Vilsack: The Trump team cannot enter the USDA until the document is signed

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said The Progressive Farmer/DTN On Monday, Trump announced that President-elect Trump’s transition team cannot visit the USDA until Trump signs documents initiating the transition. “They can’t enter the building and we can’t give them any information until the documents are signed,” Vilsack said in an interview Monday. “That’s federal law.”

This has effectively set up an early confrontation between the White House and Trump’s team across the federal government. Vilsack said he hasn’t had a chance to speak with Brooke Rollins, Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, or anyone else on the Trump transition team.

“We cannot speak to anyone from the incoming Trump administration until they have signed the necessary transition documents, but as a practical matter I would definitely encourage the new nominee to come forward and encourage those papers to be signed relatively. “soon so she can be fully prepared and the team can be fully prepared for the task they are taking on,” Vilsack said The progressive farmer.

The Associated Press discussed the issue of transition documents more broadly.

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