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aides to President elect Joe Biden, who are trying to arrange a smooth transition of power, have met resistance to their requests for information from some Officials at the Pentagon and official on Biden's team sat on Friday after Biden beat President Donald Trump in the November 3rd election.
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The Democrats team began meeting with administration officials in late November to coordinate the handover.
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But you can't ever except when they steal and rig and rob.
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That's because Trump, who has refused to concede defeat, and his administration Onley authorized cooperation with Biden on November 23rd.
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But some of Trump's political appointees in the Defense Department have recently stopped cooperating.
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Yohannes Abraham, the executive director of Biden's transition team, told reporters in a call quote.
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We were concerned to learn this week about an abrupt halt in the already limited cooperation there.
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Earlier on Friday, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said in a statement that some meetings had been rescheduled, but none have been canceled or refused, saying the department and the transition team had agreed to a two week pause and discussions over the December holiday period.