At least 20 State Department officials were told to resign from leadership roles before Trump took office, two sources said.

Trump’s team requested numerous high-level resignations from the State Department as the president-elect prepares to make a break with the Biden administration.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has asked more than a dozen senior career diplomats to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, as the incoming president moved quickly to shape his foreign policy and the diplomatic corps.

Scores of State Department employees are planning to resign effective at noon Monday after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, sources told the Washington Post on Sunday. The resigning diplomats reportedly include John Bass,

The departures are common when a transition takes place, but it is now happening more quickly and on a larger scale than under previous administrations, a U.S. official said.

It is entirely appropriate for the transition to seek officials who share President Trump’s vision," a spokesman for the Trump transition told The Washington Post.