A former FBI analyst who spent two years advising then-Rep. Adam Schiff while Schiff pushed the Trump-Russia narrative and led the first Trump impeachment subsequently “burrowed in” to the federal bureaucracy.
While presidents appoint more than 3,000 people for political positions, the federal government directly employs roughly 2.3 million people, most of whom serve in ostensibly nonpolitical, career positions. The Office of Personnel Management tracks when political appointees transition to career positions—a process often referred to as “burrowing in” to the bureaucracy—and Lucian Sikorskyj did so last September.
Sikorskyj moved from principal deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism at the Department of Homeland Security to associate administrator for materials and safety at the Federal Aviation Administration on Sept. 8, 2024, according to OPM records. He received a pay bump from $180,000 to $214,500.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Sikorskyj remains at the FAA. (He has verified his LinkedIn profile by proving his identity via government identification.) The FAA has not responded to The Daily Signal’s requests for comment to confirm whether he remains at the agency.
After nine years at the FBI, Sikorskyj joined the National Security Council in June 2016 under President Barack Obama, where he stayed until October 2017. After working at NATO in Brussels, Belgium, and serving eight months in the office of the director of national intelligence, he joined the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in February 2019. The FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment on Sikorskyj’s work history.
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