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.

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.