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With a week until Election Day, both the Harris and Trump campaigns are meeting with transition planning officials
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With a week until Election Day, both the Harris and Trump campaigns are meeting with transition planning officials

A week before Election Day, members of the federal transition agency met with representatives of the Harris and Trump campaigns on Tuesday, ABC News confirmed.

Previously, the Trump team had missed deadlines on ethics and funding agreements.

A White House spokesman confirmed the meeting in a statement.

“On. On Tuesday, October 29, the Agency’s Transition Directors Council (ATDC) met in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. ATDC has been meeting regularly for months to prepare for a transition, and this week’s meeting included representatives from both transition teams,” the statement said. “The meeting focused on post-election preparation to ensure that transition agencies and teams are prepared to execute responsibly and effectively”.

The federal transition coordinator has engaged continuously with both candidate transition teams, the White House said. In September, White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients convened the White House Transition Coordinating Committee into a meeting that included representatives from both candidate transition teams.

Earlier this month, two new members of Harris’ transition team told ABC News that he was assuming nothing.

They said they were a bit behind given her relatively short time as a presidential candidate.

They insisted they weren’t “measuring the drapes” and laser-focused on the campaign, noting there’s no transition if you lose.

A team member told ABC News, “The last thing in the world we want to do is make noise or distract, and frankly, that’s not where her head is or should be.”

Her team, they said, is working harder behind the scenes to “gather the bones” and “make sure she can hit the ground running” if she wins.

This activity includes the training of lawyers for the verification of personal potential.

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