Cabinet of Corruption
TRUMP CABINET: CORRUPTION DOSSIER
Research compiled for Deep State Club / The Resistance Club Updated: February 2026 | 22 Cabinet & Cabinet-Level Officials
The following dossier compiles documented and alleged corruption, conflicts of interest, ethical violations, and scandal for each member of Donald Trump’s second-term cabinet. Sources include congressional records, inspector general reports, ProPublica, The Atlantic, CNN, NPR, The Hill, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s congressional floor speech reading 100 acts of corruption into the record on April 29, 2025.
NOTE: All individuals are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. This document reflects documented allegations, investigations, and findings — not criminal convictions unless noted.
JD Vance — Vice President
- Cast the tie-breaking vote confirming Pete Hegseth — a man credibly accused of sexual assault — as Defense Secretary.
- Was part of the Signalgate Signal chat — received classified Yemen strike information on an unsecured platform.
- Backed Trump’s efforts to pressure Mike Pence to reject Electoral College certification on Jan. 6, 2021.
Susie Wiles — White House Chief of Staff
- Previously a major lobbyist with clients including tobacco companies and mining corporations — now controls access to the President.
- No Senate confirmation required — making accountability for her role nearly impossible.
- Her background in deep industry ties raises questions about whose interests are being represented in the West Wing.
Marco Rubio — Secretary of State
- Simultaneously holds four roles: Secretary of State, acting USAID head, acting National Archivist, and acting National Security Advisor — raising serious competence and conflict-of-interest concerns.
- Participated in Signalgate — the group chat where classified Yemen strike details were shared on an unsecured app, potentially violating federal records law.
- Named as defendant in FOIA lawsuits for use of Gmail and Signal for official government business, which could violate the Federal Records Act.
- Confirmed 99-0, but critics note his transformation from Trump critic (“Little Marco”) to loyal defender as a troubling abandonment of principle.
Scott Bessent — Secretary of the Treasury
- Formerly a George Soros adviser who publicly warned against the inflationary effects of tariffs — has since reversed position entirely to serve Trump’s trade agenda.
- Named in FOIA lawsuit alongside Rubio, Hegseth, and Gabbard for potential use of unsecured communications (Gmail/Signal) for official government business.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren flagged Bessent’s refusal to cooperate with Senate Finance Committee investigation into Epstein financing connections.
- Supports sweeping deregulation of financial markets benefiting hedge funds — raises questions about conflicts with his background in the hedge fund industry.
Pam Bondi — Attorney General
- Epstein Files Debacle: Promised “the full Epstein files” were “sitting on my desk right now.” The release was a theatrical stunt — binders handed to conservative influencers contained mostly already-public info. An estimated 98% of Epstein-related records remain unreleased.
- Facing bipartisan contempt threats: Reps. Thomas Massie (R) and Ro Khanna (D) drafted inherent contempt charges after DOJ failed to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
- Weaponized DOJ: Used the Justice Department as a political weapon, launching investigations into Trump political enemies including Adam Schiff, James Comey, and Letitia James.
- During a congressional hearing about Epstein — with victims seated behind her — she pivoted to praising the Dow Jones and called the ranking Democrat a “washed-up loser lawyer.”
- As Florida AG (2013), received a $25,000 donation from the Trump Foundation days after deciding not to pursue fraud claims against Trump University. She was fined for improperly using the donation.
- Former lobbyist for a federal immigration detention contractor — now runs DOJ which oversees those very contracts.
Doug Burgum — Secretary of the Interior
- Made significant personal income leasing land to Big Oil companies — now oversees federal land policy and energy extraction on public lands.
- Interior Dept. under him has dramatically expanded oil and gas drilling permits on federal land, directly benefiting the industry that enriched him.
- Sen. Warren flagged him as a textbook example of the “revolving door.”
Pete Hegseth — Secretary of Defense
- Signalgate: Shared classified Yemen strike details — including targets, timing, and methods — on Signal with unauthorized individuals including his wife, brother, and personal lawyer. Pentagon Inspector General confirmed this violated protocol and risked endangering U.S. troops. Hegseth refused to cooperate with the IG investigation and falsely claimed “total exoneration.”
- A second Signal chat was later discovered. No damage assessment was ever ordered — itself highly unusual and potentially a cover-up.
- Sexual assault allegation: Accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017. Entered a confidential civil settlement while maintaining innocence.
- Alcohol abuse: Multiple accusations of public intoxication, including reports of being “carried out” of functions drunk. Refused to answer “true or false” when pressed by Sen. Mark Kelly, calling all allegations “anonymous smears.”
- His own mother wrote in a 2018 email that he is an “abuser of women” who “belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around.”
- Hired his brother Phil Hegseth to a senior Pentagon role — direct nepotism.
- Ordered an unauthorized pause on U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine without telling the President, causing a White House scramble.
- Articles of impeachment filed by Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) in December 2025 calling him “incompetent.” Additional impeachment threats from other members.
- Confirmed by just one vote — the tie broken by VP Vance — the most controversial confirmed Defense Secretary in modern history.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Vaccine skeptic running public health: Dismissed expert vaccine advisory panels that shaped U.S. immunization policy for decades, amid the worst measles outbreak since eradication.
- Conflict of interest: Planned to continue collecting payments from anti-vaccine lawsuits while heading HHS — the agency that regulates vaccine policy.
- Hosted million-dollar dinners between Big Pharma CEOs and himself as their own regulator — flagged by Sen. Warren as blatant corruption.
- Accused of groping a family nanny; brushed off the allegation saying “I am not a church boy.”
- Slashed HHS vaccine research funding and fired scientific advisory boards, drawing bipartisan public health alarms.
- Articles of impeachment filed by Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in December 2025 for “abuse of authority and undermining of the public health.”
- Publicly bragged about snorting cocaine off toilet seats — a stunning statement from the nation’s top public health official.
Kristi Noem — Secretary of Homeland Security
- $220 Million Ad Contract Scandal (ProPublica, Nov. 2025): DHS bypassed competitive bidding — invoking “national emergency” — to award $220M in taxpayer-funded contracts. A mysterious Delaware LLC created days before the deal received the majority of the money, then secretly funneled it to the Strategy Group, a firm with deep personal and business ties to Noem. The firm’s CEO is married to DHS’s chief spokesperson. Federal contract law experts called it flat out “corrupt.”
- As South Dakota governor, secretly skimmed 10% (~$80,000) of donations from her own nonprofit into her personal Delaware LLC.
- As governor, steered an $8.5M state ad contract to that same Strategy Group.
- Blocked congressional oversight visits to ICE detention facilities, requiring 7 days advance notice — a rule she unilaterally created. Multiple members of Congress were physically denied entry.
- ICE under Noem conducted warrantless arrests of U.S. citizens including veterans and seniors. A federal court found 22 such arrests violated a legal settlement.
- 180+ House Democrats supporting an impeachment resolution citing contract corruption, obstruction of congressional oversight, and constitutional violations.
- Accused the FBI of leaking ICE raid plans with zero evidence — the FBI called her claim “deeply irresponsible.”
Doug Collins — Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- No military service and limited veterans policy background — main qualification was loyalty to Trump.
- Participated in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
- Confirmed 77-23 with bipartisan support — one of the less-scrutinized picks, though his election-denial background remains concerning.
Chris Wright — Secretary of Energy
- CEO of Liberty Energy, a major fracking company, before joining the cabinet — now sets federal energy policy.
- Publicly claimed “there is no climate crisis” — now leads the Department of Energy, which funds climate and clean energy research.
- Oversaw rollback of DOE clean energy programs that benefit competitors to fossil fuels.
- Sen. Warren flagged him as a direct conflict of interest: oil and gas executive placed in charge of energy regulation.
Linda McMahon — Secretary of Education
- Co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), with no education policy background — appointed to lead a department Trump has pledged to abolish.
- WWE faced years of lawsuits over worker misclassification, denying wrestlers health benefits and long-term injury compensation.
- As Trump’s transition co-chair, faced ethics questions over her role in selecting political appointees while herself being considered for a cabinet post.
Howard Lutnick — Secretary of Commerce
- CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, a major financial firm — critics raised conflict of interest concerns given Commerce oversees trade and economic policy affecting his firm’s investments.
- At a cabinet meeting, proclaimed Trump had created the “greatest Cabinet” as officials took turns praising the president — behavior Sen. Warner compared to “something I’d expect out of North Korea.”
Lori Chavez-DeRemer — Secretary of Labor
- One-term congresswoman who lost her reelection bid — leads an agency overseeing the labor rights of 160 million American workers.
- Described as having “overlapping scandals that continue to get worse” by political watchdogs.
- Confirmation drew scrutiny over campaign finance irregularities and donor relationships that conflicted with her purported pro-labor stance.
Brooke Rollins — Secretary of Agriculture
- Policy adviser in Trump’s first White House with no agriculture background — now leads the USDA.
- Her America First Policy Institute was a dark money operation critics say was used to build a shadow government during the Biden years, funded by undisclosed donors.
Sean Duffy — Secretary of Transportation
- Former Wisconsin congressman and reality TV personality (The Real World) — oversees a $100+ billion department managing aviation, railroads, highways, and infrastructure.
- His tenure has coincided with significant aviation safety concerns and FAA staffing shortages following mass federal worker terminations.
Russell Vought — Director, Office of Management and Budget
- Primary architect of Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation blueprint for dismantling the administrative state and replacing career civil servants with political loyalists.
- Helped gut USAID funding and foreign aid programs.
- Democrats staged an all-night protest session over concerns he would illegally impound congressionally appropriated funds.
- Lobbied to privatize Medicare — then took charge of OMB’s healthcare budget.
Tulsi Gabbard — Director of National Intelligence
- Named in FOIA lawsuits for use of unsecured Signal and Gmail for official intelligence business.
- Was part of the Signalgate Signal chat where classified Yemen strike information was shared with an unauthorized journalist.
- Criticized for past meetings with Bashar al-Assad and repeatedly amplifying Russian government disinformation — serious counterintelligence concerns for the nation’s top intelligence official.
- Reversed her longstanding opposition to Section 702 surveillance of Americans immediately upon seeking confirmation.
John Ratcliffe — CIA Director
- Named in Signalgate probe and FOIA lawsuits for potential use of unsecured communications.
- During Trump’s first term, repeatedly politicized CIA intelligence assessments to align with Trump’s political preferences — a breach of the CIA’s core mission.
- Promoted debunked conspiracy theories throughout his career prior to his CIA appointment.
Kelly Loeffler — Administrator, Small Business Administration
- As U.S. Senator, sold millions in stocks immediately after a private Senate briefing on COVID-19 in early 2020 — before the public market crash. An SEC investigation was opened (later closed without charges), but the trading pattern remains deeply suspicious.
- Her husband is the CEO of the NYSE’s parent company — a massive financial conflict given her economic policy role.
- Confirmed 52-46 despite widespread ethics concerns.
Jamieson Greer — U.S. Trade Representative
- Confirmed February 26, 2026 — new enough that his full record is still developing.
- The tariff agenda he now implements has contributed to rising consumer prices and inflation, contradicting Trump’s core campaign promise to lower costs “on day one.”
- Former USTR chief of staff during Trump’s first term, during which many of the same protectionist trade policies caused market disruption.
Sources: Sen. Warren Senate floor speech (April 29, 2025) • ProPublica Noem/DHS investigation (Nov. 2025) • The Atlantic Signalgate (March 2025) • Pentagon Inspector General Report on Hegseth (Dec. 2025) • NPR / PBS on Bondi and Epstein files • American Oversight (americanoversight.org) • CREW (crew.org)