Trump’s transition crew to reach at Pentagon on Monday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition crew will arrive on the Pentagon on Monday, a Pentagon spokesperson mentioned, after a delay in signing an settlement after the Nov. 5 election to formally start the transition course of.

Pentagon spokesman Main Basic Pat Ryder mentioned that Deputy Protection Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke with the Trump transition crew on Friday and “conveyed the division’s dedication to conducting a clean {and professional} transition.”

The bizarre delay in signing the settlement after the election had raised issues amongst some critics about potential hiccups in authorities operations or conflicts of curiosity.

Trump, a Republican, will take workplace on Jan. 20. His crew had rejected entreaties from Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration to shortly signal a memorandum of understanding and had objected to some parts of a conventional transition settlement, based on the White Home.