Donald Trump is reportedly plotting to axe FBI chief Christopher Wray, CIA top dog Gina Haspel and Defense Secretary Mark Esper if he beats the odds and wins a second term as US President.
The three officials' names are said to be top of a long 'execution list' of key figures who have fallen out of favour with the current administration, according to claims.
White House sources have told US news website Axios Wray and Haspel are "despised and distrusted by the President's inner circle, and would have been fired sooner if it wasn't for the November 3 election.
Trump is said to still be seething with Wray after the FBI opted against a formal investigation of Democratic nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter over business dealings in Ukraine.
The President has consistently peddled the idea that the 50-year-old lawyer and investment adviser is corrupt during his re-election campaign.
While he has reportedly been unimpressed with Wray's reluctance to remove further officials he claims abused their power by investigating his 2016 election win's alleged ties to Russia.
Trump was also said to be furious after the FBI director - who has held the position since 2017 following the dismissal of James Comey - after he stated the bureau had seen no evidence of widespread election fraud.
Wray offered the Senate Homeland Security Committee a statement in September confirming the FBI had not seen any foul play, including mail-in ballots, despite the President's claims.
However, if Trump were to cull the director it could prove disastrous moving forward, with a senior FBI official telling Axios all major law enforcement associations have "consistently expressed their full support" of Wray's brief tenure.
Haspel, meanwhile, is considered a manipulative figure by many in the White House, breeding plenty of "suspicion of her motives", according to one source.
Trump is said to have been irked by the CIA chief's opposition to Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe's declassification of documents as part of the probe into the Obama administration's handling of the President's own alleged involvement with Russia.
Haspel, however, is understood to be considering stepping down of her own accord, in part due to her loyalty to protecting sources in relation to the Russia documents.
Defense Secretary Esper refused to deploy active-duty soldiers to America's streets over the summer to combat George Floyd protesters, despite Trump's aggressive push for 'Law and order'.
And distanced himself from the decision to tear gas peaceful protesters in Washington DC's Lafayette Square in June to allow the President's controversial photo op holding up a bible in front of St John's Episcopal Church.
Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathon Hoffman said Esper "has always been and remains committed to doing what is best for the military and the Nation".
The rest of the President's hit list is currently unclear, though deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, Chris Liddell, is said to be currently reviewing who could be brought into the Cabinet next month, including conducting "loyalty tests".
It comes after Trump signed an executive order creating a new classification of "policy-making" federal employees that could take away much of their protections in a move critics have blasted what is considered a move to "politicise the civil service".
White House spokesman Judd Deere said: "We have no personnel announcements at this time nor would it be appropriate to speculate about changes after the election or in a 2nd term."