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[link removed] [[link removed]] John, this is a long email about what is at stake if Trump in a 2nd Trump administration. Please take a moment to read it and then support CREW’s work to hold Trump accountable and protect the merit based civil service with a donation. [[link removed]]




John,

In a second Trump administration, Donald Trump has made clear that he wants to finish what he started in 2020 – by replacing experts and longtime public servants in government with his loyalists.

Where did this start? [[link removed]]

Trump signed an executive order in October 2020 which established a new “Schedule F” employment category for federal employees.

Tens of thousands of civil servants who serve in roles deemed to have some influence over policy would be reassigned as "Schedule F" employees – meaning they would lose their employment protections, making them far easier to fire.

John, Trump wanted to replace the tens of thousands of experts who make sure our air is clean, our airplanes safe and our tax refunds are paid with loyalists, regardless of whether they had any particular expertise. The effort was never fully implemented because President Biden rescinded Trump’s executive order soon after he took office.

But Trump has promised that he would reimpose Schedule F in a second term, and conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation are preparing to assist through a plan called Project 2025.

What’s Project 2025? [[link removed]]

Led by individuals with close ties to Donald Trump and his administration, Project 2025 hopes to engage in an unprecedented reshaping of the executive branch. The goal is to implement radical policies – and they want to do it by ensuring that each and every person hired into the federal government swears unflinching fidelity to Trump and the conservative cause.

The consequences of extremists overseeing a radical restructuring of the federal government could be catastrophic, which has led the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to finalize a new rule to strengthen protections for the civil service and members of Congress have introduced legislation to formalize these protections legislatively.

Here are the Trump loyalists poised to help him make good on his promised purge of the executive branch:

*
John
McEntee.
He
started
as
Trump’s
body
man
during
the
2016
campaign
and
is
currently
working
on
HR
for
the
Trump
campaign.
He
could
build
upon
that
role
and
lead
OPM,
the
office
charged
with
recruiting,
vetting,
and
hiring
all
civil
service
government
employees
from
intelligence
officers
and
policy
advisors
to
administrative
law
judges
and
law
enforcement
personnel.
*
Stephen
Miller.
He
was
a
Senior
Advisor
to
the
President
for
Policy
and
White
House
Director
of
Speechwriting
during
Trump’s
administration.
After
the
2020
election
Miller
helped
Trump’s
attempts
to
overturn
his
loss
and
ultimately
incite
the
insurrection.
He
is
considered
by
many
to
be
a
candidate
for
Chief
of
Staff.
*
Jeffrey
Clark.
He
was
at
the
center
of
efforts
within
the
Department
of
Justice
to
overturn
the
2020
presidential
election
including
efforts
to
push
out
DOJ
leaders
who
were
seen
as
insufficiently
loyal
to
Donald
Trump.
Now
he’s
considered
a
leading
contender
for
Attorney
General,
despite
facing
potential
disbarment.
*
Richard
Grenell.
He
was
Acting
Director
of
National
Intelligence
in
the
Trump
administration
and
in
several
diplomatic
posts,
including
Ambassador
to
Germany
and
Special
Presidential
Envoy
for
Serbia
and
Kosovo
Peace
Negotiations.
Now
he
is
considered
to
be
a
top
contender
for
Secretary
of
State.
*
Kash
Patel.
He
was
a
former
official
in
the
National
Security
Council
who
spent
time
as
the
Principal
Deputy
in
the
Office
of
the
Director
of
National
Intelligence
and
Chief
of
Staff
at
the
Department
of
Defense.
He’s
considered
a
likely
pick
to
lead
the
Central
Intelligence
Agency
(CIA)
–
despite
being
previously
considered
unfit
to
hold
that
job.

These Trump loyalists are likely appointees who would be willing and empowered to carry out loyalty purges, but there are also other potential appointees who may be similarly inclined and have conflicts of interest that might affect who is hired and fired from the federal government – from big money billionaires and lobbyists to Trump family members and conspiracy theorists.

But here’s the good news: [[link removed]]

Leaders in Congress and the executive branch have taken note of Project 2025 and Trump’s plan to reimpose Schedule F – and they know how dangerous it would be to let Trump get away with it.

That’s why OPM finalized a rule making it harder for a future president to enact Schedule F by protecting career civil servants from being reclassified and fired at will.

But, of course, Trump loyalists don’t want this rule in place – and they may legally challenge the rule so they can continue to carry out their plan.

CREW supports this rule, and we’re committed to helping defend it in court if its legality is challenged. We’ve always fought to defend our democracy from those who threaten it, and we won’t stop now.

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