Trump Transition Team Faces Spending Review at Warren's Urging
- Government Accountability Office to examine ethics guidance
- Congressional Democrats sought inquiry in November letter
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The main U.S. government-accountability agency will examine the public and private spending that went into President Donald Trump’s transition to the presidency, as well as the ethics guidance his team received.
The review was outlined in a April 5 letter to Representative Elijah Cummings and Senator Elizabeth Warren, both Democrats, who had urged the Government Accountability Office to examine potential conflicts of interest between Trump’s transition team and his business interests, as well as the team’s communications with foreign governments. Warren’s office released GAO’s letter Tuesday.