Summary
Two weeks after his 2024 election victory, Donald Trump has yet to sign key transition agreements with the Biden administration and the General Services Administration (GSA), delaying security clearances, briefings, and resources for his incoming team.
The agreements include an ethics pledge aimed at preventing conflicts of interest, which Trump reportedly opposes.
Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have criticized Trump for potentially violating federal law.
Despite the holdup, Trump is moving forward with Cabinet appointments, though his pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, withdrew amid ethics investigations.
He doesn’t have to. It’s not a legal obligation, it’s a “norm.” Elizabeth Warren is incorrect. She may have helped write it, but she seems to not understand it. I imagine that’s why her accusation is so vague. It violates no laws to refuse to sign, and that’s the legal interpretation before factoring in the new presidential immunity decision. He is vested with the full power of the executive when he is sworn in whether he signs the transfer agreements or not.
They won’t even try prosecuting him for his alleged treasonous behavior at this point. The idea they’re going to try to make a legal case out of a paperwork violation is pure fantasy for, like, six different reasons.
America. Where norms and customs are confused as being laws and the rigor in application of laws depends on whether you are a politician or are connected to one.
Yeah, I grew up learning how other countries weren’t as free and were more corrupt and in retrospect it was all fucking projection. This country is rotten to the fucking core.
it is pure fantasy, but it aligns perfectly with the platonic ideal of dnc fantasies. the idea that if we can catch him messing up some paperwork, then we’ll finally have him dead to rights.
I can’t argue with that lol
Since 2016 the Dems have deluded themselves into thinking they can throw the book at those who break the rules while the Republicans have been hard at work making sure the rules mean fuck all when used against them.