Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Monday that President elect-Trump “and his transition team are already breaking” a law on presidential transition. “Donald Trump and his transition team are …

Summary

Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team of violating the Presidential Transition Act by failing to prevent conflicts of interest and sign an ethics agreement, a law Warren helped author.

Her comments follow a CNN report suggesting that Trump’s team has withheld necessary transition agreements from the Biden administration due to conflict-of-interest concerns.

Rep. Jamie Raskin also criticized Trump’s refusal to engage in standard transition protocols, warning it could disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. Trump’s actions break a precedent set by presidential candidates since 2010.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    582·
    10 days ago

    Bless your heart, Elizabeth. You think you still have a say in Trump’s America. You’re both a Democrat and a woman.

  • venusaur@lemmy.world
    271·
    9 days ago

    Did we learn nothing from the last Trump presidency? Precedent means nothing if it’s not a law. Dems fucked everybody over by playing a gentleman’s game with a scumbag.

    • lengau
      3·
      8 days ago

      In this case it is a law. A law that Warren co-authored.

  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
    151·
    10 days ago

    That is fine they own the government now they will just ignore the law or change it.

  • snowboardbum@lemmy.world
    153·
    10 days ago

    We should not point out a single infraction until that broken law is enough to actually spark a national uproar for impeachment. Otherwise we boil the public frog.

      • snowboardbum@lemmy.world
        64·
        10 days ago

        Good news, frog legs are delicious. But yeh. We’re fucked. I know it. But getting super pissy about every norm and small infraction is just a way to exhaust the public.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          44·
          10 days ago

          Well since we’re going off topic, the only time I ever had frog’s legs, I didn’t care for them. Way too much bone to meat ratio and the meat was meh.

          • snowboardbum@lemmy.world
            51·
            10 days ago

            Just like with bad food it’s only every worth complaining about when you can affect the general business… Not the server helping you.