Biden admin creates delay, legal standoff so Trump’s transition team remains without access
November 25, 2024 | Kevin Haggerty
The Biden-Harris administration’s promises for a smooth transition maintained a major caveat as a legal “standoff” kept the president-elect’s nominees from accessing information.
Prior to the Election Night victory of President-elect Donald Trump, the transition team maintained their efforts to shirk the status quo and skip out on the taxpayer-funded option that opened the door to scrutiny from career bureaucrats. Now, according to a report from Politico, attempts by cabinet nominees to coordinate with their intended departments are being rebuffed.
In particular, advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the outlet that repeated efforts to engage with the Department of Health and Human Services he’s been tapped to lead have been met with a cold shoulder.
Administration officials attributed the lack of civility shown the president-elect thus far to opting out of signing agreements that would make the transition team privy to resources under the Presidential Transition Act, but would also place his team under scrutiny from the General Services Administration, the White House and the Justice Department.
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