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Eye-watering pay package CIA employees have reportedly been offered to quit following Trump crackdown
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Published 15:09 5 Feb 2025 GMT

Eye-watering pay package CIA employees have reportedly been offered to quit following Trump crackdown

CIA employees have reportedly been offered a sizeable pay package to quit

Callum Jones

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Topics: Donald Trump, US News

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An eye-watering pay package has been offered to CIA employees for them to quit following President Trump's return to The White House, according to reports.

Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office just over two weeks ago, and he's certainly wasted no time in getting his policies across and into writing.

The 47th POTUS has signed off on numerous executive orders - which included halting the ban of TikTok, changing laws on immigration, and declaring that there are 'only two genders'.

Changes are coming thick and fast under Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Changes are coming thick and fast under Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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You've then, of course, got the threat of a trade war and the creation of the very first US wealth fund.

Now, a report by the Wall Street Journal states the CIA offered all employees eye-watering buyouts that had been previously extended to millions of federal workers.

In exchange for their resignations, the buyouts would see CIA employees receive eight months pay and further benefits if they were to leave now.

The WSJ reports the buyouts have been decided in the hope of bringing the CIA more in line with President Trump's priorities and ideas.

"The CIA appeared to be the first intelligence agency to tell its employees that they can quit their jobs and receive about eight months of pay and benefits as part of Trump’s push to downsize the federal government," the report reads.

Employees have until 11:59pm on Thursday, February 6 to accept the offer, with the Office of Personnel Management stating that deadline will not be extended.

CIA employees are being offered a way out (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
CIA employees are being offered a way out (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

That is for government employees however, and it remains unclear if CIA workers are facing the same deadlines.

A CIA spokesperson told the New York Post: "Director Ratcliffe is moving swiftly to ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the Administration’s national security priorities.

"These moves are part of a holistic strategy to infuse the Agency with renewed energy, provide opportunities for rising leaders to emerge, and better position the CIA to deliver on its mission."

On Tuesday (February 4), Trump announced his intentions to 'take over' the Gaza strip and resettle all Palestinians.

Speaking during a press conference at the White House, where he was joined by the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said: "The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative, it’s right now a demolition site. This is just a demolition site. Virtually every building is down.

"The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it, too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site."

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