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THE LISTS
One of the chants at Trump campaign rallies in 2016 was "Drain the Swamp," and it became one of his pledges. Instead, his performance in this area is one of the worst on record.
In this blog we present three lists, people who are no longer with the administration due to malfeasance, impropriety, or who just wanted out. Associates now in jail, and women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.
List 1..Fired or resigned.
Alex Acosta - Labor Secretary - resigned July 12.2019. As U.S. Attorney in Florida in 2008, made what was termed a "sweetheart" deal for Jeffrey Epstein. The rich financier had pleaded guilty to charges of being a sexual predator. New charges of sex trafficking have been filed by the Southern District of New York on the basis of new evidence.
Michael Flynn - resigned after serving as national security adviser for less than a month.
Sally Yates - Acting attorney general, fired by Trump during his first 10 days in office for refusing to uphold Trump"s executive order on immigration, saying it was unlawful.
Preet Bhara - Fired as U.S. attorney for the southern district of Manhattan after refusing to resign.
Katie Walsh - Former chief of staff to Rance Priebus who resigned to run "America First Policies." a pro Trump group outside government.
Patrick Shanahan - Former Boeing Executive appointed Acting Defense Secretary who withdrew from consideration for the permanent position when his family domestic violence history emerged.
Sarah Sanders - Combative Press Secretary who left for a possible run for Governor in Arkansas.
Rod Rosenstein - Deputy U.S. Attorney General, who oversaw the Mueller investigatioin and at times was at odds with Trump.
Kirstjen Nielsen - Homeland Security Secretary blamed by Trump for, in his view, failing to stem the increase in migrant border crossings.
Scott Gottlieb - FDA Commissioner who worked to curb electronic cigarettes. Left to spend time with family.
James Mattis - Secretary of Defense whose resignation letter was a clear rebuke of Trump's foreign policy orthodoxy.
Ryan Zinke - Interior Secretary who was under several ethics violations when he departed. While in office he was the subject of 15 investigations and was notorious for questionable expenditures.
John Kelly - White House chief of staff. He and Trump had quit speaking prior to the announcement he was leaving.
Jeff Sessions - Resigned after nearly two years as Attorney General. Trump frequently criticized him for recusing himself over the special counsel appointment.
Don McGahn - left the Trump administration after 21 tumultuous months.
Nikki Hayley - UN Ambassador--served for two years and said she wanted to take a break.
Scott Pruitt - EPA administrator - Pruitt was the subject of several ethics investigations for lavish spending habits, conflicts of interest and asking staff to conduct personal errands.
Tom Bossert - Homeland Security Adviser - fired by John Bolton the new National Security Adviser.
David J. Shulkin - Secretary of Veterans affairs. Came under fire from Trump and was replaced by White House Physician Ronny Jackson. Later it was alleged he spent taxpayer money on a trip to Europe.
H.R. McMaster - National Security Adviser who had a rocky relationship with Trump and other senior administration officials. Replaced by John Bolton.
Andrew McCabe - 21 year veteran of the FBI - Fired one day short of reaching pension eligibility.
Rex Tillerson - Asked by the President to quit his Secretary of State post.
Gary Cohn - Director of the National Economic Council and Trump's Economic Adviser. Had a difference of opinion over tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel.
Hope Hicks - White House Communications Director who quit on 2/28/2019
Rob Porter - White House staffer who resigned after ex-wives accused him of physical and emotional abuse.
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald - CDC Director who resigned after Politico reported she had purchased stock in Japan Tobacco while in office.
Omarosa Manigault - Director of African American outreach- later director of communications for the White House office of public liaison. Said to have left to pursue other opportunities.
Tom Price - Secretary of Health and Human Service. Spent over a million dollars using private planes and military jets on trips to Africa, Europe and Asia. Resigned Sep 28,2018.
Sebastian Gorka - Deputy Assistant to Trump. A former Breitbart news staffer and ally of Steve Bannon. Left saying he could better serve the Trump Agenda from the outside.
Steve Bannon - Trump's chief strategist, dismissed after clashes with White House Staff.
Anthony Scaramucci - White House communications director, dismissed after two weeks. The dismissal urged by John Kelly.
Reince Priebus - White House Chief of Staff--resigned after 6 month due to a public feud with Scaramucci.
Sean Spicer - The embattled White House Press Secretary who resigned over the hiring of Scaramucci.
Michael Dubke - White House communications director who resigned.
Walter Shaub - resigned as director of Office of Government ethics after a dispute over Trump's financial holdings.
James Comey- Fired by Trump over his handling of whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
List 2...In Jail
In all 34 people and three companies were charged in the Meuller probe.
Paul Manafort - Manafort ran Trump's campaign for part of 2016. He was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, one count of failure to file a report of foreign bank and financial accounts and two counts of bank fraud.
Rick Gates - Manafort's former business partner and Trump's former deputy campaign chair. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying t Mueller's investigators about his business dealings with Manafort.
Michael Cohen - Trump's long time fixer pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the duration of Trump's plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. He was sentenced to three years in prison for that plea. In another case he admitted to eight felony counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
Michael Flynn - A top Trump surrogate and campaign foreign policy adviser, he admitted to lying to the FBI about the substance of his conversations wit Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
George Papadopoulos - A Trump foreign policy adviser, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about the timing of his conversations with a professor who had ties to Russian intelligence. The professor told Papadopoulous he had thousands of e-mail that would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Alex van der Zwaan -A London based lawyer, he admitted to lying to Mueller's investigators about his contacts with Gates. He worked with Gates and Manafort for a Ukrainian political party that was closely allied with Russia.
Richard Pinedova - Sentenced to 6 months in jail and 6 months of home confinement for selling bank account and other stolen identity information to a group of Russians accused of interfering in the election. They allegedly used the information to take on fake online identities.
List 3...Female Accusers
Jessica Leeds - Alleged Trump groped her on a plane in the late 70s - which he denies.
Kristin Anderson - says Trump put his hand up her skirt to her underwear in the early 1990s. Denied by Communications Director Hope Hicks.
Jill Harth - Says she and her boy friend were having dinner with Trump when he allegedly tried to put his hands between her legs. Also tried to kiss her during a tour of Mar-a-Lago a month later.
Cathy Heller - Miss Utah in the 1997 Miss USA Pageant when Trump tried to kiss her on the lips. Trump says he doesn't even know who she is.
Karena Virgina - The New York area yoga instructor says Trump approached her outside the US Tennis Tournament in 2016 as she awaited a car service. He made unseemly remarks about her appearance, grabbed her arm and groped her breast.
Bridget Sullivan - Miss New Hampshire in 2000. Said Trump came into the Miss Universe changing room while the contestants were naked.
Tasha Dixon - The former Miss Arizona says Trump walked into a dress rehearsal for a pageant in 2001 when the contestants were half naked and the women were told to "fawn all over him."
Mindy McGillivray - told the Palm Beach Post Trump grabbed her rear end while she worked as a photographer's assistant at a 2003 event at Mar-a-Lago.
Rachel Crooks - A secretary who worked in Trump's New York City building says when she met Trump in 2005 he shook her hand, kissed her on the cheeks and then on the lips.
Natasha Stoynoff - The writer for People Magazine said Trump inappropriately touched her in 2005 when she was at Mar-a-Lago for an interview on Trump's pending first anniversary with Melania Trump.
Jennifer Murphy - A contestant on the fourth season of "The Apprentice," she says Trump kissed her on the lips after a 2005 job interview.
Jessica Drake - The adult film star says Trump kissed her and two other women on the lips without their consent 10 years ago.
Ninni Laaksonen - Says Trump squeezed her rear end after posing for a photo before an appearance on the David Letterman show.
Summer Zervos - A competitor on the fifth season of "The Apprentice," she says Trump kissed her twice during a job interview meeting and later groped and kissed her in a California hotel room.
Cassandra Searles - A former Miss Washington USA who, according to Rolling Stone, said Trump continually grabbed her ass and invited her to his hotel room.
E. Jean Carrol - on June 21, 2019 accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago.
note - Trump or a spokesperson have denied all of the accusations and in some cases he denies knowing the accuser.
List 1..Fired or resigned.
Alex Acosta - Labor Secretary - resigned July 12.2019. As U.S. Attorney in Florida in 2008, made what was termed a "sweetheart" deal for Jeffrey Epstein. The rich financier had pleaded guilty to charges of being a sexual predator. New charges of sex trafficking have been filed by the Southern District of New York on the basis of new evidence.
Michael Flynn - resigned after serving as national security adviser for less than a month.
Sally Yates - Acting attorney general, fired by Trump during his first 10 days in office for refusing to uphold Trump"s executive order on immigration, saying it was unlawful.
Preet Bhara - Fired as U.S. attorney for the southern district of Manhattan after refusing to resign.
Katie Walsh - Former chief of staff to Rance Priebus who resigned to run "America First Policies." a pro Trump group outside government.
Patrick Shanahan - Former Boeing Executive appointed Acting Defense Secretary who withdrew from consideration for the permanent position when his family domestic violence history emerged.
Sarah Sanders - Combative Press Secretary who left for a possible run for Governor in Arkansas.
Rod Rosenstein - Deputy U.S. Attorney General, who oversaw the Mueller investigatioin and at times was at odds with Trump.
Kirstjen Nielsen - Homeland Security Secretary blamed by Trump for, in his view, failing to stem the increase in migrant border crossings.
Scott Gottlieb - FDA Commissioner who worked to curb electronic cigarettes. Left to spend time with family.
James Mattis - Secretary of Defense whose resignation letter was a clear rebuke of Trump's foreign policy orthodoxy.
Ryan Zinke - Interior Secretary who was under several ethics violations when he departed. While in office he was the subject of 15 investigations and was notorious for questionable expenditures.
John Kelly - White House chief of staff. He and Trump had quit speaking prior to the announcement he was leaving.
Jeff Sessions - Resigned after nearly two years as Attorney General. Trump frequently criticized him for recusing himself over the special counsel appointment.
Don McGahn - left the Trump administration after 21 tumultuous months.
Nikki Hayley - UN Ambassador--served for two years and said she wanted to take a break.
Scott Pruitt - EPA administrator - Pruitt was the subject of several ethics investigations for lavish spending habits, conflicts of interest and asking staff to conduct personal errands.
Tom Bossert - Homeland Security Adviser - fired by John Bolton the new National Security Adviser.
David J. Shulkin - Secretary of Veterans affairs. Came under fire from Trump and was replaced by White House Physician Ronny Jackson. Later it was alleged he spent taxpayer money on a trip to Europe.
H.R. McMaster - National Security Adviser who had a rocky relationship with Trump and other senior administration officials. Replaced by John Bolton.
Andrew McCabe - 21 year veteran of the FBI - Fired one day short of reaching pension eligibility.
Rex Tillerson - Asked by the President to quit his Secretary of State post.
Gary Cohn - Director of the National Economic Council and Trump's Economic Adviser. Had a difference of opinion over tariffs on imports of aluminum and steel.
Hope Hicks - White House Communications Director who quit on 2/28/2019
Rob Porter - White House staffer who resigned after ex-wives accused him of physical and emotional abuse.
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald - CDC Director who resigned after Politico reported she had purchased stock in Japan Tobacco while in office.
Omarosa Manigault - Director of African American outreach- later director of communications for the White House office of public liaison. Said to have left to pursue other opportunities.
Tom Price - Secretary of Health and Human Service. Spent over a million dollars using private planes and military jets on trips to Africa, Europe and Asia. Resigned Sep 28,2018.
Sebastian Gorka - Deputy Assistant to Trump. A former Breitbart news staffer and ally of Steve Bannon. Left saying he could better serve the Trump Agenda from the outside.
Steve Bannon - Trump's chief strategist, dismissed after clashes with White House Staff.
Anthony Scaramucci - White House communications director, dismissed after two weeks. The dismissal urged by John Kelly.
Reince Priebus - White House Chief of Staff--resigned after 6 month due to a public feud with Scaramucci.
Sean Spicer - The embattled White House Press Secretary who resigned over the hiring of Scaramucci.
Michael Dubke - White House communications director who resigned.
Walter Shaub - resigned as director of Office of Government ethics after a dispute over Trump's financial holdings.
James Comey- Fired by Trump over his handling of whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
List 2...In Jail
In all 34 people and three companies were charged in the Meuller probe.
Paul Manafort - Manafort ran Trump's campaign for part of 2016. He was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, one count of failure to file a report of foreign bank and financial accounts and two counts of bank fraud.
Rick Gates - Manafort's former business partner and Trump's former deputy campaign chair. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying t Mueller's investigators about his business dealings with Manafort.
Michael Cohen - Trump's long time fixer pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the duration of Trump's plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. He was sentenced to three years in prison for that plea. In another case he admitted to eight felony counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations.
Michael Flynn - A top Trump surrogate and campaign foreign policy adviser, he admitted to lying to the FBI about the substance of his conversations wit Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
George Papadopoulos - A Trump foreign policy adviser, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI about the timing of his conversations with a professor who had ties to Russian intelligence. The professor told Papadopoulous he had thousands of e-mail that would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Alex van der Zwaan -A London based lawyer, he admitted to lying to Mueller's investigators about his contacts with Gates. He worked with Gates and Manafort for a Ukrainian political party that was closely allied with Russia.
Richard Pinedova - Sentenced to 6 months in jail and 6 months of home confinement for selling bank account and other stolen identity information to a group of Russians accused of interfering in the election. They allegedly used the information to take on fake online identities.
List 3...Female Accusers
Jessica Leeds - Alleged Trump groped her on a plane in the late 70s - which he denies.
Kristin Anderson - says Trump put his hand up her skirt to her underwear in the early 1990s. Denied by Communications Director Hope Hicks.
Jill Harth - Says she and her boy friend were having dinner with Trump when he allegedly tried to put his hands between her legs. Also tried to kiss her during a tour of Mar-a-Lago a month later.
Cathy Heller - Miss Utah in the 1997 Miss USA Pageant when Trump tried to kiss her on the lips. Trump says he doesn't even know who she is.
Karena Virgina - The New York area yoga instructor says Trump approached her outside the US Tennis Tournament in 2016 as she awaited a car service. He made unseemly remarks about her appearance, grabbed her arm and groped her breast.
Bridget Sullivan - Miss New Hampshire in 2000. Said Trump came into the Miss Universe changing room while the contestants were naked.
Tasha Dixon - The former Miss Arizona says Trump walked into a dress rehearsal for a pageant in 2001 when the contestants were half naked and the women were told to "fawn all over him."
Mindy McGillivray - told the Palm Beach Post Trump grabbed her rear end while she worked as a photographer's assistant at a 2003 event at Mar-a-Lago.
Rachel Crooks - A secretary who worked in Trump's New York City building says when she met Trump in 2005 he shook her hand, kissed her on the cheeks and then on the lips.
Natasha Stoynoff - The writer for People Magazine said Trump inappropriately touched her in 2005 when she was at Mar-a-Lago for an interview on Trump's pending first anniversary with Melania Trump.
Jennifer Murphy - A contestant on the fourth season of "The Apprentice," she says Trump kissed her on the lips after a 2005 job interview.
Jessica Drake - The adult film star says Trump kissed her and two other women on the lips without their consent 10 years ago.
Ninni Laaksonen - Says Trump squeezed her rear end after posing for a photo before an appearance on the David Letterman show.
Summer Zervos - A competitor on the fifth season of "The Apprentice," she says Trump kissed her twice during a job interview meeting and later groped and kissed her in a California hotel room.
Cassandra Searles - A former Miss Washington USA who, according to Rolling Stone, said Trump continually grabbed her ass and invited her to his hotel room.
E. Jean Carrol - on June 21, 2019 accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago.
note - Trump or a spokesperson have denied all of the accusations and in some cases he denies knowing the accuser.
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