This MOU allows the incoming administration to obtain information, especially that which is classified.
The Trump transition team announced on Nov. 26 that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Biden administration to begin working together.
The MOU allows the incoming administration to obtain security clearances and information, especially that which is classified. The MOU is key in implementing the transition of power.
“After completing the selection process of his incoming Cabinet, President-elect [Donald] Trump is entering the next phase of his administration’s transition by executing a Memorandum of Understanding with President Joe Biden’s White House,” said incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in a statement.
“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.”
Despite signing the MOU, the Trump transition team will not utilize taxpayer dollars, government buildings, and General Services Administration technology in preparing to take over the levers of government.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Nov. 22 that Biden has been providing support for Trump’s transition team while waiting for it to sign the MOU.
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“Trump–Vance transition team has not yet entered into the agreements with the White House and the General Service Administration [GSA],” Jean-Pierre said.
“President [Joe] 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.”
The two met on Nov. 13, eight days after the election.
The Trump transition team, which initially did not sign the agreements, sprang into action on Nov. 6 after Trump was projected the winner of the presidential election. The team is co-chaired by Howard Lutnick, the president-elect’s nominee to be commerce secretary, and former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.). The goal of a transition is to ensure the incoming administration is ready on day one.
These include Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for secretary of state, Fox News personality and Army veteran Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for U.S. attorney general, investor Scott Bessent for treasury secretary, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for homeland security secretary, House GOP Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.
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