Donald Trump has been deplatformed and defenestrated, but he's nowhere close to being gone. The same goes for the people who made up his administration.
It's why we embarked on this Insider project.
Through interviews, public record searches, and repeated LinkedIn visits, we spent the past several months searching for as many people as possible who worked on Team Trump in an official capacity between January 2017 and January 2021.
Trump alumni: Where are they now?
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Insider went searching for where 330 of the most prominent Trump alumniended up after the administration.
At least104 have establishment ties with prominent lobbying shops, law firms, think tanks, big business or corporate America, including Ben Carson, Eugene Scalia, and Mick Mulvaney.
At least21 have been building something new,including Nikki Haley, Stephen Miller, and Jared Kushner.
We found42 of them still working in politics, including Mike Pence, Mark Meadows, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
At least42 are still serving in government, from Congress to the states and federal agencies, including Rep. Ronny Jackson, Louis DeJoy, and Judd Deere.
At least13 have launched media careers, from writing books to hosting TV shows, including Kayleigh McEnany, Steve Bannon, and Sebastian Gorka.
Six now have anti-Trump personas, including James Comey, John Bolton, and Omarosa Manigault Newman.
At least17 are in lower-profile jobs with academia, nonprofits, or charity, including Alex Azar, Ken Cuccinelli, and Matt Whitaker.
At least84 are lying low, in positions that can't be determined — or they've simply retired, including Hope Hicks, Rex Tillerson, and Melania Trump.
Trump's team is no longer running the country, but many hold prominent jobs while they await the outcome of the next presidential election.
Here's a breakdown of all 330 people from the Trump administration whom we tried to find. You can see all of them at the same time or you can use the tabs to sort them into six categories we defined based on what we learned about their whereabouts. You can also use the search box to find individuals.
Did we miss someone? Got an update on where a Trump alumni landed? Email kleonard@insider.com with any new details.
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