White House attorney dispatched to agency blocking Biden transition - November 10, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-attorney-dispatched-to-agency-blocking-biden-transition-173301811.html
WASHINGTON Five days before the presidential election, the Trump administration dispatched attorney Trent Benishek of the White House general counsels office to the General Services Administration. [snip]
GSA put out a press release, which said that as the new general counsel of the GSA, as well as its top ethics official, Benishek would advise in the formulation and promulgation of GSA policies and regulations, oversee the agencys litigation, and provide overall direction. [snip]
But one top official who was involved in the Obama transition in 2008 speculated that the young attorney was put there to keep tabs on Murphy. The former transition member, who would discuss the matter only on the condition of anonymity, went further, speculating that Benishek was installed there so the [White House] could fire the administrator and chief of staff, then have [Benishek] take over the agency to stop the ascertainment, a reference to the process the GSA undertakes during a presidential transition.
Though Murphy is a Republican, she is not a White House insider, meaning that she may not be fully trusted to do the presidents bidding.