Michael S. Schmidt and Matthew Cullen
President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised at times to use the vast powers of his office to seek revenge against politicians and officials who he contends have wronged him. Over the past several years, he has publicly named a range of those people and specified what he believes should happen to them.
“I am your warrior, I am your justice,” Mr. Trump told supporters in 2023. “And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.”
Here are some of the officials who have been frequent targets of his ire.
Prosecutors and Judges
- Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who oversaw two indictments of Mr. Trump, related to election interference and mishandling of classified documents
“Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged, and he should be thrown out of the country,” Mr. Trump said in October 2024.
- Letitia James, the New York State attorney general who sued Mr. Trump over the valuation of his real estate properties, costing him hundreds of millions of dollars
Ms. James “should be prosecuted,” Mr. Trump said in November 2023.
- Arthur F. Engoron, the New York State Supreme Court judge who oversaw that case
Mr. Trump said at a campaign rally last January that both Judge Engoron and Letitia James “should be arrested and punished accordingly.”
- Alvin L. Bragg, Manhattan district attorney who led a prosecution against Mr. Trump that resulted in a felony conviction
“Alvin Bragg should be held accountable for the crime of ‘interference in a presidential election,’” Mr. Trump said in March 2023.
- Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who indicted Mr. Trump in Georgia in an election interference case
Mr. Trump said Ms. Willis “should be impeached for many reasons,” August of 2023.
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