Trump still hasn’t signed ethics agreement required for presidential transition

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One day we will wake to his obituary :-)

CNN —
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet submitted a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, in part because of concerns over the mandatory ethics pledge vowing to avoid conflicts of interest once sworn in to office, CNN has learned.

As president, Trump repeatedly came under fire from ethics groups for potential conflicts of interest relating to his businesses and brands. Both Trump’s and his family’s foreign business ties have also come under intense scrutiny throughout his time in office and on the campaign trail.

Trump and his transition team are already behind in accessing key transition briefings from the Biden administration, as they have failed to sign a pair of agreements to unlock critical information before taking over the federal government in 72 days.

The holdup revolves in part around the mandatory agreement over ethics issues.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/biden-trump-will-meet-white-house
A source familiar with the process acknowledged that details are still being worked out with the Biden administration regarding the ethics agreement, which is required by law under the Presidential Transition Act and which applies to all members of the transition team. Updates to that bill requiring the ethics pledge were introduced by Trump ally Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, and signed into law by Trump himself in March 2020.

The source would not expand further on the Trump team’s concerns over the ethics pledge.
 
He will sign if not doing so will make him look bad. It does not matter. He will be enriching himself as president. That is who he is. He does not care about signing agreements, laws regulations, or norms. He does what he wants.
 
NakedHunterBiden said:

CNN —
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet submitted a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, in part because of concerns over the mandatory ethics pledge vowing to avoid conflicts of interest once sworn in to office, CNN has learned.

As president, Trump repeatedly came under fire from ethics groups for potential conflicts of interest relating to his businesses and brands. Both Trump’s and his family’s foreign business ties have also come under intense scrutiny throughout his time in office and on the campaign trail.

Trump and his transition team are already behind in accessing key transition briefings from the Biden administration, as they have failed to sign a pair of agreements to unlock critical information before taking over the federal government in 72 days.

The holdup revolves in part around the mandatory agreement over ethics issues.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/biden-trump-will-meet-white-house
A source familiar with the process acknowledged that details are still being worked out with the Biden administration regarding the ethics agreement, which is required by law under the Presidential Transition Act and which applies to all members of the transition team. Updates to that bill requiring the ethics pledge were introduced by Trump ally Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, and signed into law by Trump himself in March 2020.

The source would not expand further on the Trump team’s concerns over the ethics pledge.
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:pussyhat: :yayaseesathreadban::magagrin:
 
BartenderElite said:
I have a hunch we're about to see a bunch of stuff from Presidents that we've never seen before.

I'll try to derive some entertainment from how MAGA defends each unprecedented move toward autocracy.
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Whole lot of stuff, as I’ve said, he is tearing down the guard rails that where designed to check the power of the Executive Branch, it has all been scripted out in Maralago
 
I dont see where the Trump administration has anything to gain by signing anything so that the Shadow Government will lie to them or tell them things that they already know. This pairs with what I heard that Trump has forbidden the CIA from having any access to him.
 
Also, the administration (acting through the Federal Transition Coordinator), enters memoranda of understanding with the eligible candidates including conditions for access to agencies by the president-elect’s transition team, and agreement by transition teams to implement, enforce and publicly disclose ethics plans for transition team members.
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presidentialtransition.org

Presidential Transition Act Summary

INTRODUCTION In passing the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, Congress explained: “Any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and well-being of the United States and its people.” To promote the orderly transfer of power...
presidentialtransition.org presidentialtransition.org

Looking around it seems that the Trump team has done all that is required by law, that the Shadow Government is demanding that they have the right to dictate what the ethic plan says, and are refusing at accept what Trump has submitted. As punishment the transition does not get briefings or agency info....which likely Trump and his people could care less about given that they cant trust anything that they are told.

I only spent 10 minutes looking into this, dont quote me.
 
NakedHunterBiden said:

CNN —
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet submitted a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, in part because of concerns over the mandatory ethics pledge vowing to avoid conflicts of interest once sworn in to office, CNN has learned.

As president, Trump repeatedly came under fire from ethics groups for potential conflicts of interest relating to his businesses and brands. Both Trump’s and his family’s foreign business ties have also come under intense scrutiny throughout his time in office and on the campaign trail.

Trump and his transition team are already behind in accessing key transition briefings from the Biden administration, as they have failed to sign a pair of agreements to unlock critical information before taking over the federal government in 72 days.

The holdup revolves in part around the mandatory agreement over ethics issues.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/biden-trump-will-meet-white-house
A source familiar with the process acknowledged that details are still being worked out with the Biden administration regarding the ethics agreement, which is required by law under the Presidential Transition Act and which applies to all members of the transition team. Updates to that bill requiring the ethics pledge were introduced by Trump ally Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, and signed into law by Trump himself in March 2020.

The source would not expand further on the Trump team’s concerns over the ethics pledge.
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What are you gonna do about it?
 
NakedHunterBiden said:

CNN —
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet submitted a series of transition agreements with the Biden administration, in part because of concerns over the mandatory ethics pledge vowing to avoid conflicts of interest once sworn in to office, CNN has learned.

As president, Trump repeatedly came under fire from ethics groups for potential conflicts of interest relating to his businesses and brands. Both Trump’s and his family’s foreign business ties have also come under intense scrutiny throughout his time in office and on the campaign trail.

Trump and his transition team are already behind in accessing key transition briefings from the Biden administration, as they have failed to sign a pair of agreements to unlock critical information before taking over the federal government in 72 days.

The holdup revolves in part around the mandatory agreement over ethics issues.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/biden-trump-will-meet-white-house
A source familiar with the process acknowledged that details are still being worked out with the Biden administration regarding the ethics agreement, which is required by law under the Presidential Transition Act and which applies to all members of the transition team. Updates to that bill requiring the ethics pledge were introduced by Trump ally Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, and signed into law by Trump himself in March 2020.

The source would not expand further on the Trump team’s concerns over the ethics pledge.
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:yayaseesathreadban:
 
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