The Central Intelligence Agency is laying off some recently hired officers as President Donald Trump's efforts to downsize and reshape the federal government reverberate through the intelligence community.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to lay off as many as 80,000 workers in the coming weeks, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News.

"I had supported Trump in the past, but after he took office, I began to notice that many of his policies seemed to target individuals like me — supporters who found themselves laid off."

Rachel Maddow ripped into the latest cost-cutting effort President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency ally Elon Musk have taken on: the unloading of government properties. “They tried to sell the CIA,

Mussayev is not the first former KGB officer to make such a claim. Years ago, Yuri Shvets, a former KGB major now living in Washington, D.C., was a key source for Craig Unger’s book American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump,

Some government agencies have a probation period of six months, but the CIA list included new employees from the last two years. It can take two years or longer to complete initial CIA training and language courses.

Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA agent, is set to deliver the Democratic response to Donald Trumps address to Congress. As a national security expert and rising political figure, she will challenge Trumps policies,