WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition group will arrive on the Pentagon on Monday, a Pentagon spokesperson mentioned, after a delay in signing an settlement after the Nov. 5 election to formally start the transition course of.
Pentagon spokesman Main Normal Pat Ryder mentioned that Deputy Protection Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke with the Trump transition group on Friday and “conveyed the department’s commitment to conducting a smooth and professional transition.”
The bizarre delay in signing the settlement after the election had raised issues amongst some critics about potential hiccups in authorities operations or conflicts of curiosity.
Trump, a Republican, will take workplace on Jan. 20. His group had rejected entreaties from Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration to rapidly signal a memorandum of understanding and had objected to some parts of a conventional transition settlement, in line with the White Home.
