President Donald Trump celebrated day 100 of his administration Tuesday, and he’s already dealt several blows to the deep state — from declassifying assassination files to revoking security clearances.
Since assuming her role as head of the intelligence community (IC), Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has attempted to root out politicization. She announced the Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG), a task force aimed at promoting transparency, in early April.
Gabbard also declassified the Biden administration’s “Strategic Implementation Plan For Countering Domestic Terrorism.” The strategy targeted gun rights, hate crimes and “misinformation.” (RELATED: Dems’ Newest Congressional Candidate Is Proof The Deep State Is Real)
Trump directed Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to work with Gabbard to declassify the assassination files of President John F. Kennedy (JFK), former Senator Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK).
Gabbard declassified over 10,000 pages of RFK documents in April, following the release of nearly 80,000 pages of JFK files in March.
The MLK files have yet to be released, but Gabbard previously said they will be declassified.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (R) sits next to Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO and Senior Advisor to the President, at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
At Trump’s directive, Gabbard also revoked the security clearances of various officials, including the 51 former national security officials who signed the letter casting doubt on the Hunter Biden laptop emails.
The infamous letter claimed the emails the New York Post reported had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Democratic New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken also had their security clearances revoked.
Former President Biden also no longer receives the President’s Daily Brief (PBD).
Moreover, Trump removed the security details of former Gen. Mark Milley, John Bolton and Anthony Fauci.
While left-wing judges have attempted to thwart Trump’s agenda, particularly on immigration, the FBI recently arrested a Wisconsin judge for allegedly obstructing an immigration arrest.
“Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a since-deleted tweet.
🚨 Director Kash Patel announced today in a since-deleted post that the FBI had arrested Judge Hannah Dugan “after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week.” https://t.co/uBDdVvVGWW pic.twitter.com/2ch2GY6z75
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 25, 2025
An agency that has long abused its power, especially under the Biden administration, appears to be rolling back some firearms regulations.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) repealed Biden’s “Zero Tolerance Policy” and announced a review of two other gun regulations in April at the direction of AG Pam Bondi and then-Acting Director Kash Patel.
Trump also issued pardons to many prosecuted under the Biden administration, including around 1,500 January 6 defendants and 23 pro-life activists. (RELATED: Americans Are Applying To Work For Kash Patel’s FBI At Historic Rates)
“Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government” was one of Trump’s first executive orders.
(L-R) FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi a press conference on illicit narcotics, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 9, 2025. The law enforcement officers and the US Coast Guard highlighted the offload of over 48,400 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $509 million at Port Everglades, interdicted during drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Photo by MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) requested information from the FBI regarding their investigations into January 6. The bureau handed over the names of employees involved in investigating January 6 to the DOJ in February, according to an email. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Army Reserve ‘Taking Appropriate Action’ Against Captain Who Accused Trump Admin Of Erasing Trans People)
The president has appointed critics of the surveillance state to key positions, including Gabbard at DNI and Patel as FBI director. He’s also nominated people who have been critical of endless wars, including Elbridge Colby for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Trump has also taken a hammer to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) with his executive orders. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and several intelligence agencies have targeted DEI programs in compliance with Trump’s directives.
However, there are still areas that conservatives are pushing the Trump admin to address — including the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The DOJ gave right-wing influencers binders with the first tranche of “Epstein Files,” although they reportedly contained few revelations.
Others are pressing Trump’s intelligence agencies to clean house, specifically at the FBI.
Steven Jensen, a key FBI official in the January 6 investigations, was recently promoted to assistant director in charge (ADIC) at the Washington Field Office.
Gabbard said her office would revoke the security clearances of more than 100 staffers in February over sexually explicit chat messages on a National Security Administration (NSA) platform.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
