It may be nearly impossible to actually “fire” them because of civil service rules....BUT a massive downsizing of their division along with an accompanying Reduction in Force (RIF) could get rid of most of them. As I understand it, RIF rules say the latest hired are the first in line to be RIF’d. So those hired in the last 8 years (Obama/Holder/Lynch hires) would be among those RIF’d. This may be an oversimplification but I believe would be largely true.
You are correct in that in the federal government Seniority determines who stays and who goes.
“It may be nearly impossible to actually “fire” them because of civil service rules....BUT a massive downsizing of their division along with an accompanying Reduction in Force (RIF) could get rid of most of them.”
Excellent idea. RIF them all, except for one person to answer the phone.