Republican and Democratic former Senate counsels say FBI checks are necessary on Trump nominees.

“Without nominees being scrutinized by the F.B.I., the danger is that neither lawmakers nor the public would know whether they are trustworthy or have issues that could compromise their ability to do the job or their loyalty to the United States,” Noah Bookbinder, who served as counsel for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2005-13, and Gregg Nunziata, who served as a counsel for the GOP members of the committee from 2005-08, wrote in a New York Times opinion piece published Friday.

The Trump transition team has so far refused to allow the FBI to do security clearances for transition members, which means Biden administration officials will not be able to share classified information with many of Trump’s aides.

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