List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Joe Biden

This is a list of former officials who were appointed by Trump, by one of his appointments, or were not asked to resign who served in his administration who endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential campaign.^[1]

White House officials

Omarosa Manigault Newman, Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison (2017–2018)^[2]
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Director of Communications (2019)^[1]
Robert Shanks, former Peace Corps General Counsel^[1]
Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security adviser and lead COVID-19 adviser to Mike Pence (2018–2020)^[1]^[3]^[4]
Alexander Vindman, Director for European Affairs of the U.S. National Security Council (2018–2020)^[5]^[6]^[7]

Defense Department officials

Paul J. Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2015–2019)^[8]

Homeland Security Department officials

John Mitnick, former Department of Homeland Security General Counsel (2018–2019)^[1]
Elizabeth Neumann, former Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention (2016–2020)^[9]
Miles Taylor, Chief of Staff to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (2019)^[1]
William H. Webster, Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (2005–2020), Director of Central Intelligence (1987–1991), Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978–1987), Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1973–1978), Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (1970–1973), U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri (1960–1961)^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Solender, Andrew. "All The Former Trump Officials Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ "Omarosa backs Biden, predicts Trump will lose". 2 November 2020.
^ Shear, Michael D. (2020-09-17). "Olivia Troye and other former Trump administration officials back Biden, saying it is time to put 'country over party.'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ Tapper, Jake; Herb, Jeremy (17 September 2020). "Pence's former lead coronavirus task force aide slams Trump and endorses Biden in new video". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ "Lincoln Project enlists whistleblower Alex Vindman for anti-Trump DC ad buy". Florida Politics. 16 October 2020.
^ American Family. The Lincoln Project in collaboration with VoteVets. October 16, 2020. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020 – via YouTube.
^ Jacobs, Ben (October 16, 2020). "Alexander Vindman's Wife Accuses Trump of Threatening Their Family". Intelligencer of New York. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ Callahan, Michael; Sullivan, Kate (24 September 2020). "Retired top general who advised Trump is among nearly 500 national security experts endorsing Biden". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
^ Moreno, J. Edward (2020-08-26). "Pro-Biden GOP group highlights second former DHS official opposing Trump". TheHill. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ Janfaza, Rachel (August 21, 2020). "More Than 70 Former GOP National Security Officials and Congressmen Endorse Biden". CNN. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

[soldenderFORBES17sept2020'-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Solender, Andrew. "All The Former Trump Officials Who Have Endorsed Joe Biden". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[2] "Omarosa backs Biden, predicts Trump will lose". 2 November 2020.

[shearNYT17sept2020-3] Shear, Michael D. (2020-09-17). "Olivia Troye and other former Trump administration officials back Biden, saying it is time to put 'country over party.'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[CNN17sept2020-4] Tapper, Jake; Herb, Jeremy (17 September 2020). "Pence's former lead coronavirus task force aide slams Trump and endorses Biden in new video". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[5] "Lincoln Project enlists whistleblower Alex Vindman for anti-Trump DC ad buy". Florida Politics. 16 October 2020.

[6] American Family. The Lincoln Project in collaboration with VoteVets. October 16, 2020. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020 – via YouTube.

[7] Jacobs, Ben (October 16, 2020). "Alexander Vindman's Wife Accuses Trump of Threatening Their Family". Intelligencer of New York. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[8] Callahan, Michael; Sullivan, Kate (24 September 2020). "Retired top general who advised Trump is among nearly 500 national security experts endorsing Biden". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

[morenaTHEHILL26aug2020-9] Moreno, J. Edward (2020-08-26). "Pro-Biden GOP group highlights second former DHS official opposing Trump". TheHill. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

[10] Janfaza, Rachel (August 21, 2020). "More Than 70 Former GOP National Security Officials and Congressmen Endorse Biden". CNN. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

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