The Trump administration forced out at least 75 career federal officials involved in protecting U.S. elections and replaced nearly a dozen with appointees tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 result. Findings reported by ProPublica and corroborated by CNN, NBC News and Government Executive describe a deliberate effort to install loyalists and figures from the 2020 election denial movement within the federal government's election machinery. Nearly all officials who resisted attempts to undo Trump's 2020 loss are now gone, having resigned, been fired or reassigned.