Source: Politico
“The Trump-Vance transition has signed an agreement with the Department of Justice allowing the transition team to ‘submit names for background checks and security clearances,’ the transition said in a statement Tuesday. The transition team delayed signing the memorandum of understanding — typically inked before the election — for weeks, preventing the FBI from conducting background checks on any of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees announced thus far or processing security clearances for Trump transition officials.” (12/03/24)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/03/trump-transition-doj-agreement-00192451