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|+ class="nowrap" | Other Conservative Promise Contributors
! Name
! Affiliation
! Contribution
! Trump tie |
| {{sortname cell|Paige|Agostin|nolink=1}}
| Center for Renewing America{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| Mark Albrecht
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| {{sortname cell|Chris|Anderson|nolink=1}}
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| Office of Senator Steve Daines |
| {{sortname cell|Jeff|Anderson|Jeff Anderson}}
| The American Main Street Initiative
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| {{sortname cell|EJ| Antoni|nolink=1}}
| Heritage
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| {{sortname cell|Michael|Anton|Michael Anton}}
| Hillsdale College | Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}} | Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications in the first Trump Administration[{{cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Tina |title=Machiavelli in the White House: Is This the Most Powerful Man in Trump's Administration? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/michael-anton-white-house-machiavelli |website=Vanity Fair |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226165602/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/michael-anton-white-house-machiavelli |archive-date=2017-02-26 |language=en |date=2017-02-23 |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Kaitlan |author1-link=Kaitlan Collins |title=Bolton adds two loyalists to the National Security Council |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/politics/john-bolton-hires-new-communication/index.html |website=CNN |publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery |access-date=2024-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531032758/https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/politics/john-bolton-hires-new-communication/index.html |archive-date=2018-05-31 |language=en |date=2018-05-29 |url-status=live}}] |
| {{sortname cell| Andrew R.| Arthur| nolink=1}}
| Center for Immigration Studies[{{Cite web| title=Author: Andrew R. Arthur| work=CIS.org| access-date=2025-06-19| url=https://cis.org/Arthur}}]{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| Paul S. Atkins
| Patomak Global Partners[{{Cite web| title=Patomak Global Partners| work=InfluenceWatch| access-date=2025-06-17| url=https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/patomak-global-partners/}}]
| Chapter 27 (portion): "Financial Regulatory Agencies / Securities and Exchange Commission and Related Agencies"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=837}}
| Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman |
| Julie Axelrod
| Center for Immigration Studies{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| James Bacon
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| McEntee's aide |
| James Baehr
| Pelican Institute;[{{Cite web| title=James Baehr| work=Pelican Policy| access-date=2025-06-19| date=2022-03-21| url=https://pelicanpolicy.org/people/james-baehr/}}] Federalist Society[{{Cite web| title=James Baehr| access-date=2025-06-19| date=2019-07-24| url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/james-baehr| work=Federalist Society}}]
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| General counsel for the Department of Veteran Affairs[{{Cite web| title=The key Project 2025 authors now staffing the Trump administration| work=NBC News| access-date=2025-06-19| date=2025-03-12| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/key-project-2025-authors-now-staffing-trump-administration-rcna195107}}☀general counsel for the Department of Veteran Affairs. ] |
| Stewart Baker
| Steptoe and Johnson LLP
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| Erik Baptist
| Alliance Defending Freedom{{dagger}}
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| Brent Bennett
| Texas Public Policy Foundation
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| John Berlau
| CEI{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| Russell Berman
| Hoover Institution
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| U.S. State Department: Commission on Unalienable Rights[{{cite news |last=Ruffini |first=Christina |title=Politics Mike Pompeo unveils new 'Unalienable Rights' commission amid concerns over progressive rollbacks |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pompeo-unveils-new-unalienable-rights-commission-amid-concerns-over-progressive-rollbacks/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |work=CBS News |publisher=Paramount Global |date=2019-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710171354/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pompeo-unveils-new-unalienable-rights-commission-amid-concerns-over-progressive-rollbacks/ |archive-date=2019-07-10 |language=en |url-status=live}}] in the first Trump administration |
| Sanjai Bhagat
| University of Colorado Boulder
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| Stephen Billy
| Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
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| OMB senior adviser |
| Brad Bishop
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Willis Bixby
| WWBX LLC
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| Josh Blackman
| South Texas College of Law
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|[{{cite web | last1=Musgrave | first1=Shawn | title=Leonard Leo Built the Conservative Court. Now He's Funneling Dark Money Into Law Schools. | url=https://theintercept.com/2024/05/29/leonard-leo-donor-law-schools/ | website=The Intercept | access-date=2024-10-13 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240703022018/https://theintercept.com/2024/05/29/leonard-leo-donor-law-schools/ | archive-date=2024-07-03 | language=en | date=2024-05-09 | url-status=live}}] |
| Jim Blew
| Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies
| 11{{dash}}"Department of Education"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=319-362}}
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| Robert Bortins
| Classical Conversations
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| Rachel Bovard
| Conservative Partnership Institute
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| Matt Bowman
| Alliance Defending Freedom{{dagger}}
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| Steven G. Bradbury
| Heritage
| Chapter 19: "Department of Transportation"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=639}}
| Acting Secretary of Transportation;[ acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation;][ general Counsel of the United States Department of Transportation][{{cite web |title=Meet Key Officials |url=https://www.transportation.gov/mission/meet-key-officials |website=U.S. Department of Transportation |publisher=U.S. federal government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916225301/https://www.transportation.gov/mission/meet-key-officials |archive-date=2019-09-16 |language=en |url-status=deviated}}] |
| Preston Brashers
| Heritage
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| Andrew Bremberg
| Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation[{{Cite web| title=Ambassador Andrew Bremberg| work=Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation| access-date=2025-06-19| url=https://victimsofcommunism.org/leader/ambassador-andrew-bremberg/}}]
| Chapter 1: White House Office
| Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. He previously served as Assistant to the President and the director of the Domestic Policy Council for U.S. President Donald Trump.[{{cite web |last1=Cancryn |first1=Adam |last2=Karlin-Smith |first2=Sarah |last3=Johnson |first3=Eliana |author3-link=Eliana Johnson |title=Top White House policy aide Bremberg to leave |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/white-house-bremberg-843583 |website=Politico |publisher=Axel Springer SE |access-date=2024-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926194335/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/white-house-bremberg-843583 |archive-date=2018-09-26 |language=en |date=2018-09-26 |url-status=live}}] |
| Jonathan Bronitsky
| ATHOS
| Chapter 1: White House Office
| Former chief speech writer for William P. Barr, the 2016–2020 Trump administration's attorney general[{{Cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |date=July 16, 2023 |title= A North Korean defector captivated U.S. media. Some question her story |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/07/16/yeonmi-park-conservative-defector-stories-questioned/ |access-date=July 21, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107020939/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/07/16/yeonmi-park-conservative-defector-stories-questioned/|archivedate=November 7, 2023}}] |
| Kyle Brosnan
| Heritage
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| Patrick T. Brown
| Ethics and Public Policy Center[{{Cite web| title=Patrick T. Brown| work=Ethics & Public Policy Center| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://eppc.org/author/patrick_brown/}}]
| Defended Trump with op-eds[{{Cite web| title=Opinion: The basic problem with putting Trump on trial| date=April 17, 2024| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/17/opinions/trump-trial-problem-brown/index.html}}]
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| Robert Burkett
| ACLJ Action
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| Michael Burley
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Jonathan Butcher
| Heritage
| 11{{dash}}"Department of Education"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=319-362}}
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| Mark Buzby
| Buzby Maritime Associates, LLC
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| United States Maritime Administrator[{{cite web | title=Q&A: Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, Maritime Administrator | url=https://seapowermagazine.org/qa-rear-adm-mark-h-buzby-maritime-administrator/ | website= Seapower | publisher=Navy League of the United States | access-date=2024-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124003818/https://seapowermagazine.org/qa-rear-adm-mark-h-buzby-maritime-administrator/ | archive-date=2020-11-24 | language=en | date=2020-11-16 | url-status=live}}] |
| Margaret Byfield
| American Stewards of Liberty
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| David Byrd
| Korn Ferry
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| Sarah Calvis
| America Moment[{{cite web |title=Sarah Calvis Joins American Moment as Personnel Manager |url=https://www.americanmoment.org/news/sarah-calvis-joins-american-moment-as-personnel-manager/ |website=American Moment |access-date=2024-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924211521/https://www.americanmoment.org/news/sarah-calvis-joins-american-moment-as-personnel-manager/ |archive-date=2023-09-24 |language=en |date=2023-09-07 |url-status=live}}]{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
| Chapter 6: "Department of State";{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}} Project 2025 coordinator
| |
| {{sortname cell|Anthony P.|Campau |nolink=1}}
| Center for Renewing America; EPIC
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Presidential transition team |
| James Jay Carafano
| Heritage
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| Primary aide to the U.S. State Department for the first Trump administration's transition team[{{cite web |last1=Romm |first1=Tony |title=New details emerge on Trump transition organization |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/new-details-emerge-on-trump-transition-organization-231152 |website=Politico |publisher=Axel Springer SE |access-date=2024-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110205438/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/new-details-emerge-on-trump-transition-organization-231152 |archive-date=2016-11-10 |language=en |date=2016-11-09 |url-status=live}}] |
| Frank Carroll
| Professional Forest Management
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| Oren Cass
| American Compass{{dagger}}
| Chapter 18: "Department of Labor and Related Agencies"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=616}}
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| Brian J. Cavanaugh
| American Global Strategies
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| associate director for homeland security at OMB |
| Spencer Chretien
| Heritage: Project 2025 associate director
|6{{dash}} "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
|2019-2020 EOP; HUD
2025- senior bureau official at PRM
[{{Cite web| title=Spencer Chretien| work=United States Department of State| access-date=2025-06-15| url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/spencer-chretien-2/}}]
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| Claire Christensen
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Jeffrey B. Clark
| New Civil Liberties Alliance; Federalist Society[{{Cite web| title=Jeffrey Bossert Clark| date=April 3, 2020| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/jeffrey-clark}}]
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget. |
| Victoria Coates
| Heritage
| 8 – "Media Agencies / Corporation for Public Broadcasting"
| Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle East and North African Affairs |
| Ellie Cohanim
| Independent Women's Forum
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| Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in the first Trump administration[{{cite web | title=Ellie Cohanim tapped as US deputy envoy on anti-Semitism | url=https://www.jns.org/ellie-cohanim-tapped-as-us-deputy-envoy-on-anti-semitism/ | website=Jewish News Syndicate | access-date=2024-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207040405/https://www.jns.org/ellie-cohanim-tapped-as-us-deputy-envoy-on-anti-semitism/ | archive-date=2019-12-07 | language=en | date=2019-12-06 | url-status=live}}] |
| Ezra Cohen
| Union League of Philadelphia
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| DOD[{{cite web | title=Ezra Cohen | url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/2297081/ezra-cohen/ | website=U.S. Department of Defense | access-date=2024-10-13 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20220909212425/https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/2297081/ezra-cohen/ | archive-date=2022-09-09 | language=en | url-status=live}}] |
| Elbridge Colby
| Marathon Initiative
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| Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development in the first Trump administration[{{cite web | last1=Heilbrunn | first1=Jacob | title=Elbridge Colby Wants to Finish What Donald Trump Started | url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/11/tucker-carlson-eldridge-colby-00090211 | website=Politico | access-date=2024-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413023225/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/11/tucker-carlson-eldridge-colby-00090211 | archive-date=2023-04-13 | language=en | date=2023-04-11 | url-status=live}}] |
| Earl Comstock
| White & Case LLP
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| DOC: Wilbur Ross aide (2017-2020)[{{Cite web| title = After census debacle, White House to knock out senior Commerce official| work = POLITICO| access-date = 2025-06-21| url = https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/white-house-earl-comstock-out-1600269}}][{{Cite web | title = Earl Comstock| work = Concurrences| access-date = 2025-06-21| date = 2024-01-24| url = https://www.concurrences.com/en/authors/earl-comstock}}☀]
United States Department of Commerce
☂ |
| Wesley Coopersmith
| Heritage Action for America
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| Legislative Director for Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)[{{Cite web| last=HillFaith| title=STAFF NEWS: Look Who's Movin' On Up The Hill This Week| work=HillFaith| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2020-07-09| url=https://www.hillfaith.org/staff-news/staff-news-look-whos-movin-on-up-the-hill-this-week/}}] |
| Lisa Correnti
| Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)
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| Monica Crowley
| The Nixon Seminar
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| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs in first the Trump administration[{{cite news | last1=Bowden | first1=John | title=Trump taps Monica Crowley to be Treasury spokeswoman | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453416-trump-announces-monica-crowley-to-be-treasury-department-spokeswoman/ | access-date=2024-10-07 | work= The Hill | publisher=Nexstar Media Group]] | date=2019-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717160710/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453416-trump-announces-monica-crowley-to-be-treasury-department-spokeswoman/ | archive-date=2019-07-17 | language=en | url-status=live}}] |
| Laura Cunliffe
| Independent Women's Forum
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| Tom Dans
| Amberwave Partners
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| Sohan Dasgupta
| Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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| Brett D. Schaefer
| Heritage
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| Member on the United Nations committee on contributions[{{Cite web| last=Crossette| first=Barbara| title=Trump Names a UN Critic to the Organization's Crucial Contributions Panel| work=PassBlue| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2018-10-27| url=https://www.passblue.com/2018/10/27/trump-names-a-un-critic-to-the-organizations-crucial-contributions-panel/}}☀member on the United Nations committee on contributions] |
| Corey DeAngelis
| American Federation for Children
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| Caroline DeBerry
| Paragon Health Institute
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| Chris De Ruyter
| National Center for Urban Operations
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| Arielle Del Turco
| Family Research Council
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| Irv Dennis
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| David Deptula
| Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
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| Sergio de la Peña
| | Chapter 4: "Department of Defense"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=127}} | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs in the first Trump Administration[{{cite news |last1=Olivo |first1=Antonio |title=Ex-Trump appointee to Pentagon seeks GOP nomination for Virginia governor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/sergio-de-la-pena-virginia-governor/2021/01/12/42b9521e-54f2-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html |access-date=2024-09-25 |newspaper=Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings |date=2021-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114233928/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/sergio-de-la-pena-virginia-governor/2021/01/12/42b9521e-54f2-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html |archive-date=2021-01-14 |language=en |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |title=Sergio de la Peña |url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/article/1185872/sergio-de-la-pea/ |website=U.S. Department of Defense |publisher=U.S. federal government |access-date=2024-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927224236/https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/article/1185872/sergio-de-la-pea/ |archive-date=2021-09-27 |language=en |url-status=live}}]
2016 presidential campaign |
| Chuck DeVore
| Texas Public Policy Foundation
| Chapter 4: "Department of Defense"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=127}}
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| {{sortname cell|Matthew D.|Dickerson|nolink=1}}
| EPIC; Heritage; Americans for Prosperity
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| senior policy advisor for the House Budget Committee |
| James Di Pane
| Heritage
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| Michael Ding
| America First Legal Foundation
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| David Ditch
| Heritage
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| Natalie Dodson
| Ethics and Public Policy Center
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| Dave Dorey
| The Fairness Center
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| Mike Duffey
|
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Senior White House official[{{cite news |title=Trump impeachment: White House withheld Ukraine aid just after Zelensky call |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50886437 |access-date=2014-09-13 |work=BBC |date=2019-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224064209/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50886437 |archive-date=2019-12-24 |language=en |url-status=live}}] |
| Max Eden
| American Enterprise Institute
| 11{{dash}}"Department of Education"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=319-362}}
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| Troy Edgar
| IBM Consulting
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| Joseph Edlow
| Heritage
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| Jen Ehlinger
| Booz Allen Hamilton
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| John Ehrett
|
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| Office of Senator Josh Hawley |
| Kristen Eichamer
| Heritage
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| Robert S. Eitel
| Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies
| 11{{dash}}"Department of Education"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=319-362}}
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| Will Estrada
| Parents Rights Foundation
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| Farnaz Farkish Thompson
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| Jon Feere
| Center for Immigration Studies{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| Baruch Feigenbaum
| Reason Foundation
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| Travis Fisher
| Heritage
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| George Fishman
| Center for Immigration Studies{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| Leslie Ford
| Heritage
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| Aharon Friedman
| Federal Policy Group
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| Bruce Frohnen
| Ohio Northern University College of Law
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| Joel Frushone
| Ernst & Young
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| Finch Fulton
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| Caleigh Gabel
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Christopher Gacek
| Family Research Council
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| Alexandra Gaiser
| River Financial Inc.
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| Mario Garza
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| Patty-Jane Geller
| Heritage
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| Aurelia S. Giacometto
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| Chapter 16: "Department of the Interior"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=538}}
| United States Fish and Wildlife Service director[{{cite news |last1=Cline |first1=Sara |title=Louisiana governor-elect names former Trump appointee to lead environmental quality agency |url=https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-envirnomental-quality-appointee-3931c7fccc3c8bea169f25cc3451d343 |access-date=2024-10-07 |work=Associated Press (AP) |date=2023-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122045226/https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-envirnomental-quality-appointee-3931c7fccc3c8bea169f25cc3451d343 |archive-date=2023-11-22 |location=Baton Rouge, La. |language=en |url-status=live}}] |
| Andrew Gillen
| Texas Public Policy Foundation
| 11{{dash}}"Department of Education"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=319-362}}
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| James S. Gilmore III
| Gilmore Global Group LLC
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|served as United States Mission to the United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe during the first Trump administration[{{cite web | title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-individuals-key-administration-posts-2/ | website= Office of the President of the United States | access-date=2024-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120202251/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-individuals-key-administration-posts-2/ | archive-date=2021-01-20 | language=en | date=2018-11-07 | url-status=live}}] |
| Vance Ginn
| Economic Consulting LLC
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| John G. Malcolm
| Heritage
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| Alma Golden
| The Institute for Women's Health
| Chapter 9: "Agency for International Development"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=279}}
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| Mike Gonzalez
| Heritage
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| Chadwick R. Gore
| Defense Forum Foundation
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| David Gortler
| Ethics and Public Policy Center
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| Brian Gottstein
| Heritage
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| Dan Greenberg
| Competitive Enterprise Institute
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| Robert "Rob" Greenway
| Hudson Institute
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Top adviser on the Middle East who stepped down following January 6[{{Cite web| title=A top Trump adviser on the Middle East to step down following riot| date=January 8, 2021| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2021/01/08/a-top-trump-adviser-on-the-middle-east-to-step-down-following-riot/}}] |
| {{sortname cell |Rachel|Greszler|nolink=1}}
| Heritage; EPIC
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| Senior economist on the staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress |
| DJ Gribbin
| Madrus Consulting
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| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Joseph Grogan
| USC Schaeffer School for Health Policy and Economics
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| Heritage, The Conservative Promise co-editor
| 6{{dash}} "Department of State" (contributor){{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
|Ambassador Nikki Haley's Chief of Staff at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Assistant Special Counsel, representing the White House in the Mueller investigation
White House Deputy Press Secretary[{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Fin |title=White House makes significant additions to press shop |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-hires-new-deputy-press-secretary-steven-groves/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |work=CBS News |publisher=Paramount Global |date=2019-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201161932/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-hires-new-deputy-press-secretary-steven-groves/ |archive-date=2019-02-01 |language=en |url-status=live}}] |
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| Republican Jewish Coalition
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| Joe Guy
| Club for Growth
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| Heritage
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| America First Legal Foundation
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| Richard Hanania
| Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology
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| Simon Hankinson
| Heritage
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| State Department[{{Cite web| last=Popat| first=-Shrai| title=Trump defends his new travel ban as feud with Musk erupts| work=PBS News| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2025-06-05| url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-defends-his-new-travel-ban-as-feud-with-musk-erupts}}] |
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| Mackinac Center for Public Policy
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| Aaron Hedlund
| America First Policy Institute
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Chief Economist for Domestic Policy at the Council of Economic Advisers. [{{Cite web| title=Staff – The White House| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/cea/staff/}}] |
| Lou Heinzer
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| Center for Renewing America
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| Equal Rights Institute
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| Gabriella Hoffman
| Independent Women's Forum
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| Tom Homan
| Heritage
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| Director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the first Trump administration; Border Czar in the second Trump administration |
| Chris Horner
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| Mike Howell
| Heritage
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| Valerie Huber
| The Institute for Women's Health; Ascend
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Health and Human Services[{{Cite web| title=5 Things to Know About Valerie Huber, Trump's Pro-Abstinence Department of Health and Human Services Pick| date=June 8, 2017| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/things-to-know-about-valerie-huber}}] |
| Andrew Hughes
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Joseph M. Humire
| Center for a Secure Free Society
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities[{{Cite web| title=Congratulations, Joseph Humire| work=Center for a Secure Free Society| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2025-06-09| url=https://www.securefreesociety.org/research/josephhumire-pressrelease/}}☀U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities.] |
| Christopher Iacovella
| American Securities Association
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| Melanie Israel
| Heritage
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| Ken Ivory
| Utah House of Representatives
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| Roman Jankowski
| Heritage
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| Art Kleinschmidt
| Recovery for America Now Foundation
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| SAMHSA; HHS[{{Cite web| title=Drug policy expert set to take senior role at HHS| work=POLITICO| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2025-03-28| url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/hhs-behavioral-health-office-00005446}}] |
| Paul J. Larkin
| Heritage; Civitas Institute[{{Cite web| title=Paul J. Larkin | access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://www.civitasinstitute.org/fellows/paul-j-larkin}}]
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Defends various Trump actions: the spending pause,[{{Cite web| title=Trump's Spending Pauses: Historical Conventions and Statutory Text| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/trumps-spending-pauses-historical-conventions-and-statutory-text}}] the Congressional Review Act,[{{Cite journal| last=Larkin| first=Paul J| title=The Trump Administration and the Congressional Review Act}}] etc. |
| Emilie Kao
| Alliance Defending Freedom{{dagger}}
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| Jared M. Kelson
| Boyden Gray & Associates
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| Aaron Kheriaty
| Ethics and Public Policy Center
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| Ali Kilmartin
| Alliance Defending Freedom{{dagger}}
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| Julie Kirchner
| Federation for American Immigration Reform
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| Dan Kish
| Institute for Energy Research
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| Kenneth A. Klukowski
| Federalist Society[{{Cite web| title=Kenneth A. Klukowski| date=May 22, 2019| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/kenneth-klukowski-1}}]
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
|Constitutional rights advisor on the transition team; Justice Department staffer[{{Cite web| last=Polantz| first=Katelyn| title=Trump DOJ official cooperating with Justice Department's criminal Jan. 6 probe {{!}} CNN Politics| work=CNN| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2022-07-28| url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/klukowski-justice}}☀Justice Department staffer] |
| Brian Knight
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| Chapter 27 (portion): "Financial Regulatory Agencies / Securities and Exchange Commission and Related Agencies"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=837}}
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| Adam Korzeniewski
| American Principles Project
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| Keystone Policy
| Chapter 9: "Agency for International Development"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=279}}
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| American Affairs
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| Stanley Kurtz
| Ethics and Public Policy Center
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| Baker Botts, LLP
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| Paul Lawrence
| Lawrence Consulting
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| Targeted Victory
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| David Legates
| University of Delaware (Ret.)
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States";{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}} Chapter 21: "Department of Commerce"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=688}}
| Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for observation and prediction at the NOAA[{{cite news |last1=Hersher |first1=Rebecca |title=Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/12/912301325/longtime-climate-science-denier-hired-at-noaa |access-date=2024-09-20 |work=NPR |date=2020-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914004352/https://www.npr.org/2020/09/12/912301325/longtime-climate-science-denier-hired-at-noaa |archive-date=2020-09-14 |language=en |url-status=live}}] |
| Marlo Lewis
| Competitive Enterprise Institute
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| CEI{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Jewish Institute for National Security of America
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| Competitive Enterprise Institute
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| Cooper & Kirk PLLC
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| The Vandenberg Coalition
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| Dan Mauler
| Heritage Action for America
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| Brian Vaughan McCormack
| Edison Electric Institute[{{Cite web| last=Perlman| first=Derek Kravitz,Al Shaw,Claire| title=Brian Vaughan McCormack {{!}} Trump Town| work=ProPublica| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2018-03-07| url=https://projects.propublica.org/trump-town/staffers/brian-vaughan-mccormack}};]
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}; 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
| Among several aides who declined to participate in the 2019 impeachment hearings against Trump; National Security Concil [{{Cite web| title=Trump tapping several who served in first administration for National Security Council roles - CBS News| website=CBS News| date=December 22, 2024| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-national-security-council-appointments/}}] |
| Drew McCall
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Boyden Gray & Associates
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| Heritage5[{{Cite web| last=Samuels| first=Brett| title=Ex-Trump aide John McEntee joins Heritage operation as senior adviser| work=The Hill| format=Text| access-date=2025-06-20| date=2023-05-02| url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3984096-ex-trump-aide-john-mcentee-joins-heritage-operation-as-senior-adviser/}}]
| Senior advisor to P25
| Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office[{{cite magazine | last=Elliott | first=Vittoria | title=Teens Say Trump's Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats | url=https://www.wired.com/story/teens-john-mcentee-trump-aide-project-2025-chats/ | magazine= Wired | access-date=2024-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925130609/https://www.wired.com/story/teens-john-mcentee-trump-aide-project-2025-chats/ | archive-date=2024-09-25 | language=en | date=2024-09-24 | url-status=live}}] (fired)[{{Cite web| last=Zeleny| first=Kaitlan Collins,Jeremy Diamond,Jeff| title=Longtime Trump aide fired over financial crime investigation {{!}} CNN Politics| work=CNN| access-date=2025-06-20| date=2018-03-13| url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/13/politics/john-mcentee-white-house-security-clearance}}] |
| Micah Meadowcroft
| The American Conservative{{dagger}}
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| Edwin Meese III
| Heritage{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=xxix}} | Chapter 1: "White House Office"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=41}} | Presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump[{{cite magazine |last1=Cassidy |first1=John |title=What Ed Meese's Presidential Medal of Freedom Says About the G.O.P. and Impeachment |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-ed-meeses-presidential-medal-of-freedom-says-about-the-gop-and-impeachment |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 10, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011225109/https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-ed-meeses-presidential-medal-of-freedom-says-about-the-gop-and-impeachment |url-status=live }}] |
| Jessica Melugin
| Competitive Enterprise Institute
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| Orpheus International
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| Cleta Mitchell
| Conservative Partnership Institute
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| Mark A. Morgan
| Heritage
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| served multiple roles in the first Trump administration[{{cite web | last=Hesson | first=Ted | title=Cuccinelli starts as acting immigration official despite GOP opposition | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/cuccinelli-acting-uscis-director-1520304 | website=Politico | access-date=2024-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611121810/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/cuccinelli-acting-uscis-director-1520304 | archive-date=2019-06-11 | language=en | date=2019-06-10 | url-status=live}}][{{cite web | title=Leadership | url=https://www.dhs.gov/leadership | website=United States Department of Homeland Security | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101235224/https://www.dhs.gov/leadership | archive-date=2021-01-01 | language=en | date=2020-12-10 | url-status=deviated}}] |
| Jessica M. Vaughan
| Center for Immigration Studies{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| American Center for Law & Justice{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| Brigham Young University Law School
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| Ethics and Public Policy Center
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| Heritage
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| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Ethics and Public Policy Center
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| Heritage
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| Casey Mulligan
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| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Chief Economist of the Council of Economic Advisers[{{cite news |last1=Tankersley |first1=Jim |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Rabin |first3=Roni Caryn |author2-link=Maggie Haberman |title=Trump Considers Reopening Economy, Over Health Experts' Objections |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/trump-coronavirus-economy.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=The New York Times |date=2020-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508045231/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/trump-coronavirus-economy.html |archive-date=2020-05-08 |location=WASHINGTON |language=en |url-access=limited |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |title=Casey Mulligan Named Chief Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers |url=https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/news/casey-mulligan-named-chief-economist-for-the-council-of-economic-advisers |website=The University of Chicago |access-date=2024-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302040006/https://socialsciences.uchicago.edu/news/casey-mulligan-named-chief-economist-for-the-council-of-economic-advisers |archive-date=2024-03-02 |language=en |date=2018-09-06 |url-status=live}}] during the first Trump administration |
| Iain Murray
| Competitive Enterprise Institute
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| National Taxpayers Union
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| Andrew N. Vollmer
| Mercatus Center
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| Michael Nasi
| Jackson Walker LLP
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| Lucien Niemeyer
| The Niemeyer Group LLC
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| Nazak Nikakhtar
| Wiley Rein LLP
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| Kathy Nuebel Kovarik
| Sagitta Solutions LLC
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| Matt O'Brien
| Immigration Reform Law Institute
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| Caleb Orr
| Boyden Gray & Associates
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| Ivan Osorio
| Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)[{{cite web |title=Ivan Osorio |url=https://cei.org/experts/ivan-osorio/ |website=Competitive Enterprise Institute |date=April 2, 2007 |access-date=2024-10-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241013112701/https://cei.org/experts/ivan-osorio/ |archive-date=2024-10-13 |language=en |url-status=live}}]
| Chapter 26 (portion): "Trade / The Case for Free Trade"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=817}}
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| Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
| Heritage
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| Scott Pace
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| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Executive Secretary of the National Space Council[{{cite web |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/13/president-donald-j-trump-announces-key-additions-his-administration |website=The White House |publisher=Federal government of the United States |access-date=2023-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802082155/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/07/13/president-donald-j-trump-announces-key-additions-his-administration |archive-date=2017-08-02 |language=en |date=2017-07-13 |url-status=dead}}][{{cite web |last1=Sybert |first1=Sarah |title=Scott Pace Resigns as National Space Council Exec Secretary |url=https://www.govconwire.com/2021/01/scott-pace-resigns-as-national-space-council-exec-secretary/ |website=GovCon Wire |publisher=Executive Mosaic |access-date=2024-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024145801/https://www.govconwire.com/2021/01/scott-pace-resigns-as-national-space-council-exec-secretary/ |archive-date=2022-10-24 |language=en |date=2021-01-06 |url-status=dead}}] during the first Trump administration |
| Michael Pack
| Claremont Institute CEO (2015-2017)
| 8 – "Media Agencies / Corporation for Public Broadcasting"
|USAGM CEO [{{cite web | last1=Bublé | first1=Courtney | title=Global Media Agency CEO Revokes Regulation Clarifying 'Firewall' Protecting Journalistic Integrity | url=https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/10/global-media-agency-ceo-revokes-regulation-clarifying-firewall-protecting-journalistic-integrity/169596/ | website=Government Executive]] | publisher=Constance Sayers | access-date=2024-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101010922/https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/10/global-media-agency-ceo-revokes-regulation-clarifying-firewall-protecting-journalistic-integrity/169596/ | archive-date=2020-11-01 | language=en | date=2020-10-27 | url-status=live}}] |
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| Michael Pillsbury
| Heritage
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| Architect of Trump's policy towards China |
| Patrick Pizzella
| Leadership Institute
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| Deputy and acting Secretary of Labor in the first Trump administration[{{cite web | title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts | url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/19/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key | website= Office of the President of the United States | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715175727/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/19/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key | archive-date=2017-07-15 | language=en | date=2017-06-19 | url-status=dead}}][{{cite web | last1=Kullgren | first1=Ian | title=Trump's acting Labor secretary pick feared by unions | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/trumps-acting-labor-secretary-pick-feared-by-unions-1589621 | website=Politico | access-date=2024-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714080750/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/trumps-acting-labor-secretary-pick-feared-by-unions-1589621 | archive-date=2019-07-14 | language=en | date=2019-07-12 | url-status=live}}] |
| Robert W. Poole, Jr.
| Reason Foundation
| Chapter 19: "Department of Transportation"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=639}}
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| Allymar Health Solutions
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| National Committee for Religious Freedom
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| American Institute for Economic Research
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| Trump's Ambassador to Afghanistan[{{cite web | title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate the Following Individual to a Key Administration Post | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-following-individual-key-administration-post-091020/ | website= Office of the President of the United States | access-date=2024-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120202033/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-following-individual-key-administration-post-091020/ | archive-date=2021-01-20 | language=en | date=2020-09-10 | url-status=live}}] |
| Thomas Pyle
| Institute for Energy Research
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| American Global Strategies
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| Director of National Intelligence [{{cite news | last1=Collins | first1=Kaitlan | author1-link=Kaitlan Collins | title=Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testifies to grand jury in January 6 probe | url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/john-ratcliffe-testifies-grand-jury/index.html | access-date=2024-10-13 | work=CNN]] | publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery]] | date=2023-04-13 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20241014001442/https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/john-ratcliffe-testifies-grand-jury/index.html | archive-date=2024-10-14 | language=en | url-status=live}}] selected for CIA Director in the second Trump administration |
| Paul J. Ray
| Heritage
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs[{{cite web |last1=Bublé |first1=Courtney |title=Senate Confirms Trump's Pick for Regulations Czar |url=https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/01/senate-confirms-trumps-pick-regulations-czar/162335/ |website=Government Executive |publisher=Government Media Executive Group LLC. |access-date=2024-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109223835/https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/01/senate-confirms-trumps-pick-regulations-czar/162335/ |archive-date=2020-01-09 |language=en |date=2020-01-09 |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Andy |last2=Surgey |first2=Nick |title=14 Hours of Videos from Project 2025's Presidential Administration Academy |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/video-project-2025-presidential-training-academy-trump-election |website=ProPublica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812002108/https://www.propublica.org/article/video-project-2025-presidential-training-academy-trump-election |archive-date=2024-08-12 |language=en |date=2024-08-10 |url-status=live}}] in the first Trump administration |
| Joseph Reddan
| Flexilis Forestry
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| Center for Immigration Studies{{nbsp}}{{dagger}}
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| The American Conservative{{dagger}}
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| Heritage
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| Envisage Law
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| Mark Robeck
| Energy Evolution Consulting LLC
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| ACLJ Action
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Election team[{{Cite web| last=Perlman| first=Derek Kravitz,Al Shaw,Claire| title=James Rockas {{!}} Trump Town| work=ProPublica| access-date=2025-06-18| date=2018-03-07| url=https://projects.propublica.org/trump-town/staffers/james-rockas}}☀Donald j. Trump for President of President, Inc. lowa Communications Director] |
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| NOVA-Annandale College
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| America First Legal Foundation
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
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| Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)
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| Heritage
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| Texas Tech University
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| John Locke Foundation
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| America First Policy Institute
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| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Justin Schwab
| CGCN Law
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| American Principles Project
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| Reason Foundation
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| Darin Selnick
| Selnick Consulting
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| Taxpayers for Common Sense
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| Western Energy Alliance
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| Alliance Defending Freedom{{dagger}}
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| Independent Institute
| Chapter 24: "Federal Reserve"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=741}}
| Economic advisor to Trump under his first term[{{cite news |last1=Politi |first1=James |title=Senate prepares to vote on Trump's Fed board nominee Judy Shelton |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4c146684-b364-4966-849a-acfcd7bd9ded |work=Financial Times |date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201113075415/https://www.ft.com/content/4c146684-b364-4966-849a-acfcd7bd9ded |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |access-date=November 13, 2020 |url-access=limited |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Emily |title=Why Trump and McConnell are trying — and failing — to push through Fed pick Judy Shelton |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/11/17/21569992/judy-shelton-federal-reserve-trump-nominee |website=Vox |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=2024-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118211547/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/11/17/21569992/judy-shelton-federal-reserve-trump-nominee |archive-date=2020-11-18 |language=en |date=2020-11-17 |url-status=live}}] |
| Molly Sikes
| Center for Renewing America
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
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| Skyline Policy Risk Group
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| Heritage
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| Heritage
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| Heritage
| 12{{dash}} "Department of Energy and Related Commissions"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=363-416}}
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| U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
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| Functional Government Initiative
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| Texas Public Policy Foundation
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| Independent consultant
| Chapter 9: "Agency for International Development"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=279}}
| USAID chief of staff[{{cite web |title=William R. Steiger |url=https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/william-steiger |website=USAID |access-date=2024-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821133019/https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/william-steiger |archive-date=2019-08-21 |language=en |url-status=live}}] |
| Kenny Stein
| Institute for Energy Research
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| Coalition for a Prosperous America
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| Stewart PLLC
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| Heritage
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| Miller Johnson
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| CGCN Group
| 13{{dash}} "Environmental Protection Agency"{{sfn| Dans| Groves| 2023| pages=417-448}}
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| AllBetter Health
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| Tata Leadership Group LLC
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| Todd Thurman
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| 1792 Exchange
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| Tolman Group
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| Recovery for America Now Foundation
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| Chief of staff of the Office of National Drug Control Policy[{{Cite journal| last=Trump| first=Donald J| title=EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT| url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDIR-2020-07-22/pdf/CDIR-2020-07-22-DEPARTMENTS-2.pdf}}] |
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| American Legislative Exchange Council
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| Mercatus Center |
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| Texas Public Policy Foundation
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| Heritage
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|Mercatus Center
| Chapter 27 (portion): "Financial Regulatory Agencies / Securities and Exchange Commission and Related Agencies"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=837}}
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| Natural Resources Group LLC
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| Allen & Overy LLP
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| Takota Group
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| Heritage
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Global Markets);[{{cite web |last=Spero |first=Domani |title=Trump Nominates Erin Walsh to be Director General of the Foreign Commercial Service |url=https://diplopundit.net/2017/05/31/trump-nominates-erin-walsh-to-be-director-general-of-the-foreign-commercial-service/ |website=Diplopundit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805014834/https://diplopundit.net/2017/05/31/trump-nominates-erin-walsh-to-be-director-general-of-the-foreign-commercial-service/ |archive-date=2017-08-05 |language=en |date=2017-05-21 |url-status=dead}}][{{cite news |last=Rogin |first=Josh |author1-link=Josh Rogin |title=Bolton moves to promote loyalists at the National Security Council |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/18/bolton-moves-promote-loyalists-national-security-council/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings |date=2019-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620174740/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/18/bolton-moves-promote-loyalists-national-security-council/ |archive-date=2019-06-20 |language=en |url-status=live}}] |
| Jacklyn Ward
| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Heritage
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| American Cornerstone Institute
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| Heritage
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| Cicero Institute
| Chapter 2: "Executive Office of the President of the United States"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=64}}
| U.S. Department of Labor in the Trump Administration[{{Cite web| title=Jonathan Wolfson {{!}} Cicero Institute| date=April 28, 2025| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://ciceroinstitute.org/people/jonathan-wolfson/}}☀U.S. Department of Labor in the Trump Administration] |
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| ATHOS
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| Cesar Ybarra
| FreedomWorks
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| John Zadrozny
| America First Legal Foundation
| Chapter 6: "Department of State"{{sfn |Dans |Groves |2023 |page=197}}
| USCIS official[{{Cite web| title=Stephen Miller ally expected to join Ken Cuccinelli at USCIS - POLITICO| website=Politico| date=June 13, 2019| access-date=2025-06-18| url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/zadrozny-cuccinelli-uscis-1529112}}] |
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| FreedomWorks
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