The investigations of Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election introduced America to an extensive cast of allies, enablers, detractors and victims who may soon figure into federal charges against the former president.

Some were involved in multiple aspects of Trump’s disparate, increasingly desperate attempts to cling to power: assembling false slates of presidential electors; pressuring state legislators and Congress to upend the results; browbeating Mike Pence to single-handedly overturn Joe Biden’s victory; and even weighing a plan to seize voting machines.

Now, prosecutors in Washington and Georgia are about to determine whether, in their view, any of those efforts turned criminal. Special counsel Jack Smith has already told Trump he’s considering charging him with efforts to obstruct the transfer of power, and Atlanta-area District Attorney Fani Willis has similarly indicated that charges are imminent in her long-running election probe, with Trump at the center.

Here’s a look at the central figures whose names may return to the forefront when Willis or Smith issue charges — as soon as this week.

THE LAWYERS

John Eastman

A conservative attorney who had advised Florida’s legislature in the contested 2000 election, Eastman was brought into Trump’s fold in September 2020, when a like-minded lawyer — veteran GOP campaign attorney Cleta Mitchell — assembled a working group to prepare for post-election litigation. Mitchell asked Eastman on Nov. 5, 2020, two days...

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