Government Accountability Office Is Investigating The Trump Transition
After a request from Elizabeth Warren, the Government Accountability Office announced it will investigate the Trump Transition for conflicts.
The Government Accountability Office revealed Tuesday that it is reviewing Donald Trump’s presidential transition after Democratic lawmakers expressed concerns.
The Government Accountability Office was responding to a letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Elijah Cummings and said that it will “examine the 2017 presidential transition on the basis of your letter to the comptroller general.”
“We plan to complete our work and send a draft product to the agencies for comment in June 2017,” the letter also said.
As part of its investigation, the Government Accountability Office is planning to review how Trump transition funds were spent and what private financing was collected.
Warren and Cummings sent a letter to the GAO asking them to investigate the Trump transition saying, “We have significant questions about the extent to which Mr. Trump’s conflicts of interest and other problems are affecting his transition are compromising the use of taxpayer funds.”
