Posted on 10/27/2024 2:44:27 PM PDT by ransomnote
A memo circulating among at least half a dozen advisers to former President Donald J. Trump recommends that if he is elected, he bypass traditional background checks by law enforcement officials and immediately grant security clearances to a large number of his appointees after being sworn in, according to three people briefed on the matter.
The proposal is being promoted by a small group including Boris Epshteyn, a top legal adviser to Mr. Trump who was influential in its development, according to the three people.
It is not clear whether Mr. Trump has seen the proposal or whether he is inclined to adopt it if he takes office.
But it would allow him to quickly install loyalists in major positions without subjecting them to the risk of long-running and intrusive F.B.I. background checks, potentially increasing the risks of people with problematic histories or ties to other nations being given influential White House roles. Such checks hung up clearances for a number of aides during Mr. Trump’s presidency, including Mr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Mr. Epshteyn himself.
The proposal suggests using private-sector investigators and researchers to perform background checks on Mr. Trump’s intended appointees during the transition, cutting out the role traditionally played by F.B.I. agents, the three people said. Once Mr. Trump took the oath, he would then summarily approve a large group for access to classified secrets, they said.
Asked about the proposal, Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, responded with an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris, saying she and Democrats “have weaponized the Department of Justice to attack President Trump and his supporters” and that Mr. Trump would use “the full powers of the presidency” to build his administration starting on Inauguration Day.
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Perhaps because EVERY FBI employee is subject to having their own security clearances taken away, along with their jobs, retirements, and freedoms.
They have shown themselves to all be a huge corrupted nest of vipers.
How?
Oh, Maggie Haberman is clutching her pearls again, lol.
Throw the deep state in Gitmo, then set it on fire.
I would trust someone randomly picked from a phone book than I would the FBI.
Maybe true. FBI vetting will surely produce fake reports in order to eliminate effective appointees in favor of Party people who will be skilled at slowing down or killing his programs.
not to mention anyone with a communist history or sharia law preferential attitude
they should be required by law to wear a badge stating not to be involved with confidential or government privileged information;
See 29.
I would not trust any FBI personnel who work the Washington Field Office nor the Hoover Building. Not even the janitors.
Why not our Security system has more holes than a sieve so go ahead!
He could hire a private team to vette them. It’s got to be better than letting the FBI getting their mitts on them
And the NYT is firmly opposed.
He could hire a private team to vette them. It’s got to be better than letting the FBI getting their mitts on them
The FBI should vet them, but Trump should review any rejected and determine if the reason is legitimate
Clinton refused to have his people properly checked.
Not with the FBI’s history of holding back information. I wouldn’t trust them at all.
Is it only DOJ that the FBI checks?
I thought DoD used its own agency for background checks...maybe it’s different now.
Not only should DJTdo his own vetting, he should immediately start revoking hundreds, if not thousands of existing security clearances . . .
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