Here's what every member of the Trump family is up to after leaving the White House

Talia Lakritz
·9-min read

  • Donald Trump, who is running for president again, was just found guilty in his hush-money trial.

  • Melania Trump did not attend his trial but has supported his campaign at private events.

  • Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner bought homes in Florida and launched the Abraham Accords Caucus.

Since leaving the White House in 2020, Donald Trump and his family have remained powerful political figures.

Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election. On Thursday, Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial involving a $130,000 payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

Here's a look at what Trump's family members have been doing since his presidency.

Donald Trump, who is running for president again in the 2024 election, is now a convicted criminal.

Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Texas in January 2022
Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally.Sergio Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Hours before President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021, Trump and his family flew to Florida, where he currently resides at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach.

Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign on November 15, 2022. He continues to hold rallies and call the 2020 election into question amid several ongoing investigations.

The New York attorney general is investigating the Trump Organization's financial dealings, and court filings detail the AG office's accusations against the company, including improperly inflated property values. In March 2023, he was indicted and charged with 34 felony counts for first-degree falsifying business records. Trump denied all wrongdoing, pleading not guilty and accusing the probes of being politically motivated. It went to trial in April, and on Thursday, Trump was found guilty on all counts in the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president. Trump maintained that he is a "very innocent man."

In August 2022, FBI agents executed a search warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, prompting a furious reaction from Trump and his allies. The search appeared to be over material that Trump brought back to Florida after leaving the White House, spurring a federal investigation linked to the Presidential Records Act. In June 2023, Justice Department prosecutors charged Trump with 37 criminal counts, alleging he withheld classified records from the government after leaving office and attempted to obstruct their return. Trump entered a not-guilty plea at the time.

Another ongoing investigation by the House of Representatives' January 6 Select Committee includes subpoenas to Trump allies and administration officials who communicated with the president in the days and months preceding the attack on the Capitol in 2021. In August 2023, Trump was indicted for a third time and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction, and conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one's vote counted as part of the Department of Justice's investigation into the events leading up to the January 6 Capitol riot.

Trump has vowed to return to the White House in 2024, saying at a January 2022 rally in Texas that he would consider pardons for rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6 if elected, The New York Times reported.

Former first lady Melania Trump has mostly kept a low profile since the White House, but she made an appearance at a fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago in April.

Donald Trump and Melania Trump at an Astros game
Former president Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump at a baseball game in Atlanta, Georgia.Elsa/Getty Images

Melania Trump resides at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

After keeping a low profile post-White House, Melania announced in December 2021 that she would be releasing NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), with a portion of the proceeds funding scholarships for children in foster care.

She released a watercolor of her eyes painted by artist Marc-Antoine Coulon and titled "Melania's Vision" — which sold for $150 — and "The Head of State Collection," which featured the white hat she wore when French president Emmanuel Macron visited the White House in 2018, CNN reported.

In January 2022, "The Head of State Collection," auction received far less than anticipated. Buyers could only bid with the Solana cryptocurrency, but its value crashed 40% while the auction was underway. In all, the bids were worth $162,144, while Trump's guide price was $250,000.

The New York Times reported in July 2023 that while Melania announced a scholarship program called "Fostering the Future" in 2022, no charities with that name were registered in New York or Florida.

The Times also reported she privately supports Trump's reelection campaign despite her absence on the campaign trail and at Trump's court appearances.

Her other rare public appearances since leaving the White House have included attending Rosalynn Carter's funeral alongside other first ladies in November. The following month, she welcomed new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives in Washington, DC.

In April 2024, she was reportedly the guest of honor at a fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago for the conservative LGBTQ+ organization Log Cabin Republicans. During a speech, she detailed the campaign's plans to reach out to conservative gay and lesbian voters for their support, ABC News reported.

Donald Trump Jr. speaks at Trump rallies, bought a house in Florida, and is engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle at CPAC in 2021.
Don Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle at the Conservative Political Action Conference.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

As Trump's oldest son, Trump Jr., served as executive vice president of the Trump Organization and was instrumental in his father's presidential campaign. He is engaged to former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, who he began dating in 2018.

In March 2021, Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle sold their house in the Hamptons for $8 million and purchased a $9.7 million home in the gated Admirals Cove neighborhood of Jupiter, Florida, about 20 minutes from Mar-a-Lago.

In January 2022, Guilfoyle posted a photo with Trump Jr. where she appeared to be wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger. An unnamed source told The Daily Mail that the pair quietly got engaged on New Year's Eve in 2020 and had been keeping it under wraps since then. On Valentine's Day in February 2022, Guilfoyle posted a series of Instagram photos with Trump Jr., calling him "my fiancé."

Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle continue to make appearances at the Conservative Political Action Conference and the Turning Point Action USA Conference.

Ivanka Trump has said she's stepping back from politics. She and her husband, Jared Kushner, launched the Abraham Accords Caucus in October 2021.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner in Israel
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz shakes hands with Ivanka Trump alongside Jared Kushner during the inaugural event of the Abraham Accords Caucus, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament.AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Ivanka and Kushner both served as senior advisors in the Trump White House.

They reportedly bought a $32 million empty lot in Indian Creek Village, Florida, known as Miami's "Billionaire Bunker," in December 2020. They then signed a lease for a "large, unfurnished unit" in the amenities-packed Arte Surfside condominium building in Surfside, Florida, for at least a year, Katherine Clarke reported for The Wall Street Journal. They reportedly also added a $24 million mansion in Indian Creek Village to their Florida real-estate profile.

The Abraham Accords, which Kushner helped broker in August 2020, normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. Ivanka and Kushner visited Israel in October 2021 to launch the Abraham Accords Caucus in the hope of "formulating future agreements with other countries," according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

In Israel, they met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and attended an event at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem with former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Ivanka has been cooperating with the House committee investigating the Capitol riot, appearing for eight hours of questioning in April 2022.

Jared also released a memoir, "Breaking History," detailing his time as a presidential advisor.

When Trump announced his 2024 campaign, Ivanka did not attend the kickoff event, saying in a statement that she was stepping back from politics.

Eric Trump serves as vice president of the Trump Organization, which is currently being investigated for fraud, and he is a regular on Fox News.

Eric Trump and Lara Trump applaud in front of American flags
Eric Trump and Lara Trump at a primary night party in New Hampshire.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Eric was subpoenaed in the Trump Organization investigation in late 2020, but he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 500 times when they were deposed in 2020, New York State Attorney General Letitia James' office said, according to court documents.

Eric's cell-phone records were also obtained by the House January 6 committee.

Eric makes regular appearances on Fox News criticizing President Joe Biden's leadership.

In March 2021, he and his wife, Lara Trump, bought a $3.2 million estate in Jupiter, Florida, inside the Trump National Golf Club gated community.

In February 2024, Lara was voted cochair of the Republican National Committee after receiving Trump's endorsement.

Eric was with Donald Trump in the New York City courtroom when he was found guilty in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial in May.

Tiffany Trump married Michael Boulos in November 2022 and is currently living in Miami.

tiffany trump michael boulos
Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Taoray Wang

Tiffany is the only daughter from Trump's second marriage to model and television personality Marla Maples. She graduated from Georgetown University's law school in 2020, CNN reported.

Tiffany announced her engagement to Boulos, a businessman from Lagos, Nigeria, on Instagram in January 2021, the day before Trump left office. They held their wedding at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club on November 12, 2022.

Trump's youngest child, Barron Trump, just graduated high school.

Barron Trump and Melania Trump in New York City in 2021
Melania Trump and son Barron Trump leave Trump Tower in New York City.James Devaney/GC Images

Barron was the first boy to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr. In May 2017, he took his classmates to meet his dad at the White House.

Barron, who Trump says is now 6 feet 7 inches tall, graduated from high school at Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, in May. Trump was granted a break from his hush-money trial to attend his son's graduation.

Barron will serve as a Florida delegate at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

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