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This is a list of former officials who served during the
Trump administration who endorsed
Joe Biden in the
2020 presidential campaign .
[1] Those who were appointed by Trump, rather than holdovers from the Obama administration or temporarily acting, are marked with an asterisk (*).
Justice Department officials
James Comey
A. Lee Bentley III ,
U.S. Attorney for the
Middle District of Florida (2014–2017)
[2]
Daniel Bogden ,
U.S. Attorney for the
District of Nevada (2009–2017, 2001–2006)
[3]
Michael W. Cotter ,
U.S. Attorney for the
District of Montana (2009–2017)
[2]
Deirdre M. Daly ,
U.S. Attorney for the
District of Connecticut (2013–2017)
[2]
James Comey ,
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017),
Deputy Attorney General (2003–2005)
[2]
Karen L. Loeffler ,
U.S. Attorney for the
District of Alaska (2009–2017)
[2]
Kenneth Magidson ,
U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of Texas (2011–2017)
[2]
Carole Rendon ,
U.S. Attorney for the
Northern District of Ohio (2016–2017)
[2]
Kevin W. Techau ,
U.S. Attorney for the
Northern District of Iowa (2014–2017)
[2]
John W. Vaudreuil ,
U.S. Attorney for the
Western District of Wisconsin (2010–2017)
[2]
Sally Yates ,
Acting U.S. Attorney General (2017),
U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2015–2017),
U.S. Attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia (2010–2015)
[2]
White House officials
State Department officials
U.S. Ambassadors
Marie Yovanovitch
Greg Delawie ,
U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo (2015–2018)
[9]
Kathleen A. Doherty ,
U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus (2015–2018)
[9]
Linda Thomas-Greenfield ,
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (2013–2017),
Director General of the Foreign Service (2012–2013),
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia (2008–2012)
[11]
S. Fitzgerald Haney ,
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica (2015–2017)
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
Roberta S. Jacobson ,
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2016–2018)
Karen Kornbluh , Member of the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (2014–present),
U.S. Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2009–2012)
[9]
Deborah R. Malac ,
U.S. Ambassador to Uganda (2016–2020),
U.S. Ambassador to Liberia (2012–2015)
[9]
James D. Melville Jr. ,
U.S. Ambassador to Estonia (2015–2018)
[9]
Nancy Bikoff Pettit ,
U.S. Ambassador to Latvia (2015–2019)
[9]
Dana Shell Smith ,
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar (2014–2017)
[17]
Karen Clark Stanton ,
U.S. Ambassador to East Timor (2014–2017)
[9]
Julie Furuta-Toy ,
U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (2016–2019)
[2]
Marie Yovanovitch ,
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2016–2019),
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia , (2008–2011),
U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2005–2008)
[4]
Defense Department officials
Vivek Murthy
Homeland Security Department officials
Other executive branch officials
Janet Yellen
Richard Cordray , Director of the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2012–2017),
2018 Democratic nominee for
Governor of Ohio
[22]
Esther Kiaʻāina ,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas (2014–2017)
[23]
Vivek Murthy ,
U.S. Surgeon General (2014–2017)
[24]
Sonny Ramaswamy , Administrator of the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2012–2018)
[25]
Janet Yellen ,
Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2018),
Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve (2010–2014), Member of the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2010–2018, 1994–1997), President of the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2004–2010), Chair of the
Council of Economic Advisers (1997–1999)
[26]
See also
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