Draining the swamp is a tough job that President Donald Trump is still trying to do, but it does not come without kicking, screaming, and relentless objection and obstruction.

Former President Joe Biden stacked the government with Democrats, including making some lame-duck period appointments in key positions, and those Trump is attempting to be cast off are not going away without fights, whether they expect to win or not, Politico reported Monday.

Democrat Biden holdovers heading up federal agencies have managed to remain in positions in defiance of Trump efforts to remove them, putting in legal challenges that tie up their removal even if “ultimately, the White House appears poised to win the fight,” according to the report.

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