1. What does this even mean? Do you have any evidence to support this statement?
2. Half the witnesses against Trump in his first impeachment were State Department officials.
” [numerous] career State Department officials quit, were forced into retirement or fired, ...”
Source: “Five takeaways from Pompeo’s Twitter victory lap”. Los Angeles Times. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
The “witnesses” were former or current State Department employees with an axe to grind against either Pompaeo or Trump, not surprising from a department that has a notorious history of harboring obstructionist and even treasonous officials. I doubt you need a source for the last part of that statement.