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 special counsel who indicted Mr. Trump in two criminal cases, in Washington in 2023.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times
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Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who oversaw two indictments of Mr. Trump, related to election interference and mishandling of classified documents
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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
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Arthur F. Engoron, the New York State Supreme Court judge who oversaw that case
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Alvin L. Bragg, Manhattan district attorney who led a prosecution against Mr. Trump that resulted in a felony conviction
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Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who indicted Mr. Trump in Georgia in an election interference case
Jan. 6 investigators
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Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chairman of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
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The other members of the committee — which included one other Republican, Adam Kinzinger, and seven Democrats
First-term foes
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Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former lawyer, who pleaded guilty during Mr. Trump’s first term to paying to silence a woman who claimed she had sex with Mr. Trump
