Biden meets with Trump on the 13th...Acquisition work, "Fight of spirit."

Biden and Trump meet at the White House on the 13th local time
It is customary for the incoming president of the United States to invite the president-elect
Trump Disagrees With 2020 Presidential Election...Don't invite Biden
Even when Trump won his first presidential election, there are concerns about conflicts of interest.

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U.S. President Joe Biden, who has said he will cooperate with the transition of power, has decided to meet with Trump at the White House soon.

However, as Trump held out without submitting a pledge to prevent conflicts of interest to the White House, there was a fight over the takeover.

I'm correspondent Lee Seung-yoon from New York.

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U.S. President Joe Biden will meet President-elect Donald Trump, who will take office on January 20 next year, at the White House at 11 a.m. on the 13th.

It is customary for the incoming president to invite the president to the White House in order to peacefully transfer the government.

[Joe Biden / U.S. President (last 7th): Clearly told Trump that the Biden administration has directed him to work with Trump's transition team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power.]

Trump, however, disagreed with the results of the 2020 presidential election, and did not invite Biden to the White House.

[Donald Trump / Then-U.S. President (January 2021)] This election was a rigged election. We shouldn't play into the clutches of these people.

In the meantime, the New York Times reported that Trump's failure to submit a pledge to prevent conflicts of interest could disrupt the transition of the regime.

The U.S. Presidential Transition Act requires a presidential candidate to submit an ethics plan to the White House to resolve conflict of interest issues while in office.

When Trump was first elected president, he declared that he would not sell his business assets or trust them to an independent custodian, creating conflict of interest concerns.

During Trump's first term in office, more than 3,400 conflicts of interest were reported, including political and diplomatic events at his own facilities.

The problem is that unless you submit an ethics plan, you will not be able to sign a memorandum of understanding that reads defense secrets and government agency information.

Trump's transition team is also refusing to comply with other transition procedures, including the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Federal General Administration to receive $7.2 million in transition funds.

[Sabrina Singh/Department of Defense spokesman: In terms of support to the Trump transition team, we are currently coordinating everything with the White House and the Federal General Administration (GSA). There are certain agreements that need to be signed and executed before the acquisition process begins.

This move is attributed to restrictions on donations and the burden of disclosing sponsors when signing a memorandum.

The fight between the Biden administration, which demands the submission of the ethics plan, and the Trump transition team, which is holding out without paying, has begun in earnest.

I'm YTN's Lee Seungyoon from New York.

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