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NEW: @realDonaldTrump's latest executive order could let him cripple a @JoeBiden administration by firing countless government experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci on his way out the door and leaving behind a corps of loyalists to sabotage things, experts say https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
The order could strip civil service protections from a broad swath of career civil servants who work in “confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions” as soon as January 19, a day before the next President is inaugurated. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
“It's a two-pronged attack — a Hail Mary pass to enable them to do some burrowing in if they lose the election,” ex-government ethics boss @WaltShaub said. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
“If [Trump wins] the election, then anything goes for the destruction of the civil service… [This could] take us back to the spoils system and all the corruption that comes with it," @waltshaub added. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
Former US Deputy CTC @bethnoveck said the order is designed to let @realDonaldTrump rid the government nonpartisan experts in favor of hacks: “It's the twin danger of both firing Fauci and replacing him with Eric Trump's wedding planner permanently.” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
. @bethnoveck said it could be for targeted revenge or worse: “It's unclear whether this becomes… a blunt instrument...to do some surgical removal of people they don't like, or whether they're going to actually attempt some sort of bloodletting or purge." https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
. @waltshaub won't put it past the White House to be ready with a list targets, and worries that the damage could be hard for @JoeBiden's team to fix: “I think there's a very realistic chance that they could have everything ready to go and cause harm." https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
"In the case of a new administration standing up, their actions may not be noticed by the people who can fix it until the harm has really taken effect," @waltshaub added. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
. @bethnoveck said the power to fire civil servants @realDonaldTrump claims in the order is akin to the Infinity Gauntlet in Avengers: Infinity War — “There's definitely a ‘snap your fingers and get rid of half the civil service’ quality to this,” she said. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-executive-order-civil-service-biden-election-schedule-f-b1255692.html
