Deep State Desperation: Ex-Officials' Letter Slams FBI Purge, Echoing Past Hoaxes Against Trump

August 11, 2025 - A group of former national security, FBI, and intelligence officials, styling themselves "The Steady State," has unleashed an open letter attacking FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino for purging corrupt agents from the Bureau, claiming it's a "campaign to dismantle the FBI’s long-standing independence" and replace it with "political loyalty." The letter, signed by over 300 mostly anonymous ex-officials from agencies like CIA, NSA, and DHS, decries the firings of agents like Brian Driscoll, Michael Feinberg, and Walter Giardina—key players in the sham January 6 probes and anti-Trump operations—as "retribution." Patel fired Giardina for "poor judgment and a lack of impartiality," exposing the weaponization that plagued the FBI under previous regimes. These self-proclaimed guardians warn of regimes that "do not end well," ignoring their own history of politicizing intelligence to target Trump and his supporters. This latest missive reeks of panic as Trump drains the swamp, stripping away the deep state's grip on law enforcement.

Just like the infamous 2020 Hunter Biden laptop hoax, where 51 former intelligence officials falsely branded damning evidence of Biden family corruption as "Russian disinformation" to shield Joe Biden's campaign, this Steady State letter peddles lies to undermine legitimate reforms. Orchestrated by Michael Morell at the Biden campaign's behest, that letter—signed by figures like James Clapper and John Brennan—claimed the laptop had "classic earmarks" of a Kremlin op, despite FBI confirmation it was authentic and untampered. Media amplified the falsehood, suppressing the story and cheating voters, while signatories like Morell were active CIA contractors, exposing deep state collusion. Years later, no evidence of Russian involvement emerged, proving it a fabricated shield for elite corruption.

This tactic mirrors earlier deep state assaults on Trump, such as the 2016 letter from 50 former national security officials declaring him a "risk to national security" unfit for office, fueling the Russiagate farce that wasted millions and divided the nation. Post-January 6, 10 former Secretaries of Defense penned a warning against military involvement in elections, hyping "insurrection" narratives to justify crackdowns on Trump allies while ignoring leftist violence. These coordinated smears, often from the same cabal, aim to protect entrenched power from accountability, but Trump's reforms expose their game, restoring integrity to institutions long hijacked.