The deep state threat to Trump's presidency

 Daily Signal:

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An April poll found that 75% of Washington, D.C.-based federal employees making $75,000 or more per year who voted for Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris in November said they would not follow a lawful Trump order if they considered it bad policy. Furthermore, a February Foundation for Government Accountability study found that Democrat employees outnumber Republican employees by a 2-to-1 margin across federal agencies, and 84% of federal employee’s political contributions went to Harris in the 2024 election.

While some “burrowers” may faithfully work for the U.S. government under any president, this poll suggests that the new administration likely faces a deep state threat, and The Daily Signal’s coverage aims to expose it before it becomes a problem.

The Daily Signal’s eight-part series on the Biden burrowers highlights the many Biden political appointees who burrowed into the bureaucracy.
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Samantha Goldstein, currently associate deputy general counsel in the Department of Defense, previously called Trump “unfit to hold office.” She worked as special counsel for then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in 2018, specifically advising her on the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Harris engaged in extremely aggressive tactics against Kavanaugh.

Biden appointed her senior counsel at the DOJ Office of Legal Policy in 2021 and she took a career role at DOJ before ultimately joining the DOD in February.

Andrea Delgado-Fink, a former “environmental justice” adviser to Biden, remains in the Trump administration as deputy regional forester at the Forest Service in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Tina Thomas, currently an assistant U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., wrote on her LinkedIn profile that she “served as a strategic adviser and counselor to the Hon. Eric H. Holder,” Barack Obama’s attorney general. Holder, notorious for championing the Black Lives Matter movement and for getting held in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over documents related to the Fast & Furious scandal, also launched redistricting efforts aimed at helping Democrats win elections. Thomas advised him on those redistricting efforts.

Biden appointed her to serve as senior counsel in the DOJ Office of Legal Policy in September 2021, and she transitioned to the assistant U.S. attorney role in August 2024.

The final name on this list, Jeff Rezmovic, does not count as a burrower, though Biden did nominate him for a political position and he continues to work in a career role in the Trump administration.

Rezmovic, who has worked at the Department of Homeland Security since 2011, rose through the ranks under then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Biden appointed him to become DHS’ chief financial officer, but his nomination died in the Senate. Toward the end of the administration, Rezmovic moved from deputy chief of staff for policy at DHS to a leadership role on the Board of Trade at Customs and Border Protection.
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Although currently Democrats make up about 30 percent of the population, they now make up about 75 percent of the government workforce.   That is a problem that the Republicans need to deal with.