Current and former Trump officials quietly reach out to Biden team

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)A handful of current Trump administration officials, as well as some political appointees who left in recent months, have quietly started to reach out to members of President-elect Joe Biden's transition team, according to people briefed on the matter.

The outreach is a sign that President Donald Trump's refusal to concede the election and the continued obstruction from the White House is beginning to frustrate even those affiliated with the administration. The General Services Administration still has yet to acknowledge Biden's victory and begin the formal transition. As a result, Biden and his team remain locked out of access to contacts with the federal agencies, funding to help ramp up government hiring for the new administration and access to classified intelligence briefings.

One former Trump official told CNN they're viewing the outreach effort as putting duty to the country over partisan considerations. The conversations are not as detailed as formal briefings that would take place under the officially sanctioned transition, sources said, but they at least could help incoming Biden transition members have a sense of the issues they might have to deal with upon taking office.

Another former White House official who left the administration a few months ago said that he personally emailed someone who he expects will be back in the Biden administration in a similar role to his and offered to help.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/politics/trump-officials-reach-out-biden-transition-team/index.html

[Siwsan]

1. If only trump* watched CNN, this could unleash a twitter tantrum of epic proportions. (haha)

Let the interrogations begin!

[empedocles]

2. Hopefully, some will very quietly reach out to prosecutors v. trumpers

[yaesu]

3. and guess who is trending on twitter, poor little GSA Admin Emily Murphy is having a breakdown

over trying to maintain her loyalty to tRump while realizing she is being a traitor to the country.

[Tommymac]

6. She doesn't care - probably throwing another rooftop sex party.

[True Blue American]

9. Could you give us a link?

Thanks

[mitch96]

4. Oh this is gonna piss the orange one off BIG TIME... nt

[Cha]

5. ".. putting duty to country.." . the Orange

Blob only puts it to himself.

[calimary]

8. I hope Christopher Krebs will mosey on over.

Why not? He's got nothing to lose now. He's already outta there. He's beyond the reach of trump now. And both his memory of the job and of the work are VERY fresh and still current.

[AZ8theist]

10. CAREFUL, JOE...

Yes, have a conversation with members of the so-called "Deep State"...lifelong government patriots, BUT...

Your government needs to PURGE EVERY FUCKING DOTURD SYCOPHANT.

Otherwise, the Doturd assholes will destroy your presidency from within. You CANNOT let that happen.

There are multitudes of experienced government professionals who quit because they couldn't stomach a TRAITOR in the White House, Bring them back. The years of experience keeping our citizens safe is invaluable.

( I only use the term "deep state because that's what they are: Experienced professionals who are patriots. Not Steve Bannon asshole traitors and fucking morons...)