- Paul Manafort, campaign chairman: Tax fraud and bank fraud
- Rick Gates, Trump’s deputy campaign manager: Conspiracy against the United States
- Roger Stone, campaign adviser: Obstruction, lying to the FBI, witness interference
- Steve Bannon, chief strategist: Defying a subpoena
- George Nader, foreign policy adviser: Child sex abuse
- Peter Navarro, trade adviser: Contempt of Congress
- Michael Cohen, Trump attorney: Campaign finance fraud and tax evasion
- Jenna Ellis, Trump attorney: Aiding and abetting false statements
- Micahel Flynn, national security adviser: Lying to the FBI
- George Papadopoulos, campaign adviser: Lying to the FBI
- Kenneth Chesebro, Trump attorney: Conspiracy to file false documents
- Alan Wiesselberg, Trump Organization CFO: Perjury
- Elliot Broidy, top fundraiser and campaign adviser: Conspiracy to violate FISA
Trump used his extraordinary pardon authority in a very un-ordinary way the last time he had the opportunity, pardoning pals Manafort, Flynn, Broidy, and Stone so that none of them had to serve more than a fraction of their sentences. He also
pardoned Bannon, who was charged with ripping off donors who thought they were helping to build Trump’s wall, before his case even went to trial. That didn’t stop Bannon from getting himself indicted a
second time—and convicted—after Trump left office.
Right now, the Good Felons club doesn’t include his former attorneys
Rudy Giuliani and
John Eastman, who have both been indicted. And Sidney Powell is only a junior member, thanks to her
multiple misdemeanors.
Chief of staff Mark Meadows and deputy chief of staff Daniel Scavino didn’t face charges, though the House
voted to hold them in contempt and recommended their prosecution to the Department of Justice. They got lucky.
But give it time. More Trump associates are sure to join the list.