Consultants Warn After Dozens of Trump Appointees Sought Federal Gov’t. Jobs – and Had been Authorised Earlier than Biden Inauguration

A sizable number of Donald Trump’s political figures sought to secure permanent, hard-to-fire government jobs following the loss of the former president to current President Joe Biden, according to a report by NBC News.

The report notes that it is not uncommon for such requests to be made when administration changes, but the number of requests Trump-appointed has exceeded requests under previous presidents.

The report reads: “Fifty-eight people appointed by the Trump administration applied for a switch between January 1, 2020 and January 20, 2021, according to the Office of Human Resources. Of those, 31 conversions were approved, six rejected, 15 returned or withdrawn, and six pending “before adding,” All but one of the 13 Trump administration political officers who held a permanent position in the weeks between President Joe public service sought Biden’s election and inauguration was not approved for the final quarter of 2020 and the first 20 days of January, according to NBC News OPM reports. “

Max Stier, CEO of the bipartisan civil service partnership, explains: “You can tell from the number of non-approvals by OPM that there are a number of political representatives [who sought career jobs] that is clearly problematic. Why do these people only get into these jobs after the candidate who wanted them there loses? “

The answer to that, according to the NBC report, is “digging.”

“The latest revelations show the extent to which Trump’s political appointees have tried to remain in government positions in the past few months, weeks, and even days of his tenure in the office of the former president – a process that some government guard groups have called a ‘dig.’ give parts of the federal government a legacy of influence that would last well beyond his time in the White House, “NBC reports.” NBC News polled experts raised concerns about the number and timing of political candidates, particularly after the Seeking a move to permanent employment as well as the number of candidates who had previously applied and received conversions after the election. “

“It’s a red flag when several people in a company are converted into jobs. This is really a matter of greater concern, ”said Stier. “The process is supposed to be that a political officer is in no way ahead of the competition for a career job, but when you see several people going to the same agency you really have to ask yourself how is it possible for the best to be Qualified persons are not just once, but several times persons who are politically appointed. “

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