Trump’s transition team finishes key paperwork to get White House info
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has finally finished key paperwork clearing the way for the White House to start sharing information.
CBS News justice reporter Paula Reid reports that the Justice Department is now in contact with the President-elect’s transition representatives and will begin to brief those individuals. Once those briefings begin, there will be communication between the two teams on an ongoing basis.
Coordination was on hold until Trump’s team submitted documents, including a list of transition team members who will coordinate with specific federal agencies, plus certification that they meet a code of conduct barring conflicts of interest.
White House spokeswoman Brandi Hoffine said the minimum paperwork was finished Thursday. That means agencies can start giving briefings and written materials to Trump’s team.
But Trump’s team still hasn’t submitted names for some agencies. The White House isn’t saying which agencies are missing.
Hoffine said the White House expects Trump’s team will submit names for a “wider range of agencies.” She says the White House will process those “on a rolling basis.”
CBS News also learned Thursday that Mr. Trump is meeting with 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney on Saturday.
A source involved in the transition described the meeting as one to “seek counsel.” Two sources told CBS News that Mr. Trump and Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, will also discuss potential cabinet positions.
Romney was highly critical of Mr. Trump throughout the campaign, at one point giving a speech in which he called the GOP businessman “a phony, a fraud.”
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