How fast can Biden fire cabinet members, department heads?

[Rosco T.]

Have armed Secret Service stationed at their offices and they minute he's sworn in they swarm the offices, get their stuff packed up, security clearances revoked and escorted out. Or taken into custody?

[Wounded Bear]

1. Shouldn't take more than an hour or so...

Seriously, if they're not out by Jan 22, something is wrong.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I want Barr to be the first one out the door.

[dmr]

6. YES! Immediately, if not sooner!

[bluestarone]

8. Yea he should be escorted over to answer questions before Adam Schiff in the House!!

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Oh, I LIKE the way you think!

*And as a special "service" offered to "former" federal officials, have a tailor there to help fit him with a custom-designed ORANGE SUIT!

[bluestarone]

11. Yea for sure! Might as well order

A BIG BATCH of orange suits!!

[Yavin4]

9. Barr will be on a private jet to South America on election night.

with a fake passport, $500K in cash, a wig, and a fake mustache.

Wheels up when the AP makes the call for Biden.

[Celerity]

23. out like a Saudi power player after 9/11

[11 Bravo]

15. With his fucking jacket over his head.

[Mike 03]

3. I would even have Biden's transition team confiscate or surveil

shredders, confiscate trash receptacles, intercept any outgoing "trash" and have it given the once over. I'm half joking here, but only half.

I wonder about the server where the Ukraine phone call and other sensitive Trump conversations were stashed for limited access: does that server go with the outgoing administration or is it government property that becomes Biden's team's to turn over to prosecutors?

[dmr]

4. I believe the cabinet members go with Trump.

They don't get to stay.

Department heads ... well, I think right away. I'm certain the Biden transition team will take care of them pronto!

There's a lot of cleaning up to do, and even more rebuilding, starting with the State Department, I think.

The sooner the better. I wish it could've happened yesterday.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. You've got a sane and clear understanding of the problem(s).......

SO many issues to resolve, but yes, to be "hippie-like" - "we are the world" and we MUST do what we know is right to make it a safer place for us all - and Joe is going to be a marvelous person to lead that.
I could go on regarding how much ground we've lost - I remember the reception candidate OBAMA got when he visited Germany during his campaign. GAWD - the contrast!!!!! I'm truly not sure IQ45 could find Germany on a map that didn't have the names printed on it!

So much to hope for - but so much work to do. We must be sure to:

GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!!

[Vogon_Glory]

5. I hope the NSA gets their computers, back-up drives and e-mails

As soon after the Inauguration ceremony as possible. This isn’t just my sense of outrage anymore, but I am coming to believe that the West Wing is a collection of massive security breaches.

[onecaliberal]

7. Executive order signed 5 seconds after the swearing in. Undo EVERYTHING done in the last 4 years.

[royable]

18. That is exactly what I've been wishing for for about three years now. n/t

[walkingman]

13. I'll believe it when I see it.....I hope I'm wrong but I suspect it will be a "I'm being nice" crap.

[onecaliberal]

19. Biden already said he would not issue a pardon for Trump.

The states that are barred ( no pun intended) from investigating right now will be unleashed.

[lpbk2713]

14. Don't play Mr Nice Guy.

That's what Al Gore did in the Florida sElection and he paid dearly for it.

[Celerity]

24. he paid dearly for it

the world paid dearly for it

[SledDriver]

16. They'll most likely leave of their own volition

and for once the stories about the outgoing administration trashing the place on their way out will be true.

[zipplewrath]

17. Many will quit

anyone with anything to hide is going to quit and pack up their stuff, not to mention destroy stuff they leave behind, to cover up much of what they did. But the administration should be prepared to "undo" anything that was done in the last 90 days or so. They can always decide to "redo" it if they desire. And they should start, on day one, the processes that need to be followed in order to undo things that take much longer. And executive orders can be signed to suspend the worst of things until they can be properly undone.

[Steelrolled]

20. I think they use standard procedures

This has been done many times before.

[Wellstone ruled]

21. By November 4th

resignations will be flying. Persons needed to fill key Agencies as well as sub Agencies will be in place by new years.

The Lame Duck Session ought to be a beauty.

[Hekate]

22. There's a giant binder of jobs filled by presidential appointment & they exit when the potus does...

Yes indeedy they do. (Dick Cheney circumvented that for a bunch of lower level people by making their jobs into Civil Service jobs, but that was most irregular.)

The Cabinet members most especially belong to the outgoing POTUS. Not a single one will remain when Trump is hoisted aboard Marine One.

That's how we do it in this country.