After years of law-fare, the shoe is on the other foot. And the elites in the swamp are sweating.
And now the FBI is melting down after Donald Trump hit them with a massive reality check.
The mood on the seventh floor of the FBI headquarters is reportedly tense and uneasy following President-elect Donald Trump’s reelection win on Tuesday.
Sources inside the bureau tell The Washington Times that senior officials were “stunned” and “shell-shocked” at Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, as they brace for what could be a massive shake-up.
“Remember the fit test? They let the standards slide on that,” one FBI source commented, referring to the agency’s relaxed fitness requirements. “Everyone’s going to have a real problem when they’re running for the door.”
Current FBI Director Christopher Wray and his deputy, Paul Abbate, aren’t expected to stay on for long, with sources predicting their days at the bureau are numbered once Trump takes office.
The sense of foreboding stems in part from memories of 2017, when Trump abruptly fired then-FBI Director James Comey — who found out while on a bureau plane to California.
“It’s a countdown for Wray,” the first source explained, “because [people here] don’t think he’ll wait to get fired. Trump will say, ‘Yeah, fire his a**. Don’t let him take the plane home.’”
Trump originally appointed Wray in 2017 after firing Comey, but Wray’s ten-year term is far from a guarantee, with sources saying he’s unlikely to have Trump’s confidence.
Meanwhile, other senior officials are reportedly eyeing private security jobs in Washington, D.C., fearing they’ll be swept out in what some sources are already calling a potential “bloodbath.”
George Hill, a former FBI whistleblower, added that bureau staffers feel “frazzled” and unsettled.
“I have friends still at the Bureau telling me that no less than 50 Senior Executives (SES) are scrambling to retire ASAP,” Hill said.
The FBI’s rocky history with Trump stretches back to 2016, when the agency launched “Crossfire Hurricane,” a controversial investigation into alleged ties between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
Trump’s later firing of Comey led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, which ultimately found no evidence of collusion with Moscow.
Since then, relations have only deteriorated, with Trump openly critical of the FBI, especially after high-profile moments like the Mar-a-Lago raid in 2022.
Adding to the worry, rumors are circulating within the FBI that Elon Musk, billionaire CEO of Tesla and owner of X (formerly Twitter), may be tapped to lead a government efficiency commission under Trump.
“When he tries to do efficiency at headquarters, the place is going to have five people,” said a second FBI source, who added, “That may be the biggest problem here—that there’s no efficiency. So if you want to make the government lean, you’d start with the FBI.”
Many FBI personnel have also spent extensive time on the January 6 investigations, a focus of the bureau under Biden’s administration.
Now, with Trump’s pledge to pardon January 6 defendants on his first day back in office, some at the bureau find themselves wryly amused at the potential shift.
“Some folks here who are tired of the Jan. 6 investigations are actually laughing at the fact that Trump [likely] pardons everybody involved Jan. 6,” a third FBI source noted.
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