Trump Team Begins Loyalty Purge Of Civil Servants

The Associated Press reports:

Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by Trump’s team.

At least some of these nonpolitical employees have begun packing up their belongings since being asked about their loyalty to Trump — after they had earlier been given indications that they would be asked to stay on at the NSC in the new administration.

A wholesale removal of foreign policy and national security experts from the NSC on Day 1 of the new administration could deprive Trump’s team of considerable expertise and institutional knowledge at a time when the U.S. is grappling with difficult policy challenges in Ukraine, the Mideast and beyond.

Read the full article. The loyalty purge is being led by Trump’s nominee for National Security Advisor, now-former Rep. Mike Waltz [photo].

Nonpolitical career civil servants are reportedly being grilled over who they voted for, their political contributions and more. https://t.co/YFEp8MQEg5

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