Top staffers loyal to ousted Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint have stepped down from organization, according to a new report.

The Daily Beast reported Tuesday evening that top staffers — including Executive Vice President Bret Bernhardt, Vice President of Communications Wesley Denton, Vice President of Policy Promotion Ed Corrigan and DeMint’s chief of staff, Cameron Seward, have resigned.

The Heritage Foundation announced DeMint’s resignation earlier Tuesday, blaming the former leader for "significant and worsening management issues that led to a breakdown of internal communications and cooperation.”

DeMint, a former Republican South Carolina senator, took the helm of Heritage in 2013.

"Jim DeMint and a handful of his closest advisers failed to resolve these problems,” read a statement from the organization.

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Heritage's interim leader, Ed Fuelner, announced the staffers' resignation at a staff meeting, according to the report.

Leadership at the conservative group requested that the staffers hand in their resignations, The Daily Beast reported.

The four have also been removed from the Heritage Foundation website.