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Presidential Transition

The Presidential Transition is the transfer of federal executive branch power from the incumbent President of the United States to the president-elect, during the period of time between election day in November (on the first Tuesday after November 1), and inauguration day on the following January 20.

Timeline

2016.11.11Donald Trump’s questionable "blind trust" setup gets murkier as his adult children join his presidential transition team. washingtonpost.com (See also The Trump Organization, Conflicts of Interest)
2016.11.11Peter Thiel joins Trump's presidential transition team. theguardian.com (See also Technology)
2016.11.13Trump declares himself pro-life and again promises to elect pro-life Justices to Supreme Court. cbsnews.com (See also Planned Parenthood)
2016.11.13Trump picks Reince Priebus as chief of staff and Steve Bannon as strategist. nytimes.com (See also Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon)
2016.11.13Trump says his Supreme Court nominees will be like him: pro-life. cbsnews.com (See also Planned Parenthood)
2016.11.14Eric Trump helps arrange a phone call between Trump and Argentine President Mauricio Macri, after which Trump’s Argentine partner makes new effort to promote stalled plan. washingtonpost.com (See also Eric Trump, Conflicts of Interest, Argentina, Nepotism)
2016.11.14Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) requests hearing into Trump's conflicts of interest. vox.com (See also The Trump Organization, Conflicts of Interest)
2016.11.15Trump advisor Kobach says transition team is planning for Mexico wall and considering Muslim registry. reuters.com (See also Mexico Wall, Muslims, Muslim Registry)
2016.11.15Trump says same-sex marriage is 'settled,' but intends to appoint Supreme Court justices who wish to reverse Roe v. Wade. cnn.com (See also LGBTQIA, Abortion)
2016.11.16Ivanka Trump's jewelry company used the future first daughter's "60 Minutes" appearance Sunday to promote a high-end bracelet from her fashion line raising conflict of interest questions. money.cnn.com (See also Ivanka Trump, Conflicts of Interest)
2016.11.17Trump offers ex-general and anti-Islamist Michael Flynn national security advisor post, which does not require Senate confirmation. nytimes.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Turkey, Russia, Muslim Immigration Ban, Muslim Registry, Michael Flynn)
2016.11.18Congressman Elijah Cummings sends Mike Pence a letter warning him about Michael Flynn's lobbying work for the Turkish government. businessinsider.com (See also Mike Pence, Michael Flynn)
2016.11.21Trump denies asking Argentine President for help with construction permits. npr.org (See also Argentina, Conflicts of Interest)
2016.11.25Concerns are raised over Trump owning stocks in company building Dakota Access Pipeline. cnbc.com (See also Conflicts of Interest, Dakota Access Pipeline)
2016.11.25Trump picks national security adviser who said Vladimir Putin should win The Nobel Peace Prize. independent.co.uk (See also Russia)
Fox News analyst also advocated bombing Iran.
2016.11.27Trump swears at employees, brags about destroying people's houses in newly uncovered video footage. buzzfeed.com
2016.11.28Potential Trump pick for Homeland Security wants to suspend Habeas corpus and send up to 1 million people to Guantanamo Bay. motherjones.com
2016.11.29Trump picks Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin to run Treasury. nytimes.com (See also Steve Mnuchin, Department of the Treasury)
2016.11.29Trump tweets that people who burn the American flag should go to jail or lose citizenship, violating well-established First Amendment protections. twitter.com (See also Assaults on Civil Liberties)
2016.12.02Trump tells Cincinnati rally that violent crime is at a 45-year high. qz.com (See also False Statements)
It's actually at a 51-year low, according to latest FBI data.
2016.12.03Philippine Dictator who has been indiscriminately murdering thousands of accused "drug users" says Trump called and told him he was tackling drug problems 'the right way.' cnn.com (See also Fascism)
2016.12.07Judge refuses request to dismiss 2013 Lawsuit against Trump over stealing $6 million in refundable deposits from Gold Club members. realtime.blog.palmbeachpost.com (See also Trump Business, Lawsuits)
2016.12.09Trump transition team wants Energy Department officials to give list of employees who have worked to combat climate change. cbsnews.com (See also Department of Energy)
The transition team created a questionnaire of 74 questions for Energy Department officials to identify certain people who helped Obama's policies
2016.12.12Trump names Goldman Sachs CEO Gary Cohn as pick for Director of National Economic Council. wsj.com (See also Hypocrisy, Conflicts of Interest, National Economic Council, Gary Cohn)
Records show Trump is indebted to Goldman Sachs for millions.
2016.12.15The Boston globe lists 13 high ranking members of Trump's cabinet who are staunch opponents or who have fought against LGBT rights. bostonglobe.com (See also Homophobia, LGBTQIA, Mike Pence, Ken Blackwell, Nikki Haley, Michael Flynn, Ben Carson, Jeff Sessions, Tom Price, Betsy DeVos)
The individuals are, Mike Pence, Tony Perkins, Ken Blackwell, Kay Coles, Ken Klukowski, Ed Meese, Betsy DeVos, Tom Price, Jeff Sessions, Ben Carson, Michael Flynn, Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo.
2016.12.19Trump nominates billionaire Florida Panthers owner as Army Secretary. talkingpointsmemo.com (See also Vincent Viola)
2016.12.26Newt Gingrich admits Donald Trump doesn't have plan to beat ISIS. independent.co.uk (See also ISIS, Assaults on Facts, False Statements)
2016.12.26Obama's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development tweets that Trump would be the, “most corrupt guy to take the Oval Office.” mediaite.com (See also Department of Housing and Urban Development)
2017.01.19The military turns down a suggestion from Trump's team for tanks and missile launchers at the inaugural parade finance.yahoo.com (See also Fascism)