Trump critics fear retribution in front of 'Apprentice'-style military tribunals

Some of Donald Trump's most prominent critics worry that he'll carry through on his threat to punish them.

The former president has vowed retribution against his political enemies if re-elected, and now that voters have handed him another term in office are anxious that he'll call out law enforcement or even the military against them, reported The Daily Beast.

“I’ll die right here on my f---ing house,” said retired police officer Michael Fanone, who was badly injured during the Jan. 6 riot and has become a vocal Trump critic. “I’m not going to be in some ‘Apprentice’ f---ing military tribunal.”

Raw Story previously reported in July that Trump surrogate Ivan Ranklin, a retired Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, has drafted a list of 350 individuals who would be arrested when he's appointed "secretary of retribution," and the former president's supporters have already swatted Fanone's mother and harassed other critics.

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“I‘m worried that I’ll be targeted by him and a lot of people in his circle,” said Olivia Troye, a former Trump administration national security official who spoke at this year’s Democratic National Committee. “They very much know who I am, and I’m concerned for my family.”

Troye said she was given an ominous warning from another passenger while recently boarding a plane: “Your days are numbered.”

Former national security advisor John Bolton said he assumes there will be "a long retribution list," and he assumes he'll be on it, while another police officer who was injured on Jan. 6, 2021, echoed Fanone's concerns for his own safety.

“I have to be vigilant," said former Capitol police officer Aquilino Gonell. "I mean, I have a family to take care of.”

Trump has claimed that his only revenge would be "success," but vice president-elect J.D. Vance told podcaster Joe Rogan that some of the former president's enemies, including 50 national security officials who signed a letter questioning the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop in 2020, should fear some form of retribution.

“There are colleagues of mine on that list who have clearances because they’re active members of companies that do business inside the intelligence community, and they will likely lose their post-government livelihoods if their clearances are pulled,” said Larry Pfeiffer, a former chief of staff at the CIA who signed the letter.