Jamie Raskin demands FBI background checks for Trump nominees

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Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Donald Trump’s transition team on Friday, seeking “clear assurance that the Trump-Vance Transition will require that all nominees receive a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check before they are considered by the Senate.”

The letter comes a little more than a week after the Trump transition team finally signed an agreement with the Department of Justice allowing the team to “submit names for background checks and security clearances.” Trump’s team has dragged its feet signing what are normally standard transition documents, including an ethics agreement Trump himself signed into law.

“I request that the Trump-Vance Transition commit immediately to requiring all nominees to undergo FBI background checks before they are considered by the Senate,” Raskin reiterated, adding that the nominees must also ”submit to vetting before they are afforded any access to classified information.”

In his current capacity as the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, the Maryland Democrat notes that “reports indicate that some nominees may be refusing to undergo FBI background checks before the Trump Administration takes office,” referencing reports that Trump’s crew might look to a third-party private group for background checks as a way around the FBI.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/13/2291821/-Top-House-Democrat-demands-FBI-background-checks-for-Trump-nominees

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1. There need to be full FBI background checks on these nominees

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2. Come January 3 Raskin will have no power to enforce his wishes because Ds will be

in the minority and the majority of Rs will do 45s bidding. The agreement 45 signed agreeing to background checks contained the clause that allowed his appointees to opt out of this requirement.

If Raskin wants background checks, order they be done NOW.