Here are some of the famous names on Trump's 'close contacts' list
The list of former President Trump’s “close contacts” was shown during his Manhattan hush money trial last week.
The 50-plus person list features a bevy of business associates, celebrities, star athletes and billionaires. It was revealed during former White House aide Madeleine Westerhout's testimony on Thursday. The contacts’ phone numbers were redacted.
Some names on the list are closely tied to the ongoing case like Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen and the former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker.
Trump faces 34 felony counts in the hush money case where he stands accused of falsifying business records related to a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels who alleged having a sexual encounter with him in 2006.
Here are some famous names on the “close contact” list:
Tom Brady, former NFL quarterback
Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speaks during the halftime ceremony of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)
The former NFL superstar displayed a “Make America Great Again” red cap in the locker room back in 2015.
Bill Belichick, former New England Patriots coach
Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick faces reporters during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Foxborough, Mass., held to announce that he has agreed to part ways with the team. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Trump appointed Belichick to his Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition in 2018. Belichick, who led the Patriots to six Super Bowl championships, sent a letter to the former president in 2016 which Trump read during a rally in New Hampshire.
Bret Baier, Fox News’ chief political anchor
Mika Brzezinski, co-host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC
Brzezinski has been one of Trump's most vociferous critics, but he was a frequent guest on the show in 2015 and 2016 and was known to watch the program.
Jerry Falwell Jr., former Liberty University president
Marc Kasowitz, lawyer
Serena Williams, former No. 1 women’s tennis player
Serena Williams acknowledges the crowd after losing to Ajla Tomljanovic, of Austrailia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sept. 2, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Williams briefly played against Trump in 2015 as a part of a tennis center opening in Virginia.
Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco. Murdoch stirs mixed feelings in Britain, where he transformed the media over half a century. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Steve Wynn, casino mogul
Ike Perlmutter, former Marvel executive
Phil Ruffin, casino owner
Lou Rinaldi, politician
Joe Scarborough, co-host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC
In this Oct. 11, 2017, file photo, MSNBC television anchor Joe Scarborough takes questions from an audience at forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Scarborough is a former GOP congressman from Florida who left the party in part over Trump. He and his now-wife, Brzezinski, were frequent targets of Trump on Twitter.
Allen Weisselberg, former CFO of the Trump Organization
Jeanine Pirro, co-host of “The Five” on Fox News
Jeanine Pirro stands in the hallway during a break in the trial of former President Donald Trump at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Victor J. Blue/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Pirro has appeared at some of the trial's sessions. Trump pardoned Albert J. Pirro Jr., her ex-husband, in his final hour as commander in chief.