Trump Is Running His Transition Team on Secret Money
www.nytimes.com
Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

Summary

Donald Trump’s transition team is raising unlimited funds from undisclosed donors, including foreign nationals, bypassing federal transparency rules by refusing to sign agreements with the Biden administration.

This breaks from tradition, sparking concerns about potential conflicts of interest and influence over the incoming administration.

The team has also failed to enable FBI background checks for appointees and has not submitted an ethics plan required for pre-inauguration access to federal agencies.

Critics warn that this secrecy undermines accountability during the critical handover of power.

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  • Flying Squid
    11•4 days ago

    Translation: “I had nothing to do with this. All I did was repeatedly tell people not to vote for Harris and then they didn’t vote for Harris and Harris lost and now I got my way and I’m mad about it.”

    • @Grimy
      4•4 days ago

      I didn’t. I was very vocal about voting for Harris anyways. I knew that the dems had already decided to roll the dice and it was up to us to knudge it along because trump was worse (including for palestinians). But I was banging my head against the walls wondering what the fuck they were thinking.

      Not only was enabling genocide morally disgusting, it was politically stupid as well. And it wasn’t just that, the dems ran on a platform of apathy. They needed to bring out people that usually don’t vote to win and they didn’t even try, while the fascist spent 12 years building a personality cult.

      If they don’t do something radically different next time, hoping trump doesn’t complete cement his dictatorship, they will lose again. They need to be held accountable.