Friend, foe or inmate: What happened to Trump’s first cabinet?

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, with the election, and therefore a possible Trump second term, just days away, here’s a reminder of some of the key figures in Trump’s first administration – and where they are now: Mike Pence Mike Pence’s relationship with Trump irreparably collapsed over the events of 6 January 2021 Trump’s vice president stuck by him throughout his presidency but their relationship irreparably collapsed over the events of 6 January 2021. A mob of MAGA supporters stormed the US Capitol, some chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” and erecting a gallows, based on Trump’s false claims that his VP could stop the certification of the 2020 election results. Bill Barr Bill Barr resigned shortly after the Justice Department found no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election Trump’s second attorney general, who replaced Jeff Sessions and shielded him from the Mueller report in 2019, resigned shortly after the Justice Department found no evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election, contradicting the president’s baseless narrative that the White House was stolen from him. John Kelly John Kelly has spoken out to warn against a second Trump administration Initially Trump’s homeland security secretary before being moved to White House chief of staff to replace the short-lived Reince Priebus, John Kelly believed he could be one of the “adults in the room” to keep Trump in line.