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Fauci To Meet With Biden's 'Landing' Team For First Time
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert on the White House coronavirus task force, is slated to meet with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition landing team for the first time on Thursday.
Fauci, during an interview with CBS News’ “The Takeout” podcast, said the meeting via Zoom will mark the first “substantive” discussion between himself and representatives of the incoming administration.
“It’s fortuitous ... that in a couple of hours, I’m actually meeting with the entire, what we call landing team,” Fauci told host Major Garrett.
The nonpartisan Center for Presidential Transition says landing teams “seek information that is necessary to help the president-elect’s transition team create a policy plan for the first 100 to 200 days of the new administration.”
“These teams will be interested in receiving an overview of hot-button issues facing the agency, pressing decisions that need to be made early in the new administration and opportunities to begin implementing the president’s agenda,” the center says in its 2020 agency transition guide.
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells @MajorCBS he's staying at @NIH and has spoken with incoming White House chief of staff @RonaldKlain. Today, he'll meet with the @JoeBiden landing team via Zoom. pic.twitter.com/AYTUF7ZnEQ
— The Takeout w/ Major Garrett (@TakeoutPodcast) December 3, 2020
The U.S. General Services Administration ― led by a Trump appointee ― formally initiated the transition process on Nov. 23, weeks after virtually all major media organizations projected Biden as the winner.
Even after the GSA finally ascertained Biden as president-elect, Trump has failed to concede, peddling baseless conspiracy theories alleging a “rigged” election and widespread voter fraud. His campaign has presented no evidence to support these claims.
Biden has argued the GSA’s delay will lead to more COVID-19 deaths because it reduced the time his representatives have to prepare...
