Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is warning that President-elect Trump is putting national security at risk by refusing to sign memoranda of understanding with the Biden White House and federal departments and agencies to allow the transition power to proceed smoothly and give Trump and his team access to classified information.

“President-elect Donald Trump is undermining his own ability to effectively manage national security emergencies, urgent public health and safety threats, and corruption risks as he prepares to take office,” Warren wrote in a letter to Robin Carnahan, the administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, which handles much of the presidential transition.

Warren pointed out that Trump has still not signed agreements with the Biden-Harris administration to guide the transition and has failed to publish an ethics plan, which she said would increase “the risk of the incoming administration governing for the benefit of special interests rather than the American public.”

The Massachusetts senator noted........

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