Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.

  • frezik
    13·
    5 days ago

    Just in general, why is the transition funded by private donors at all? No matter who takes the office, it’s a necessary part of running the government, and should be handled by public money. Having private money do it is always an opening for corruption.

    • Tower@lemm.ee
      5·
      5 days ago

      That’s how it’s supposed to work, but it’s predicated on the incoming administration doing certain things, like signing ethics documents. Trump’s team is refusing to do this.

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Because the people who benefit from corruption are not the same people as those that are victims of corruption.