Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President-elect Trump and his transition team are “already breaking” presidential transition laws.
Warren: “Donald Trump and his transition team are already breaking the law'' mentioned in the post Social Platform X. “I would have known because I wrote the law, which requires the next president to prevent conflicts of interest and sign an ethics agreement.”
“This is what illegal corruption really is,” she added.
Warren is respond to a report from CNN reported Saturday that conflict of interest pledges included in the Presidential Transition Act are preventing the president-elect's team from submitting multiple transition agreements to the Biden administration.
The Presidential Transition Act provides major party candidates with a memorandum of understanding with the current president and the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide staff with access to relevant resources such as facilities, documents, executive branch personnel, and national security information. are instructed to participate. The period between the election and the inauguration. These agreements also include ethics plans.
Last month, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) wrote in a letter to President Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance that both sides have a presidential transition agreement with the federal government. expressed concern that there is no such thing. Mr Raskin warned that delays could have a negative impact on next year's transfer of power.
“Breaking the precedent set by every other presidential candidate since 2010, you denied these resources and refused to commit to a smooth transition of power,” Raskin wrote.
“Your actions depart from the established norms of the federal government and demonstrate a spectacular disregard for the successful continuation of an essential institution of American democratic government,” he added.
The Hill has reached out to President Trump's press secretary, the White House and the GSA for comment.
