The Trump Administration is Filling Up With Koch Allies

December 05, 2016
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A Transition Team and Cabinet Full of Koch

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump boasted that he had no need for the Koch brothers, claiming to have rejected meetings with them and calling his Republican primary opponents "puppets" for meeting with the Kochs.

Yet, today, Trump's transition team and Cabinet is quickly filling with a number of Koch affiliates, confidantes, and business associates.

Politico has called it Trump's Koch administration. Talking Points Memo noted that "Behind Make America Great, the Koch agenda has returned with a vengeance." Others have called Trump an unwitting "puppet" of the Koch brothers.

A full survey of all Koch-ties in Trump's transition team and Cabinet would feature dozens more names and look even more cluttered than the map you see. But, for starters, here are Trump's top officials and his energy, climate, and environment staff that have close ties to the Koch brothers and their donor networks.

Scroll and zoom on the map to explore all the connections, or click "Next" to zoom in on some of the featured relationships.