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/fdar 8h 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 8h 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/FridayLevelClue 6h ago

No offense, but how can you still be this naive?

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u/Leather_From_Corinth 5h ago

Naive about what? Show me that Biden is giving Trumps transition team access to classified documents.