U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has signed a memorandum of understanding with the White House, allowing the team to coordinate directly with federal agencies and access documents, after weeks of delays.
: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump 's transition team has signed a memorandum of understanding with the White House that will allow Trump to formally begin his transition to power, his incoming chief of staff said on Tuesday, after weeks of delays.
Trump, a Republican, will take office on Jan. 20. His team had rejected entreaties from Democratic President Joe Biden's administration to quickly sign a memorandum of understanding and had objected to some elements of a traditional transition agreement, according to the White House. However, it did not include a pledge that Trump would avoid conflicts of interest or that he hold only “non-conflicting assets,“ promises in the more standard agreement signed by Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate.
The Trump pledge also did not include a promise to protect whistleblowers on his transition team, a promise in the Harris pledge.Separately, the Trump transition team has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Justice to allow the FBI to conduct background checks of nominees, and it has not sent the FBI the names of prospective national security personnel who would have access to classified information.
The transition said on Tuesday it already has existing security and information protections built in, “which means we will not require additional government and bureaucratic oversight.”
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE TRANSITION TEAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FEDERAL AGENCIES
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