President Trump’s transition team has agreed to allow the FBI to vet incoming cabinet nominees with background checks, they announced Tuesday.
President-elect Trump’s transition team has signed on to an agreement for the FBI to vet the incoming administration’s cabinet nominees, the transition team announced Tuesday.
Trump’s team says it will « submit names for background checks and security clearances », an agreement typically signed even before the election. The FBI historically vets each cabinet nominee and also handles security clearances, a process that could not begin until the agreement was made.
« This agreement with the Department of Justice will ensure President Trump and his team are ready on Day 1 to begin enacting the America First Agenda that an overwhelming majority of our nation supported on Election Day », incoming White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said in a statement.
A number of Republicans in the Senate had been apprehensive about the transition team’s initial unwillingness to face FBI background checks, and several praised the Tuesday agreement.
