In the US, a felon is defined as a person who has been convicted of a felony. A felony is the most serious category of criminal offense. The US legal system distinguishes folonies from “misdemeanors” (less serious) and “infractions” (minor violations like speeding tickets). Apart from Trump himself, there are remarkably numerous felons (or ex-felons, since technically one is no longer a felon after receiving a pardon) in or around the US government at present. Here is a list:
Peter Navarro (Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing)
Convicted for two counts of contempt of Congress in 2024 for defying subpoenas.
Navarro is the primary architect of the administration’s “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” agenda. His role involves designing tariff structures, including the 25% across-the-board tariffs, and enforcing “Buy American, Hire American” policies. He acts as a key policy translator for the President’s economic instincts and is working to establish a new “External Revenue Service” to collect tariff payments.
Charles Kushner (U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco)
Convicted in 2005 of tax evasion, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions.
Kushner is the father of Jaret, Trump’s son-in-law. He represents U.S. interests in France and Monaco. His tenure has been marked by diplomatic friction; he has recently been involved in public disputes with French officials over administration comments regarding internal French political matters. His duties include managing bilateral relations, though he has faced recent “summons” from the French Foreign Ministry which he reportedly declined to attend personally.
Alice Marie Johnson (“Pardon Czar”)
Sentenced to life in 1996 for cocaine conspiracy and money laundering.
She leads the administration’s clemency efforts, reviewing and recommending individuals for presidential pardons and commutations. Her focus is on identifying non-violent offenders who she believes were over-sentenced. She also coordinates with the White House Faith Office and the Attorney General to ensure that those released have support systems to prevent recidivism.
Paul Manafort (Political Consultant and Advisor)
Convicted in 2018 of bank fraud, tax fraud, and witness tampering.
Manafort serves as a senior strategist and consultant. He leverages his extensive history in “hardball politics” to advise on campaign strategy, convention rules, and international political relations. He has historically been a bridge between the administration and various foreign interests.
Roger Stone (Lobbyist and Strategic Advisor)
Convicted in 2019 of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.
Stone operates as a “political fixer” and strategist. In addition to providing informal advice to the President, he is currently active as a lobbyist for major infrastructure and energy projects, such as the Uinta Basin Railway. He also uses his media platform to communicate the administration’s “attack-oriented” political messaging to the “MAGA” base.
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What, you now rightly ask, is the situation in other countries?
Here is the list of high-ranking governmental felons in some other major nations:
Canada: 0
France: 0
Germany: 0
UK: 0
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Dear Edzard,
You unfortunately forgot to mention the multiple fellonies Donald, the godfather of this pack, has been convicted for.
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I mentioned it only in passing – thinking that everyone was aware of it.
There is an upside in terms of the large and unwitting public health messaging from this administration.
1. Trump is educating us on spotting and raising awareness of fronto-temporal dementia. Please see link below
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8sIVp1M12u/
2. Pete hegseth is educating the non medicaly trained on what an a***hole looks like and ailments affecting it. Great for proctology.
3. Pete and RFKjr raising awareness of the dangers to cognitive function from alcoholism and sniffing too much cocaine off a toilet seat. One for addiction services.
4. Karoline Leavitt or as I like to fondly think of her ‘lady haw haw’ – Stockholm syndrome?
5. The whole administration have given child and adult abuse services enough material for years on which to develop a training programme. It will be rolled out as the TrumpStein training and likely take at least 3 months to complete.
6. Trump again helping people understand what a malignant narcisist looks and sounds like.
7. The importance of a good education system that seems to have failed a significant proportion of the American people.
8. How not to be a proper journalist.
9. Why nobody should ever be allowed to be a billionaire.
Unfortunately also despite the excellent traing material I dont hold high hopes of this going anywhere due to point 8 largely. Here in the UK it feels as if we are sleepwalking into 30’s Germany (we are pretty close).
Astonishing that Marco Rubio (US Secretary of State) did not make this list even though he has personal and family connections to drug traffickers.
The sad thing is that the Trump regime is not just led by and stocked with convicted felons, but that they keep committing new crimes on an almost daily basis.
Three months ago, the Legal Eagle YouTube channel compiled a list of illegal acts perpetrated by the Trump regime in 2025, i.e. the first 10 months of his second . The result is a staggering number of over 200 violations of the law, roughly boiling down to 1 crime per (working) day. Every single day. And the tally right now is probably up to 300 or more, not even counting the ongoing corruption that is by now fully ingrained in this, for want of a better word, ‘administration’.