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Donald Trump accused by Joe Biden of weakening US security agencies, obstructing transition
United States president-elect Joe Biden has accused President Donald Trump of weakening many of the country’s security agencies and labelled the lack of information being provided to his transition team as “irresponsibility”.
Key points:
- Mr Trump refused to allow federal agencies to cooperate with the incoming administration until three weeks after the election
- The Pentagon says it has conducted 163 interviews and 181 requests for information since then
- Mr Biden says his team still is not getting all the information it needs
Mr Biden said his team, while securing cooperation from some federal agencies, had “encountered obstruction from the political leadership” at the Pentagon.
“And the truth is that many of the agencies that are crucial to…
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