Breaking norms, Trump signs transition memorandum with Biden White House
Al Jazeera
US President-elect Trump has sidestepped agreements that would require donor disclosures and vetting for government picks.
United States President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a memorandum of understanding with Joe Biden’s outgoing administration, in order to kick-start preparations for his second term in the White House.
But Tuesday’s memorandum notably sidestepped an ethics agreement that would have forced Trump to be transparent about who may be financing his transition effort.
It also avoided the question of background checks for Trump’s nominees to high-level government positions, another area in which the president-elect has bucked political norms.
Nevertheless, in a statement on Tuesday, Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles called the memorandum a step forward.
“This engagement allows our intended Cabinet nominees to begin critical preparations, including the deployment of landing teams to every department and agency, and complete the orderly transition of power,” she wrote.
