Patel and Bondi are different than all the other appointments in that they have a positive view of the organizations they oversee and that is a problem. Day one at the DOJ and FBI should have seen every single person give an account of the last 8 years followed by a purge of every one involved in a political investigation.
Good post—that is my view as well.
They should have treated the situation as a hostile corporate takeover.
Shut down divisions and fire lots of folks first.
At that point the rest of the group gets the message...there is a new boss in town and don’t mess with them.
There is always time to patch any holes that are created.