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February 24, 2020

Reports: Trump Admin Out to Purge Disloyal Staffers
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President Trump's new personnel chief, John Mc Entee, is reportedly
directing agency heads to identify and purge anti-Trump staffers. Trump
has tasked his former body man to rid agencies of the "bad people" and
"Deep State." Trump also reportedly referred to anti-Trump employees as
"snakes." Twenty-nine-year-old John Mc Entee was fired in 2018 by
then-Chief of Staff John Kelly because he was under investigation by
Homeland Security for financial crimes, but he was recently rehired to
head the personnel office.

Meanwhile, Axios is reporting the Trump administration has been
gathering lists of disloyal government officials that they plan to kick
out and replace with Trump loyalists. A network of Trump allies,
including Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas, was reportedly charged with creating the lists. One of those
targeted is former U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, whom Trump withdrew from
consideration for a top Treasury role earlier this month. Liu's memo
reportedly mentions her signing the sentencing filing requesting jail
time for Michael Flynn, as well as holding a leadership role in a
women's lawyers' group that is "pro-choice and anti-Alito."


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