Donald Trump's transition team is getting a make-over that will leave it free of lobbyists.

Transition head and Vice president-elect Mike Pence showed lobbyists the door on Tuesday, Fox News reports, replacing the team that Chris Christie had constructed when he was in charge with one that 'makes good' on Trump's promise to drain the swamp.

Confronted by 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl in an exclusive that aired Sunday, Trump said his operation was full of lobbyists because 'that’s the only people you have down there.'

Transition head and Vice president-elect Mike Pence showed lobbyists the door on Tuesday, replacing the team Chris Christie had constructed with one that 'makes good' on Trump's promise to drain the swamp. Pence is seen here arriving at Trump Tower on Tuesday with his wife Karen

'Everybody’s a lobbyist down there,' the New Yorker said of the seat of government. 'They’re lobbyists or special interests.'

Trump insisted that he's 'trying to clean up Washington.'

'But everybody that works for government, they then leave government and they become a lobbyist, essentially. I mean, the whole place is one big lobbyist.'

The president-elect told his flabbergasted interviewer, 'I’m saying that they know the system right now, but we’re going to phase that out. You have to phase it out.'

Since the sit-down Trump took a hard look at his own operation, which was comprised not only of lobbyists, but corporate lawyers and old school bureaucrats.

Mike Rogers, a former House Intelligence Committee Chairman and national security expert, was also kicked off the Trump train this week. Rogers was part of Christie's team and was purged from the transitional government along with other advisers who came in with the New Jersey governor.

'Sometimes in politics ... there are people who are in and people who are out,' Rogers said on CNN Tuesday evening. 'And the people who have been asked to move on have some relationship with Chris Christie.'

Trump ditched his press pool to have dinner with his immediate family and their spouses on Tuesday evening. A reporter just happened to be present. She said he was at 'Keene's' but he was actually at Club 21

Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, pictured, whom the president-elect has reportedly requested security clearance for, is driving the shake up. Christie put Kushner's father away for two years

Rogers estimated that five individuals with ties to Christie were let go. 'And you know what? That's absolutely the campaign's prerogative,' he said.

Christie led Trump's team until last Friday, when he layered by Pence and forced into the role of vice chair, a title he shares with New Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn and Senator Jeff Sessions.

Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, whom the president-elect has reportedly requested security clearance for, is driving the shake up, sources have said.

Christie prosecuted and sent Kushner's father Charles to jail in 2004. Charles Kushner spent two years in prison for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering.

Trump spokesman Jason Miller told reporters camped out in Trump Tower today that reports pegging Kushner as a source of conflict, 'Couldn’t be further from the truth.'

'Jared did a fantastic job with the campaign. Obviously the president elect seeks and respects his counsel very much,' Miller stated. 'The way that you described it I would say is completely inaccurate.'

The staff changes are a move toward implementing the president elect's vision, Miller claimed.

'And of course the president elect is going to have his vice president elect in charge of the transition team because he spent all this time with him on the campaign trail.

'He knows exactly what the president elect wants to see. He knows the types of people he’ll want to put in place.'

Responding to a question about the chaos, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday, 'I just don’t see it that way. It’s just not that way. Those are false'

Responding to a question about the chaos, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday, 'I just don’t see it that way. It’s just not that way. Those are false.'

Pence told reporters Tuesday evening as he left Trump Tower that it was a 'good day' as they pummeled him with questions about the messy transition effort.

Trump projected calm in Tuesday evening tweet, sent hours after he ditched his press pool to have dinner with his immediate family and their spouses.

'Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are!’ he said.

Giuliani, a cabinet contender, told the New York Times the discord was ‘completely normal.’

Pence told reporters Tuesday evening as he left Trump Tower that it was a 'good day,' as they pummeled him with questions about the messy transition effort

‘It happened in the Reagan transition. Clinton had delays in hiring people,’ he said, referring to past presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.

Giuliani said, ‘This is a hard thing to do. Transitions always have glitches. This is an enormously complex process.’

Miller said Wednesday that Trump and his team are 'not going to rush' the process.