(CNN) President Donald Trump's budget director is accusing President-elect Joe Biden's team of issuing "false statements" regarding his office's cooperation during the ongoing transition, insisting the office has been fully transparent over the course of 45 meetings. Still, in a letter to Biden's transition chief dated Thursday, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said his office would not help transition officials begin developing their own policies that he claimed would "bankrupt America." The letter was the latest development in a devolving spat between the incoming and outgoing administrations over the level of cooperation during the transition. What we have not done and will not do is use current OMB staff to write the (Biden Transition Team's) legislative policy proposals to dismantle this Administration's work. "Redirecting staff and resources to draft your team's budget proposals is not an OMB transition responsibility," he said.

Source: CNN December 31, 2020 21:00 UTC