President-elect Donald Trump has not yet submitted a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, in part because of concerns over the mandatory ethics pledge vowing to avoid conflicts of interest once sworn in to office, CNN has learned.
Imagine you start a new job, where all the old crew just quit yesterday. Except that job is running the federal government of a major power.
The agreements are prerequisite for transition preparations, in order to get his team security clearances, classified information, advance access to office space and agencies so that, come the official transition of power, they’re actually ready to drop right into business instead of losing time getting up to speed with what’s happening.
The world doesn’t stop and wait for the US federal administration to slam to a halt, pick itself up and get moving again. These agreements are supposed to prevent that.
Imagine you start a new job, where all the old crew just quit yesterday. Except that job is running the federal government of a major power.
The agreements are prerequisite for transition preparations, in order to get his team security clearances, classified information, advance access to office space and agencies so that, come the official transition of power, they’re actually ready to drop right into business instead of losing time getting up to speed with what’s happening.
The world doesn’t stop and wait for the US federal administration to slam to a halt, pick itself up and get moving again. These agreements are supposed to prevent that.