You know it's hard to find it was dated December 16' 2016 right before Trump took office Rand Paul quietly put that law in a homeland security bill… he was on the homeland security committee.
That's it right there, they were worried Trump would destroy the status quo… They fucked up bad. SES wouldn't do anything to help Trump appointees they slow rolled everything.
Google: Obama hired us and Trump can't fire us… SES employees were using that saying.