A thousand miles from the austere buildings where Washington runs, Donald Trump’s transition team in his Mar-a-Lago resort has begun what a close ally calls a hostile takeover of the federal government. His transition teams have yet to set foot inside a single federal office. Trump claimed the correspondence was collected unlawfully and belonged to the transition team. Leaders of the Trump transition said days before the election that they planned to sign the agreements with the GSA and the White House and were negotiating details with the Biden administration. Trump’s team did not provide names, and still hasn’t, according to people familiar with the transition.

Source: Washington Post November 20, 2024 15:18 UTC