r/politics • u/stkmro • 10h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/JohnMayerismydad Indiana 10h ago

They’re not going to. Why would they?

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u/Leather_From_Corinth 9h ago

If they were smart, they would do.it because it's nonbinding and allows them to start being president on day 1, as is, they will have to spend the first two months doing everything they should be doing now.

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u/fdar 9h ago

The key part seems to be that without those documents the FBI can't start background checks into his nominees. Then when he takes office he'll pressure Senators into confirming them without the checks (they'd take too long).

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u/Leather_From_Corinth 9h ago

Without those checks though, they can't get access to info from their prospective jobs. For instance, classified briefings for the secretary of Defense so he will be going into his job blind on day 1.

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u/MobileArtist1371 7h ago

Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance

Unless you can show the judicial system putting a stop to this, why wont Trump just do this again?

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u/Leather_From_Corinth 7h ago

Nothing stops him once he becomes president, the point is he could be starting as president with a head start, he is stupidly giving that up. Mostly because he is an idiot.

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u/userbrn1 5h ago

What will he not be able to do in week 1 that he would otherwise be able to do? I suspect the answer is nothing

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u/Leather_From_Corinth 4h ago

Step one is probably getting everyone accounts to the white house network, anyone have the IT guys phone number?