GAO investigating transition
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 04/11/17 10:32 AM EDT
... The GAO wrote in a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, that it will "examine the 2017 presidential transition on the basis of your letter to the comptroller general."
"We plan to complete our work and send a draft product to the agencies for comment in June 2017," the GAO added in the letter, which was sent last week but released on Tuesday.
As part of its probe, the GAO is planning to review laws tied to presidential transition, how the General Services Administration's transition funds were spent and what private financing was collected.
The accountability office is also going to look into what financial disclosure and ethics information the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) made available, as well as what "information and services" tied to speaking with other governments were given to then-President-elect Trump and Vice President Pence's transition team ...
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/328236-government-accountability-office-investigating-trumps-transition
