| Name | Category | Tags | Biographical summary | Connection to Donald Trump | Roles in TMTG / Truth Social / Rumble / Locals / Narya / Colt / X | Role in current Trump Administration | Connection(s) to Russia | Dropped cases / investigations / lawsuits ended or withdrawn by DOJ or other federal agency | Sources / evidence links |
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| Donald Trump | Trump Administration (elected) | President; TMTG shareholder; Truth Social | American politician and businessman; 45th and 47th President of the United States. | Subject (Donald Trump). |
Founder / controlling stakeholder of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) (stake reported held via a revocable trust managed by Donald Trump Jr.). Flagship user/promoter of Truth Social (TMTG platform). |
President of the United States (inaugurated Jan. 20, 2025). |
Multiple investigations documented extensive Russia-related contacts/issues around the 2016 election era; major references include the Mueller Report and the Senate Intelligence Committee report series. Trump Tower Moscow pursuit during the 2015–2016 period is discussed in public investigative reporting (see Mueller Report). |
DOJ moved to dismiss (and court dismissed) the federal 2020-election subversion case against Trump in late Nov. 2024, citing DOJ policy regarding prosecution of a sitting president. After the 2024 election, DOJ/Special Counsel also ceased pursuing the classified-documents appeal as to Trump; the 11th Circuit dismissed the appeal as to Trump in late Nov. 2024. |
DOJ: Mueller Report (Vol. I PDF) U.S. Senate Intel Report, Vol. 5 (PDF) Reuters (Nov. 2024: election case dismissed) Reuters (Nov. 2024: docs appeal dismissed as to Trump) PBS: Motion to dismiss (full text) |
| Devin Nunes | Trump Administration / TMTG | TMTG CEO; Intelligence board | Former U.S. Representative (CA) and former House Intelligence Committee chair; executive in Trump-aligned media ventures. | Longtime Trump ally; leads Trump Media (TMTG) and has held Trump-appointed advisory roles. | CEO, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). | Intelligence board chair (PIAB). | None known | None known |
UCSB Presidency Project: Nunes PIAB appointment TMTG corporate site |
| Eric Swider | TMTG | TMTG board | Corporate executive associated with the SPAC pathway that took Trump Media public; listed as a director of TMTG in company governance materials. | Serves on Trump Media’s board; involved in the TMTG public-company structure. | Director, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). | — | None known | None known |
TMTG: Board of Directors RTAC: Team / leadership bio |
| Donald Trump Jr. | Trump family / TMTG | TMTG board; Trust | Businessman and political figure; executive at the Trump Organization; prominent Trump campaign surrogate. | Son of Donald Trump; major public advocate and surrogate in Trump politics and fundraising. |
Director, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Reported trustee of a revocable trust holding Donald Trump’s TMTG shares. |
— | Participated in the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting involving a Russian-linked lawyer and other participants (documented in the Mueller Report and related reporting). | None known |
TMTG: Board of Directors The Verge (trust / stake reporting) DOJ: Mueller Report (Vol. I PDF) |
| Linda McMahon | Trump Administration / TMTG | Cabinet; TMTG board | Business executive (WWE) and longtime Republican donor/figure; served as SBA Administrator in Trump’s first term; later appointed to lead the Department of Education in Trump’s second term. | Longtime Trump ally/donor; served in Trump’s first-term administration; senior Trump-world figure. | Director, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) (company governance filings/reporting). | Cabinet (Education). | None known | None known |
U.S. Dept. of Education: McMahon bio Newsweek (TMTG board reporting) |
| Peter Thiel | U.S. business executives / investors | Tech investor Political donor |
Silicon Valley billionaire and venture capitalist. Co-founded PayPal and Palantir. Prominent Republican-aligned political donor. |
Joined Donald Trump’s 2016 transition effort. connected Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump for a private dinner meeting. Backed MAGA3X through Jeff Giesea, former Thiel Capital Management employee, and through Thiel’s attendance at the DeploraBall. MAGA3X leader Mike Cernovich previously promoted false Pizzagate rumors. Pizzagate is a debunked conspiracy theory that is widely described as a precursor to QAnon. |
None known |
Jefffrey Epstein’s emails and calendar documents show Jeffrey Epstein scheduled a meeting in October 2016 with Peter Thiel and Russian United Nations ambassador Vitaly Churkin. |
None known |
The Guardian (Thiel joins Trump transition) Vanity Fair (Zuckerberg–Trump dinner, Thiel involvement) The Atlantic (DeploraBall, MAGA3X leadership, Thiel attendance) Britannica (Pizzagate overview and link to QAnon) The Washington Post (Cernovich promoted Pizzagate, QAnon outgrowth) |
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| JD Vance | Trump Administration (elected) | Vice President; Narya | American politician and author; previously U.S. Senator from Ohio; venture-capital background. | Trump’s 2024 running mate; now Vice President. | Co-founder, Narya Capital. | Vice President. | None known | None known |
White House: Vice President JD Vance Axios: Vance co-founds Narya Capital |
| David Sacks | Trump Administration (White House) | White House adviser; Rumble board |
Technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist; co-founder and partner at Craft Ventures. Craft Ventures led Locals’ $3.8M seed round (Apr. 2021). Rumble later acquired Locals (Oct. 2021). Rumble acquired Sacks’s startup Callin in 2023 and stated Sacks would join Rumble’s board pursuant to that acquisition. |
Trump appointee as “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar” / adviser (announced Dec. 2024; waiver memo issued Mar. 2025). | Rumble: Board member (joined following Rumble’s acquisition of Callin). | White House adviser (AI & Crypto). |
No direct Russia-linked business orcontact known Publicly argued against the U.S. going “all in” on Ukraine and emphasized negotiation/de-escalation themes; critics characterize this as aligning with Russian-favorable framing. |
None known |
Craft Ventures: David Sacks bio Locals (Apr. 20, 2021): $3.8M seed led by Craft Ventures PRNewswire (Oct. 26, 2021): Rumble acquires Locals SEC filing (Rumble prospectus): acquisition of Locals (Oct. 25, 2021; consideration disclosed) Rumble (May 15, 2023): Callin acquisition; Sacks slated to join board Axios (May 20, 2023): context on Locals/Callin and board seat UCSB Presidency Project (Dec. 5, 2024): Trump statement appointing Sacks White House (Mar. 5, 2025): memo for Sacks The American Conservative: “Should America Go All In on Ukraine?” |
| Howard Lutnick | Trump Administration (Cabinet) | Cabinet Investor |
Business executive. Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald. Serves as Secretary of Commerce in the current Trump Administration. | Trump appointee and Cabinet official. |
Rumble Inc. (RUM) holding disclosed on his public financial disclosure with a reported value range of $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 CF Acquisition Corp. VI was a Cantor sponsored SPAC led by Lutnick that completed a business combination with Rumble |
Cabinet (Commerce) | None known |
A Cantor Fitzgerald affiliate, CG Technology LP formerly doing business as Cantor Gaming, entered a non prosecution agreement in 2016 The company agreed to pay $16.5 million in penalties and forfeiture to resolve a criminal investigation into illegal gambling and money laundering conduct from about 2009 through 2013 The agreement stated the government would not prosecute CG Technology if it complied with the agreement for two years |
DOJ EDNY, Oct 3 2016, Cantor Gaming CG Technology non prosecution agreement OGE 278e, Jan 2025, Lutnick financial disclosure including Rumble holding SEC filing exhibit, Sep 2022, CFVI led by Lutnick and sponsored by Cantor Rumble investor relations, Board of Directors page |
Tulsi Gabbard | Trump Administration (IC leadership) | Intelligence; Rumble; Locals | Former U.S. Representative and U.S. Army Reserve officer. Serves as Director of National Intelligence in the current Trump Administration. | Nominated by Donald Trump and confirmed as Director of National Intelligence. |
Locals community creator at tulsi.locals.com Rumble creator with a channel at rumble.com/TulsiGabbard Rumble announced in 2021 that it welcomed her to the platform as a featured creator and reporting described a paid content deal |
Intelligence leadership (DNI) |
As DNI, she declassified and publicized materials about Russian interference in the 2016 election and argued that Obama era officials politicized intelligence related to that issue. She said she would refer former officials for potential prosecution and provided materials to the Justice Department. The Justice Department announced a Strike Force to assess evidence tied to the materials she publicized. AP reporting said the declassified documents did not support claims of a conspiracy to frame Trump and did not change the longstanding conclusion that Russia interfered in 2016. |
None known |
DOJ, July 23 2025, Strike Force announcement Reuters, July 23 2025, DOJ to assess claims tied to ODNI disclosures AP, August 2025, review of the declassified materials Politico, July 18 2025, reporting on referrals and prosecution requests ODNI, July 2025, posted declassified report PDF Locals: Tulsi Gabbard community Rumble, Aug 12 2021, announcement welcoming Gabbard to the platform Honolulu Civil Beat, Aug 12 2021, reporting on her Rumble agreement Tubefilter, Aug 16 2021, reporting on paid content deals |
| Vivek Ramaswamy | Political figure | Candidate | Entrepreneur and former Republican presidential primary candidate; later endorsed Trump. | Endorsed Trump; briefly associated with the government-efficiency effort (reporting indicates he exited that role). | — | — | None known | None known |
AP: Ramaswamy won’t join DOGE Reuters: DOGE announcement |
| Dan Bongino | Trump Administration (law enforcement) | Law enforcement; Rumble | Former NYPD officer and U.S. Secret Service agent; conservative media personality and commentator. | High-profile pro-Trump commentator; appointed to senior FBI leadership in Trump’s second term. |
Rumble: content creator / channel presence. Rumble: reported beneficial ownership/shareholding in company filings. |
FBI leadership (Deputy Director). | None known | None known |
FBI: Deputy Director Dan Bongino SEC: Rumble DEF 14A (ownership) |
| Michael Ellis | Trump Administration (intelligence) | Intelligence | Attorney and national security official. Served in senior roles in the first Trump Administration including a legal role at the National Security Council and the White House Counsel’s Office. Later became General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Rumble. Sworn in as Deputy Director of the CIA in February 2025. | Former first term Trump Administration official. Appointed by Trump as Deputy Director of the CIA. | — |
Intelligence leadership (CIA) Ellis removed the CIA’s top legal official and installed himself as the agency’s general counsel while remaining Deputy Director. |
None known | None known |
CIA, Feb 10 2025, sworn in as CIA Deputy Director Reuters, Oct 6 2025, installed himself as CIA general counsel per NYT report Rumble, Dec 8 2021, hired as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary SEC exhibit, Nov 16 2022, employment agreement stating he was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Rumble |
| Elon Musk | Tech executive / Trump adviser | X owner; White House adviser | Technology executive; leads/has led major firms including SpaceX and Tesla; owner of X (formerly Twitter). | Major Trump ally/donor and adviser; played a leading role in the administration’s government-reform effort (DOGE) per public reporting. | Owner/controller of X (formerly Twitter). | White House adviser (DOGE). | Multiple reports alleged Musk held conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and/or other Russian officials; U.S. lawmakers publicly urged investigation into those reports. | DOJ dropped (with prejudice) a case alleging SpaceX engaged in discriminatory hiring practices against asylum seekers/refugees; dismissal documented in OCAHO materials and widely reported. |
WSJ (Oct. 2024 report) Reuters (Nov. 2024) Reuters (Feb. 2025: SpaceX case dropped) DOJ (OCAHO) order PDF NYT (Feb. 2025) |
Note: Entries marked (n.d.) or [Publisher] are placeholders—swap in the publication year/publisher once confirmed.