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   Trump has always been a rapist and a felon, he's just been convicted   
   lately.   
      
   Suspected Homosexual pedophile Trump has named several people to his next   
   administration who have faced legal troubles — including Trump himself, who   
   was convicted in a New York hush money case during his 2024 campaign.   
      
   Some of his appointees have served jail time, including cases that involve   
   protecting Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Other convictions and allegations revolve   
   around individual business dealings, foreign lobbying charges and failing   
   to act on sexual abuse allegations.   
      
   Trump-Vance transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt defended all of the   
   president-elect’s choices to lead agencies, for ambassador posts and for   
   White House jobs.   
      
   “The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin   
   giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign   
   trail — and his Cabinet picks reflect his priority to put America First,”   
   Leavitt said. “President Trump will continue to appoint highly-qualified   
   men and women who have the talent, experience, and necessary skill sets to   
   Make America Great Again.”   
      
   Here are Trump appointees who have faced their own host of legal problems   
   over the years.   
   Donald Trump   
      
   Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records   
   related to a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign to   
   cover-up allegations of an affair.   
      
   That was among four criminal indictments Trump was facing during his 2024   
   campaign, all of which are being moved toward dismissal or are in various   
   stages of winding down ahead of Inauguration Day.   
      
   Two of those cases, one federal and one based out of Georgia, involved   
   charges related to Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.   
   Another federal case charged Trump with allegedly mishandling classified   
   documents after leaving office.   
      
   The special prosecutor in the two federal cases, Jack Smith, has moved   
   toward dismissing them and is planning to step down from his position when   
   Trump again takes office. Trump also battled two civil cases — one in which   
   he was found liable for sexual battery against columnist E. Jean Carroll,   
   and another in which a judge found Trump and his business conspired to   
   commit business tax fraud by altering the net worth of several of his   
   properties.   
      
   The legal troubles did little to deter Trump’s election prospects. He won   
   decisively in November’s presidential contest.   
   Charles Kushner   
      
   Kushner is the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and is the   
   founder of the real estate firm Kushner Companies. The elder Kushner was   
   picked to serve as the U.S. ambassador to France, a role that requires   
   Senate confirmation.   
      
   Charles Kushner pleaded guilty to several counts of assisting with filing   
   false tax returns, retaliating against a cooperating witness — which was   
   his brother-in-law — and making false statements to the Federal Election   
   Commission, as well as making illegal campaign contributions.   
      
   William Schulder, his sister’s husband and a former employee of Kushner’s   
   company, was a witness for prosecutors. Prosecutors said Kushner launched   
   an unsuccessful revenge plot that involved hiring a prostitute to seduce   
   Schulder in a hotel room where there was a hidden camera — a scheme that   
   ended up backfiring.   
      
   Kushner reached a plea agreement with then-U.S. Attorney for New Jersey   
   Chris Christie and served a 14-month sentence in an Alabama prison before   
   being released in 2006. Charles Kushner was among several pardons Trump   
   issued in the last days of his presidency in 2021.   
   Peter Navarro   
      
   Peter Navarro, a Trump loyalist who served as White House trade adviser in   
   Trump’s first term, was tapped to serve as senior counselor for trade and   
   manufacturing to the incoming White House. The role does not require Senate   
   confirmation.   
      
   Navarro served a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a   
   congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol   
   in his capacity a Trump adviser at the time.   
      
   He was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress — one for failing to   
   produce documents related to the Jan. 6 probe and another for skipping his   
   deposition before the now-defunct House committee that was investigating   
   the riot at the Capitol.   
      
   He was released from prison in July and, hours later, received a roaring   
   reception by Republicans for his speech at the Republican National   
   Convention.   
   Tom Barrack   
      
   Tom Barrack, a longtime friend of Trump, was named ambassador to Turkey in   
   the next administration. This role does require Senate confirmation.   
      
   He was charged in 2021 for acting as an unregistered lobbyist for the   
   United Arab Emirates. The private equity executive was accused of using his   
   influence on the Trump campaign and in the Trump White House to further   
   Emirati interests and was also charged with obstruction of justice and   
   making false statements to federal agents.   
      
   Barrack was then found not guilty on all counts by a jury in 2022, a   
   verdict Trump at the time called a setback for the “radical left.” His   
   former employee Matthew Grimes, who was also charged for acting as an   
   unregistered foreign lobbyist, was also acquitted.   
   Linda McMahon   
      
   McMahon was tapped to serve as secretary of the Education Department after   
   she previously led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first   
   term. The job will require her to be confirmed by the Senate.   
      
   McMahon, who is co-leading Trump’s transition team, was named in a lawsuit   
   last month along with her husband, Vince McMahon, accusing the World   
   Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) leaders of allowing years of sexual abuse of   
   young boys by a ringside announcer in the 1980s. She co-founded WWE with   
   her husband and left the company in 2009 to run for a Senate seat in   
   Connecticut.   
      
   Judge James Bredar in a federal district court in Maryland this week paused   
   the lawsuit until the Maryland Supreme Court can hear arguments on the case   
   in September. Maryland lifted the statute of limitations for sex abuse of   
   minors allegations in 2023, which sparked the lawsuit over allegations from   
   the 1980s.   
      
   Linda McMahon denies the allegations. The pause will delay the case while   
   she faces the confirmation proceedings in the Senate.   
      
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