President-Elect Joe Biden Slated To Announce Cabinet Picks On Tuesday
According to two key members of his transition team, President-elect Joe Biden will make his first Cabinet picks known on Tuesday. This announcement comes amid President Donald Trump's unceasing attempts to overturn the results of the recently concluded election, baselessly citing widespread voter fraud.
Moreover, Trump previously accused Democrats of stealing the election from him, raising questions regarding the legitimacy of Biden's win. Biden will be unveiling his Cabinet nominees this week, introducing the public to his team members, Jen Psaki, who spearheads Biden's nominations team, told CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union.
After the interview, she tweeted that the first Cabinet announcements will be made on Tuesday to make sure they do not interrupt anyone's Thanksgiving plans on Nov. 26. Incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain confirmed in an interview with ABC that Biden would be announcing his first Cabinet on Tuesday.
Klain told George Stephanopoulos on This Week that Biden's first Cabinet announcements will outdo the pace set by the former President Barack Obama's transition team, and beat the pace set by the Trump transition. Biden's impending announcement represents his unceasing attempt to move ahead with his transition process despite Trump's dubious legal drive that raises questions over the legitimacy of his election win in several states.
Trump's refusal to concede has delayed the process of ascertainment, hindering the General Services Administration's routine recognition in the wake of an apparent presidential victory that paves the way for the official transition. Psaki noted on Sunday that delayed formal transition process would interfere with FBI background checks for Biden's Cabinet picks.
She went on to say that not only Democrats but Republicans in the Senate would be frustrated about not having access to that information, adding that it could take several weeks for that to happen. She told Taper that the budding resentment could prove to be another pressure point soon.
On Tuesday, Biden revealed that he had already selected his treasury secretary, suggesting that every element of the Democratic party will accept his pick. While some parts of the transition process are moving forward at record speed, Klain admitted that there are some limitations to what Biden's team can do since the current administration continues to block the transition.
Moreover, Klain said Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris still haven't been given access to intelligence briefings and coronavirus data. He slammed the GSA (US general services administration) administrator Emily Murphy for delaying confirmation of Biden’s win.