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Bayard

(27,381 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:21 PM Thursday

Here's a list of the individuals targeted so far by the Trump administration

President Donald Trump's pressure campaign to have the Justice Department indict New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey is the latest salvo in what critics call a campaign of retribution.

Administration officials have insisted that any such actions are, as Vice President JD Vance said, "driven by law and not by politics." But they come after Trump vowed during last year's presidential campaign that he would seek retribution if reelected. The move follows months of the administration vowing investigations into perceived enemies, stripping individuals of security clearances, and removing protective details.

INDICTED
James Comey, former FBI Director
Letitia James, New York attorney general

FACING INVESTIGATION
Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve governor
Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor
John Bolton, former national security adviser
Adam Schiff, United States senator
Jack Smith, former special counsel
Miles Taylor, former chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

ACCUSED OF CRIMES
Former President Joe Biden
Former President Barack Obama

REVOKED OR THREATENED WITH REVOCATION OF SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION / SECURITY DETAIL
Kamala Harris, former vice president, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee
Hunter Biden, son of former President Joe Biden
Ashley Biden, daughter of former President Joe Biden
Alejandro Mayorkas, former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security
Mike Pompeo, former secretary of state
Brian Hook, former U.S. special representative for Iran
Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Bolton, former national security adviser
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED
Joe Biden, former president
Antony Blinken, former secretary of state
Jacob Sullivan, former national security adviser
Lisa Monaco, former deputy attorney general
Mark Zaid, whistleblower attorney
Norman Eisen, co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during first Trump impeachment
Letitia James, New York attorney general
Alvin Bragg, Manhattan district attorney
Andrew Weissmann, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller's special counsel's office
Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee
Liz Cheney, vice chair of the House Jan. 6 Committee
Kamala Harris, former vice president, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee
Adam Kinzinger, member of House Jan. 6 Committee
Fiona Hill, witness in 2019 House impeachment inquiry
Alexander Vindman, witness in 2019 House impeachment inquiry
Kimberly Cheatle, former director of Secret Service
Miles Taylor, former chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
John Bolton, former national security adviser
James Clapper Jr., former U.S. director of national intelligence
Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Leon Panetta, former U.S. secretary of defense
John Brennan, former director of Central Intelligence
Thomas Fingar, former chair of the National Intelligence Council
Richard Ledgett, former deputy director of the National Security Agency
Michael Morell, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Michael Vickers, former under secretary of defense for intelligence
Douglas Wise, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Nicholas Rasmussen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Russell Travers, former U.S. acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Andrew Liepman, former principal deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center
John Moseman, former chief of staff for the Central Intelligence Agency
Larry Pfeiffer, former chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency
Jeremy Bash, former chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency
Rodney Snyder, former chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency
Glenn S. Gerstell, former general counsel of the National Security Agency
David B. Buckley, former inspector general at Central Intelligence Agency
Additional former intelligence officials associated with Hunter Biden laptop probe

37 former intelligence leaders associated with assessment of Russia's attempt to influence 2016 election

Law firms, various


I knew he'd taken VP Harris's security protection, but I didn't know he'd pulled Pres. Biden's. That was just asking for some MAGAt to take him out.
I was looking for a comprehensive list of all the people the petty, malicious little man thinks wronged him, and found this.

Much more detailed about each person at link:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/list-individuals-including-lisa-cook-targeted-trump-administration/story?id=124968309

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Here's a list of the individuals targeted so far by the Trump administration (Original Post) Bayard Thursday OP
And a complicit Republican Congress just watches. yellow dahlia Thursday #1
He revoked Biden's security clearance, not security protection. teach1st Thursday #2
Ooops Bayard Thursday #3
He's seriously unstable and because of that dangerous. StarryNite Thursday #4
If Rumpf ever realizes there might be a buck to be made here, Buns_of_Fire Friday #5
Unbelievable madamesilverspurs Friday #6
"President Donald is targeting a lot of people, thankfully, I am not one of them!"--Ghislaine Maxwell* RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Friday #7
"I am your retrebution." czarjak Friday #8
What a sick p.o.s. Duppers Friday #9
We are all targeted. Dear_Prudence Friday #10

teach1st

(5,993 posts)
2. He revoked Biden's security clearance, not security protection.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:03 PM
Thursday
I knew he'd taken VP Harris's security protection, but I didn't know he'd pulled Pres. Biden's. That was just asking for some MAGAt to take him out.


Trump did not revoke Biden's security protection, although he did end Secret Service protection for Biden's children. I have no doubt Trump wanted to revoke Biden's protection. He just couldn't do it.

Bayard

(27,381 posts)
3. Ooops
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:38 PM
Thursday

ABC's wrong then. Google says an ex-prez and their spouse receive protection for life, by law.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,820 posts)
5. If Rumpf ever realizes there might be a buck to be made here,
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 12:00 AM
Friday

he'll be selling positions on his shitlist for $50-5,000,000 each. (Authentic Numbered Certificate of Authenticity add 20%. S&H extra.)

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,250 posts)
7. "President Donald is targeting a lot of people, thankfully, I am not one of them!"--Ghislaine Maxwell*
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 01:04 AM
Friday

*this non-quote is for entertainment purposes only. But...

czarjak

(13,230 posts)
8. "I am your retrebution."
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 01:28 AM
Friday

He meant retribution for himself.
"The American Dream is dead." Was his mission from Vladimir.
Sickened!

Dear_Prudence

(887 posts)
10. We are all targeted.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:13 PM
Friday

But you are right. The folks you have listed are a casualty list; the names are released nightly in newscasts.

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