Pentagon halts Biden transition briefings

[Poiuyt]

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.

What happened: Meetings between President Trump's team and the Biden team are going on throughout the government, after a delayed start as the administration dragged its feet on officially recognizing Biden as president-elect.

Then on Thursday night, Miller — who was appointed Nov. 9, when Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper right after the election — ordered officials throughout the building to cancel scheduled transition meetings

Trump administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause. The officials were unsure what prompted Miller's action, or whether President Trump approved.

Why it matters: Miller's move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.

https://www.axios.com/pentagon-biden-transition-briefings-123a9658-4af1-4632-a6e6-770117784d60.html

It's a good thing we're not being attacked by the Russians.

[RKP5637]

1. Probably ordered by Putin, so as to keep the Biden team in the dark, while the next move is plotted.

[lindysalsagal]

4. Mitch and the gop own this.

They're all conspirators.

[dchill]

5. They're embarrassed because they're not done cleaning house.

[stopdiggin]

6. This is not good. (understatement)

I hope that we will have some explanation in fairly short order. But it's pretty obvious that we cannot afford to take a couple weeks off in this transition.

(and, by and large, the Pentagon has been pretty good about stiff-arming political shenanigans)

[UCmeNdc]

7. Just as news of the gigantic Russian hack comes out?

Interesting......

[Poiuyt]

8. Exactly

[marlakay]

9. I hope this pisses Biden off enough

To go after Trump and his people instead of making nice.