After a while I moved it to my Profile page, where it still is available. I need to get it updated.
I tried to research each departure and decide if it was a really true that it was a sign of swamp cleaning, or just a normal departure.
============= BEGIN FIRINGS CHART =========================================================
Firings, Retirements, Resignations, "Pushed Out" claims, all are inherently a lot grayer.
Abbreviation | Meaning |
---|---|
NVAF | NOT Verified As Fired |
RTAF | RESIGNED To Avoid Firing |
OOR | Out of Range - Fired before or early in Trump admin, prior to Mueller investigation |
Separated FBI Agents and DOJ Officials |
AGENT or OFFICIAL | CLAIM | DATE | REPORTED AS | VERIFIED? | NOTES: (FBI unless noted) |
Jim Rybicki | FIRED | 1/23/2018 | Resigned | NO: NVAF | Widely reported he resigned and left on good terms |
James Baker | FIRED | 5/4/2018 | Resigned | YES: RTAF | Resigned same day as Lisa Page..."amid controversy".Went to Lawfare blog. |
Andrew McCabe | FIRED | 3/16/2018 | Fired | YES | Widely reported as Fired |
James Comey | FIRED | 5/9/2017 | Fired | YES: OOR | Comey's firing was the pretext for appointing Mueller, not a reaction to it. |
Lisa Page | FIRED | 5/5/2018 | Resigned | YES: RTAF | skepticism at 'she resigned voluntarily.' |
Mike Kortan | FIRED | 2/8/2018 | Retired | NO: NVAF | FBI PR guy: Two more officials cited in FBI texts step down, (Note 1) |
Josh Campbell | FIRED | 2/2/2018 | Resigned | NO: NVAF | Resignation letter published in NY Times. (Note 3) |
David Laufman | FIRED | 2/8/2018 | Resigned | YES: RTAF | DoJ CounterIntel: Two more officials cited in FBI texts step down Also:Hugh Hewitt analysis"(Note 2) |
John Carlin | FIRED | 9/27/2016 | Resigned | NO: OOR | Head of DOJ National Security Div. Resigned before election. |
Sally Yates | FIRED | 1/30/2017 | Fired | YES: OOR | Not FBI, DOJ: Acting A.G.after Lynch - Fired for insubordination refusing to implement Muslim ban |
Mary McCord | FIRED | 4/20/2017 | Resigned. | NO: NVAR | Replaced John Carlin at DOJ NSD. One month notice given. |
Rachel Brand | FIRED | 2/9/2018 | Resigned | NO: NVAF | #3 at DOJ. Left for EVP job at WalMart.(Note 4) |
Peter Strzok | FIRED | 8/13/2018 | Fired | YES | Widely reported he was fired |
As a response to the Deep State Coup firings are pretty weak. And firings that are disguised (by both sides) as 'retirements' or 'resignations' are even weaker. At least McCabe was "firsd, fired" (to use the Whoppie style term).
More of those would have been good.
Ultimately we are all still waiting for arrests (hopefully via televised SWAT raids like Roger Stone was subjected to.)
Ultimately keeping track like this is for Trump Devotees only , who want to get some feeling that he's holding people responsible. It's not surprising the Epoch Times is now doing this.
In truth a lot of people leave FedGov every year, more so after elections. So these metrics aren't really a good measure of retribution.