It seems like most trump appointments have not gotten the proper review by the FBI, medical, and tax offices. It is possible Trump is ignorant of the vetting process but more likely he just does not trust the FBI to properly do the vetting.
“It is possible Trump is ignorant of the vetting process but more likely he just does not trust the FBI to properly do the vetting.”
He needs to do the political vetting with his own people before turning the nominations over to the FBI, DOJ and/or other agencies for the criminal and conflict of interest vetting. He should have a team of trusted people in the White House who will look at the political and ideological backgrounds of potential candidates. This is not a job that can be delegated to Ivanka and Jared who are minimally social liberals.
First, Stone is being misleading. Barsoomian, an Armenian Christian, was and still is a government lawyer doing work assigned to her.
Trump’s legal transition team was made up of high-level representatives of a who’s who of the most prestigious US law firms, including ones with years close ties to Trump. Chris Christie brought many people into the Trump team, and they didn’t all leave when he left. So there are your vetters.
People like Bannon tried to dissuade Trump from those kinds of insiders, and that didn’t work out well either.