These Trump loyalists flocked to the courtroom for his criminal trial this year. Now, they’ve been named in his new administration.

An entourage of GOP elites rallied behind President-elect Donald Trump during his criminal hush-money trial.

When Donald Trump stood trial in his historic criminal hush-money case earlier this year, a bevy of GOP elites flocked to a Manhattan courthouse in support of the former and now future president.

Trump was eventually found guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Now, the president-elect is tapping some of those same supporters for roles in his administration. Four of the loyalists who rallied behind Trump during the trial have already been tapped for roles in his incoming administration.

In addition to those, Trump gave several members of his legal defense team top roles on Thursday: He named Todd Blanche for deputy attorney general and Emil Bove for principal associate deputy attorney general. Dean John Sauer, who represented Trump in the presidential immunity case before the Supreme Court, received a nomination to serve as the US solicitor general.

The Trump allies who supported him in court and have now been named to his administration are:

JD Vance attended Trump’s hush-money trial. 

JD Vance

Ohio Sen. JD Vance will become vice president in Trump’s upcoming second administration.

In May, toward the end of Trump’s first criminal trial, Vance was among a slew of Republican politicians to mobilize around Trump as he routinely defended himself to reporters in the hallway outside the 15th-floor downtown Manhattan courtroom where the trial was held.

Vance was also the first vice presidential contender to show up at court for Trump.

“Does any reasonable, sensible person believe anything that Michael Cohen says? I don’t think that they should,” Vance told reporters on May 13 outside the courthouse after Cohen, Trump’s ex-personal attorney-turned-nemesis, first took the witness stand.

Matt Gaetz also showed his support for Trump.

Matt Gaetz

Trump sent shockwaves through Washington after he named Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general.

Gaetz was among an entourage of rank-and-file House Republicans who showed up at Trump’s hush-money trial in support of the then-presidential hopeful.

“We’re here of our own volition because there are things we can say that President Trump is unjustly not allowed to say,” Gaetz said during a May 16 press conference outside the courthouse.

The right-wing firebrand continued, “This is a corrupt judge. These are corrupted witnesses. This is a corrupt prosecution that belies any sense of the facts or the law. And so, we’re going to keep speaking out against this.”

Vivek Ramaswamy called Trump’s hush-money trial “a politicized persecution” when he showed up at the courthouse.

Vivek Ramaswamy

Ex-GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is set to co-lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” alongside fellow billionaire Elon Musk.

When Ramaswamy, the tech entrepreneur, showed up to Trump’s hush-money trial on May 14, he was considered as a vice presidential contender.

“This is a politicized persecution that is nakedly apparent,” Ramaswamy told reporters at the time outside the courthouse.

Mike Waltz (left) was among an entourage of GOP politicians to rally behind Trump at his criminal trial. 

Mike Waltz

Trump has tapped Florida Rep. Mike Waltz to serve as his next national security advisor.

The congressman supported Trump in court during the hush-money trial on May 16.

“It’s a shame our country has fallen to a place where NY Democrats have weaponized the courts to interfere with our election,” Waltz said in a post on X at the time. “President Trump will beat this and we will send him back to the White House this November!”