#tfg #chrisliddell #transitionteam #january6 #elections2024 #mikepence #jacksmith
I thought that Pence deserved all the credit for saving the country , there are unsung heroes that deserve some credit, Chris Liddell is one of them , without his work we wouldn’t have a country either, the planning and execution of the transition from one administration to the next takes usually more than a year and the refusal of some departments to cooperate made this almost impossible.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/07/the-trump-official-who-did-the-right-thing/
Here is an interview with Chris Liddell , the host is the same person who wrote the article, in this podcast they touch some of the same points but they also talk about some new ones , this was recorded the day before president Biden took office.
https://ourpublicservice.org/podcast/chris-liddell-on-trumps-transition-out-of-office/
And finally;
“ Under the new law, post-election transition services begin immediately after a concession. Absent a concession within 5 days of the election, services begin automatically for all remaining eligible candidates – and will conclude for all but one apparent successful candidate when Congressionally-established factors are met.
As a result of this change, an affirmative “ascertainment” by GSA is no longer a prerequisite for gaining transition support services.”
https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/mission-and-background/our-role-in-presidential-transitions
@Wbtphdjd yep !! I wasn’t sure until I googled it right now !!
@Wbtphdjd I was in the same situation, those are things that you take for granted!!
@Wbtphdjd yep !! Nobody thought it would happen!!
@Jorro - At least one process improvement. I was so annoyed by Trump’s GSA witch. Same women who conspired with Trump to not allow sale of FBI building. And allowed him to own Post Office hotel.
@Batavus yes, that is an improvement, it was necessary, we were closer than we think to losing the country!!
How is the law ever going to be fixed when Trump conspirators are still on Capitol Hill?
@Sr0bi it is a slow process but it can happen.
@Sr0bi I didn’t have time to check if the Biden administration already did something about it but I will do when I have a chance.
@Sr0bi they fixed it in 2022!!
“ As a result of this change, an affirmative “ascertainment” by GSA is no longer a prerequisite for gaining transition support services.”
https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/mission-and-background/our-role-in-presidential-transitions
Finally here is a summary of the transition process and the law that applies , when I first read about it I found out how important is to have the full cooperation of the outgoing administration as well as the incoming one , the law is not perfect and nobody expected Trump to behave the way he did , that has to change and hopefully the law will improve to prevent that from happening again, I had no idea it was this complex.
https://presidentialtransition.org/reports-publications/presidential-transition-act-summary/