Today, the Trump-Vance transition team signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Justice, the next step in the ongoing preparation of senior administration officials for the purpose of serving in President Donald Trump’s second administration.
The MOU allows the transition team to submit names for background checks and security clearances and will afford the transition process additional insights, and it facilitates the transition landing teams gaining access to the information they need to prepare for leadership of the federal agencies and departments.
“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,” said Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff.
Trump has a testy relationship with the FBI, which is under the Department of Justice, with good reason. The agency raided his home in Mar-a-Lago, and many believe the intrusion into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was, in part, an agency operation. The FBI has come under criticism and suspicion for its “woke” agenda and possible involvement in other civil unrest. The FBI, for example, raided the home of a Homer, Alaska couple who had been outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The agency said it was looking for then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop computer, which it believed the couple had stolen.
Other incidents, from Antifa riots to Black Lives Matter mayhem, have raised questions about whether the agency has been compromised. Trump has nominated Kash Patel to take over the leadership of the agency and start cleaning out the corruption.
The Department of Justice itself has been on a several-year witch hunt against Trump. Recently, Jack Smith, the special counsel who has been in charge of taking Trump down politically through the Justice system, has dropped the case.
