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Little-known Trump appointee is kneecapping Biden’s transition team

By Kerry Eleveld 

Daily Kos Staff

If there’s one thing today’s Democrats can count on when they retake the White House from Republicans, it’s that they will inherit a toxic waste zone of a mess. With the pandemic entering a terrifying stage of spread, President-elect Joe Biden will be no exception. But his task of reinvigorating the federal government to deal with the nation’s biggest public health challenge in a century is meeting with an extra hurdle: A little-known Trump appointee is delaying an essential piece of the transition process that makes critical government resources available to the transition team.

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