By The Opinion
Nov 26, 2024, 17:51 PM EST
President-elect Donald Trump reached the necessary agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition staff to coordinate with the existing federal workforce before taking office on January 20.
With the signing of the understanding agreement, it is possible to officially begin the transition process, on which it was specified that no taxpayer money will be used for this purpose.
His future chief of staff in the White House, Susie Wiles, indicated in a statement that after having completed the selection process for his Executive, Trump enters the next phase of the transition with the signing of said memorandum, which had suffered several delays.
His message highlighted that the decision not to use taxpayer money is consistent with the future president’s promise to save the money that these citizens have earned “with so much effort.”
Private funds will be used in exchange, the origin of which will be made public, and in which donations from abroad cannot be accepted.
Congressionally ordered agreement allows transition assistants to work with federal agencies and access non-public information and gives the green light to government workers to talk to the transition team.
The transition, it was added, will not use government buildings and “will function as a self-sufficient organization.”
“This organizational autonomy represents a simplified process that guarantees that the Trump Administration is ready from day one,” highlighted that message, making it clear that by already having “integrated security and information protections” they will not need “additional government or bureaucratic supervision.” ”.
The memorandum of understanding between the Trump team and the Biden Administration said that there is already an ethics plan, of which no details have been given yet, and it was announced that the transition team “will quickly and directly integrate into agencies and federal departments with access to documents and exchange of policies.”
The White House had criticized on November 21 that the president-elect’s team had not yet signed key documents to formally begin the transition of power. which, among other things, allows verifying the criminal records of the people selected for their future Administration.
The Republican team had not offered any explanation for the delay. One of its spokespersons, Brian Hughes, limited itself to stating that its lawyers continued to “constructively dialogue with the Biden Administration’s lawyers regarding all agreements contemplated in the Presidential Transition Act.”
On November 13, however, Biden invited Trump to a meeting in the Oval Office and both publicly committed at that meeting to carrying out a peaceful transition.
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