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Trump agrees to DOJ background checks on administration nominees, appointments
President-elect Donald Trumpās transition team said Tuesday that it reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that sets the stage for the department to conduct background checks and start the security clearance process for Trump administration nominees and appointees.
The agreement comes amid controversy over some of Trumpās picks for top positions in the government, including the leadership of the Defense Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, the FBI, and the post of director of National Intelligence.
An agreement to have the FBI, which is a division of the DOJ, conduct background checks on nominees and appointees could make some U.S. senators more comfortable voting to approve Trumpās selections for such posts than they would be without such a deal.
What makes it a good sign? It means Baby Donald's staff may have some influence over his most egregiously harmful impulses.
Of course it also gives Donnie cover to force out nominees like Hegseth while claiming he had no idea about the recent revelations of Pete's excessive drinking, skirt chasing, and mismanagement of funds for the organizations he ran.