Deep staters can be elected officials.
You know what "especially non elected" means vs always unelected, right?
an alleged secret network of especially nonelected government officials and sometimes private entities (as in the financial services and defense industries) operating extralegally to influence and enact government policy… See the full definition
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an alleged secret network of
especially nonelected government officials and sometimes private entities (as in the financial services and defense industries) operating extralegally to influence and enact government policy