts that were critical of Donald Trump. She briefly joined the Trump administration after the election but now works as communications director for Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Pete Hegseth Pete Hegseth is a Fox & Friends Weekend co-host who frequently advises President Trump both on-air and privately and campaigned to be named as Trump’s Veterans Affairs secretary. He also has lobbied the president to pardon military personnel charged and convicted of war crimes. Hegseth founded the Koch-linked conservative nonprofit Concerned Veterans for America in 2011, which he ran till around the 2016 presidential primaries. On November 12, 2024, President-Elect Donald Trump announced he would be nominating Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense.
Tom Fitton Tom Fitton is a shill for President Trump and runs the conservative legal organization Judicial Watch, which regularly pushed misinformation about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. Fitton regularly appears on Fox shows where bashes Trump’s political opponents.
Laura Loomer Laura Loomer is a pro-Trump troll who carries out public stunts to promote her conspiracy theories. Loomer reportedly will join Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.
Breitbart News Breitbart News was all-in for Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential bid, and then-Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon joined the Trump campaign after he won the Republican nomination and served for a short time in the Trump administration as the president's chief strategist before returning to helm Breitbart for several months. Breitbart also worked closely with white supremacists and neo-Nazis to push racist content.
Mercedes Schlapp A former Fox News contributor, Mercedes Schlapp now serves as the director of strategic communications in the Trump White House. Prior to joining the administration, Schlapp was a board member of the National Rifle Association and director of specialty media for President George W. Bush. She is married to Matt Schlapp, chair of the American Conservative Union.
Russ Vought Russ Vought is a Christian nationalist who served as head of the Office of Management and Budget during the Trump administration. Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a right-wing think tank that is a partner in organizing Project 2025.
Jeff Zucker Jeff Zucker has been president of CNN Worldwide since 2013. He has faced widespread criticism since the 2016 election season for obsessively airing Trump rallies and speeches and hiring dishonest pro-Trump shills as political commentators, many of whom had secretly signed non-disparagement agreements with the Trump campaign, including former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
Stephen Moore Stephen Moore is a conservative economic commentator who has been on the Wall Street Journal editorial board, a Fox News contributor, and most recently a CNN commentator. He has also worked in a variety of conservative think tanks including the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, and he co-founded the Club for Growth in 1999. He has also worked on Republican economic policy commissions and was one of Donald Trump’s top economic advisers for his 2016 presidential campaign.
Devin Nunes Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee when President Donald Trump took office and he went all-out to defend Trump from the committee's probe on Russia's interference in the 2016 election by cutting out Democrats from committee business, wrongly accused Obama administration officials of targeting Trump associates, and worked to discredit the FBI's investigations into Trump. He is currently the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.