Trump transition signs White House agreement after delay

After completing the selection process of his incoming Cabinet, President-elect Trump is entering the next phase of his administration’s transition by executing a Memorandum of Understanding with President Joe Biden’s White House,

Wiles said in a statement

Transition will not utilize taxpayer funding for costs related to the transition, which is consistent with President Trump's commitment to save taxpayers' hard-earned money,

the announcement said

President-elect Trump and his team will be in seat on January 20 at 12 pm, and they will immediately be responsible for a range of domestic and global challenges, foreseen and unforeseen. A smooth transition is critical to the safety and security of the American people who are counting on their leaders to be responsible and prepared."

Sharma added

While we do not agree with the Trump transition team’s decision to forgo signing the GSA MOU, we will follow the purpose of the Presidential Transition Act, which clearly states that ‘any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and wellbeing of the United States and its people,

Sharma said

The Transition already has existing security and information protections built in, which means we will not require additional government and bureaucratic oversight,

the Trump transition said in a statement

The Trump transition team must provide the names and current employer of individuals who would have access to agencies, agency personnel, and government information,” and those who are receiving classified information must have “the security clearance necessary to have access to that information, the requisite need to know, and (have) signed the requisite non-disclosure agreements.”

For instance, officials said

The Transition landing teams will quickly integrate directly into federal agencies and departments with access to documents and policy sharing,

the press release stated

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,

said Wiles in a statement

Like President Biden said to the American people from the Rose Garden and directly to President-elect Trump, he is committed to an orderly transition,

said White House spokesperson Saloni Sharma

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We are doing everything that we can to effect a professional and an orderly transition,

White House national security spokesman John Kirby said

The Trump-Vance transition lawyers continue to constructively engage with the Biden-Harris administration lawyers regarding all agreements contemplated by the Presidential Transition Act,

said Brian Hughes, a Trump transition spokesman