USSC Research Associate Samuel Garrett was featured in an article in The Mandarin about the likelihood of a second Trump administration implementing a plan by conservative action groups - titled Project 2025 - to purge the public service.

“It’s certainly likely that the people behind [Project 2025] will have influence in this administration and that at least some of the policies would guide what he’s going to do … but I would caution against assuming all 900 pages of the document would be precisely what occurs,” said Garrett.

“Particularly when you look at some of the larger, more headline-grabbing aspects of Project 2025, a lot of those either would require congressional action or longer time frames.”