The Trump-Vance transition staff has nonetheless not signed paperwork required to formally start the transition of energy, the White Home says.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre instructed reporters Thursday that “Our teams continue to stay in touch” and “as of now… the Trump-Vance transition staff has not but entered into the agreements with the White Home and the Common Service Administration (GSA).”
Not signing the paperwork means the federal government cannot present safety clearances and briefings to incoming administration officers and the FBI cannot display Trump’s picks for the Cupboard and different key posts. The agreements additionally present “office space, IT equipment, office supplies, fleet vehicles, mail management, and payment of compensation and other expenses,” in response to the GSA.
“President Biden met with the president-elect to show that transition of power and obviously offering, any assistance, needed to make sure that happens in a way that is peaceful, obviously, and efficient,” in response to Jean-Pierre.
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President Joe Biden met with President-elect Donald Trump within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on Nov. 13. (AP/Evan Vucci)
“So have been going to proceed to interact with the Trump transition staff, to make sure that we do have that environment friendly, efficient, transition of energy,” she added. “And in those conversations, we certainly are stressing that the White House and the administration stand ready to provide assistance and that access to services and information certainly outlined in the GSA, and the White House memorandum of agreement. So, those conversations continue. And we want this to go smoothly, and that’s what we’re trying to get to.”
The continued delay on agreeing to start out the formal transition course of could ultimately power senators to vote on Trump’s Cupboard picks with out the advantage of the same old background checks, the Related Press reported.
White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks in the course of the every day briefing on the White Home on Thursday, Nov. 21. She stated the Trump-Vance transition staff nonetheless hasn’t signed paperwork that may formally start the transition of energy. (AP/Ben Curtis)
That course of is designed to uncover private issues, prison histories and different potential crimson flags that might increase questions on a nominee’s suitability for key jobs.
It’s unclear why the paperwork haven’t been signed but.
President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump within the Oval Workplace of the White Home, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)
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Transition spokesman Brian Hughes stated earlier this month that the staff’s “lawyers continue to constructively engage with” legal professionals and officers from President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration and promised updates “once a decision is made.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
