The White Building was, according to rights groups, mainly built to hold military officers and troops suspected of being disloyal to the regime.

In most cases, such dismissals would go through an agency-specific review process, but Trumpov or his appointees will have the latitude to fire anyone they see as disloyal with little pushback.

“I was very conscious of not wanting to be perceived as disloyal.”

However, since there are millions of federal employees who could conceivably be disloyal to the Dear Leader, it was extremely helpful for these outside groups to do the investigative work ahead of time.

The president-elect has been vocal about doing things differently this time around, feeling his biggest mistake during his first presidency was hiring “bad people, or disloyal people”.