Executive Power Grab
Presidential actions expanding executive power beyond constitutional limits.
2026
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Key figures in Executive Power Grab
135 figures
Donald Trump
President of the United States (since January 2025)
Russell Vought
OMB director
Linda McMahon
U.S. Secretary of Education
Lori Chavez-DeRemer
U.S. Secretary of Labor
Kristi Noem
DHS Secretary
Richard Nixon
vetoed the legislation
Susan Collins
U.S. Senator (R-Maine), 2025–present
Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States
David Richardson
Acting FEMA Administrator
Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense
Doreen Greenwald
National President, National Treasury Employees Union
Elon Musk
Founder and CEO, xAI; owner, X (formerly Twitter), 2025–present
George Shultz
Secretary of State
Jimmy Gomez
U.S. Representative (D-CA)
Lee Zeldin
EPA Administrator
Paul Wellstone
Richard Leon
Senior U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia (George W. Bush appointee, confirmed 2002)
Scott Bessent
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (confirmed January 2025)
Shelley Moore Capito
U.S. Representative - WV
Stephen Miller
White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Trump administration, 2025-present)
Susie Wiles
White House Chief of Staff (Trump administration, 2025-present)
Aaron Lukas
Principal Deputy DNI (July 2025–); Acting DNI from July 1, 2026
Abigail Spanberger
Governor of Virginia (January 2026–present)
Abraham Williams
Tulsi Gabbard's husband; cinematographer
Alexander Acosta
U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida
Alexandr Wang
Founder and CEO, Scale AI; Meta AI adviser, 2026
Andrew Carter Jr.
U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York
Austin Evers
Executive Director, American Oversight
Becky Pringle
Union leader
Ben Schiffrin
Director of Securities Policy, Better Markets
Bennie Thompson
U.S. Representative - MS District 2
Bill Cassidy
U.S. Senator (R-Louisiana), 2025–present
Bill Nelson
Brian Babin
U.S. Representative - TX District 36
Byron Dorgan
Carey Hamilton
Former FEMA Administrator
Center for American Progress
Liberal Think Tank
Chip Campsen
South Carolina State Senator (Charleston County)
Chris Kaiser
Policy Director, ACLU of Virginia (2026)
Chuck Schumer
Senate Minority Leader (D-NY), 2025–present
Congress
Cynthia Kirk
Working parent
Dabney Friedrich
U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Dario Amodei
CEO, Anthropic, 2025–present
David Sacks
Former White House AI and Crypto Czar (special government employee, Jan–Mar 2026); Co-Chair, President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST), Mar 2026–present; General Partner, Craft Ventures
David Warrington
White House Counsel (Trump administration, 2025-present)
DOE
Donald Sherman
President, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Ed Martin
DOJ Pardon Attorney (2026-present)
Edward Kennedy
Edward Markey
U.S. Representative - MA
Esmail Baghaei
Spokesperson, Iranian Foreign Ministry, 2025–present
Everett Kelley
AFGE President
Francesca Albanese
UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories (since 2022)
George Soros
Open Society Foundations founder
George W. Bush
Former President
Gerald Ford
House Minority Leader, opposed override
Glenn Youngkin
Former Governor of Virginia (January 2022–January 2026)
grant recipients
Greg Hembree
South Carolina State Senator (Horry County)
Hamilton P. Fox III
D.C. Disciplinary Counsel (2017-present)
Hans von Spakovsky
Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation; constitutional scholar, Advancing American Freedom (2026)
Henry McMaster
Governor of South Carolina (since 2017)
Hester Peirce
Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission
Hillel Neuer
Executive Director, UN Watch (Geneva-based monitoring group)
Indira Talwani
U.S. District Judge, Massachusetts
Jacky Rosen
Former Acting Attorney General (Dec. 2020-Jan. 2021)
Jameel Jaffer
Executive Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
James Jeffords
Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan Chase CEO
JD Vance
Vice President of the United States, 2025–present
Jeanine Pirro
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (2025-present)
Jeffrey Clark
Former Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division (2018-2021)
Jennifer Bacon
Personnel Office Deputy (2020)
Jerome Powell
subject of investigation
Jim Clyburn
U.S. Representative, South Carolina 6th Congressional District (since 1993)
John D. Bates
Senior U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (appointed 2001 by President George W. Bush, confirmed 97-0)
John McEntee
Former Presidential Personnel Office Director (2020-2021)
John Thune
U.S. Representative - SD
Julie Kushner
Senior Advisor to the President, 2025–present
Karen Keys-Gamarra
Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, D-Fairfax (2026)
Kathleen Clark
Government Ethics Professor, Washington University School of Law
Kevin Roberts
President of Heritage Foundation
Kiran Ahuja
Former Director, Office of Personnel Management
Lawrence Summers
Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard Professor
Lindsay James
New York Attorney General
Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina), 2025–present
Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator (R-Alaska), 2025–present
Lucy McBath
Member of Congress
Luke Rankin
South Carolina State Senator, redistricting bill lead sponsor (Horry County)
Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State (confirmed January 2025)
Mark Kelly
U.S. Senator (D-Arizona), 2025–present
Mark Lepak
Mark White
SEC Chair 2013-2017 (historical context)
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder and CEO, Meta Platforms, 2025–present
Markwayne Mullin
Secretary of Homeland Security (confirmed 2025)
Massimiliano Cali
Senior Economist, World Bank; husband of Francesca Albanese
Michael Frisch
Ethics Counsel, Georgetown University Law Center
Mike DeWine
Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senator (R-KY)
Neomi Rao
Circuit Judge, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
Pamela Bondi
U.S. Attorney General (confirmed February 2025)
Partnership for Public Service
Nonpartisan Transition Organization
Patricia Millett
D.C. Circuit Chief Judge
Paul Atkins
Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission (confirmed April 2025)
Paul Dans
Project 2025 Director (2022-2024)
Peter Welch
U.S. Representative - VT
Phil Gramm
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator (R-Kentucky), 2025–present
Ratcliffe
CIA Director
Rex Rice
South Carolina State Senator (Pickens County)
Richard Donoghue
Former Acting Deputy Attorney General (Dec. 2020-Jan. 2021)
Rob Bresnahan
U.S. Representative - PA District 8
Robert Aderholt
U.S. Representative - AL District 4
Saddam Azlan Salim
State Senator, D-Fairfax (2026)
Sam Altman
CEO, OpenAI, 2025–present
Scott Holcomb
Scott Surovell
Senate Majority Leader, Virginia General Assembly, D-Fairfax (2026)
Sean Bennett
South Carolina State Senator (Dorchester County)
Sean Duffy
Acting NASA Administrator
Shane Massey
South Carolina State Senate Majority Leader (Edgefield County)
Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. Representative - RI
Steve Witkoff
White House Special Envoy, 2025–present
Suzanne Chretien
Project 2025 Associate Director
T. Elliot Gaiser
Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Office of Legal Counsel (Trump appointee, 2025)
Taiwan Scott
Lead plaintiff, prior NAACP redistricting lawsuit against South Carolina
Tanya Chutkan
U.S. District Judge
Thomas J. Powell
Lead plaintiff, Powell et al. v. SEC (Ninth Circuit / Supreme Court petition)
Todd Blanche
Acting Attorney General (April 2026-present)
Tom Davis
South Carolina State Senator (Beaufort County)
Tom Homan
Border Czar, White House (2025–present)
Tulsi Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence, January 2025 – June 30, 2026
Virginia Foxx
U.S. Representative - NC District 5
Zoe Lofgren
U.S. Representative - CA District 18