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.
