President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to significantly reduce the number of bureaucrats in Washington.

While Trump is still months away from taking office, it appears that some senior officials are already leaving voluntarily due to a fear of his incoming administration. 

Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) inspector general leaves

That's according to Breitbart, which cited a recent report published by a watchdog group known as the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).

It noted how Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Inspector General Thomas Monheim submitted his resignation last week.

As inspector general, Monheim was tasked with finding waste, fraud, and abuse of power as well as submitting reports to the ODNI's director and members of Congress.

Monheim took over from former ODNI Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who was fired by the president-elect four years ago.

CIA Inspector General Robin Ashton has left as well

Atkinson played a role in Trump's first impeachment trial by telling lawmakers about a 2019 telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Upon being fired, he released a statement which read, "It is hard not to think that the President’s loss of confidence in me derives from my having faithfully discharged my legal obligations as an independent and impartial Inspector General."

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Monheim is not the only one to depart following Trump's election win, as POGO pointed out that his Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterpart Robin Ashton has left as well.

Bureaucrats said to be experiencing "PTSD" ahead of Trump's return

Meanwhile, Fox News reported earlier this month that CNN national correspondent René Marsh said some federal employees are experiencing "PTSD" in anticipation of Trump's return.

That reaction stems from worries surrounding Schedule F, a proposed executive order which aims to reclassify tens of thousands of government workers who are involved in policy making roles as political appointees.

Doing so would strip such individuals of their civil service protection, meaning that they would serve at the president's pleasure.

Jacqueline Simon serves as policy director of the American Federation of Government Employees, and she told The Hill that implementing Schedule F is likely to spark "an exodus" of federal employees.