Ex-Homeland Security Chiefs Say Trump’s Delay In Transferring Power Threatens National Security

Originally posted on Forbes here.
By Jemima McEvoy Forbes Staff

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As President Trump continues to contest the results of the election and his administration holds up starting the transition process with President-elect Joe Biden, a bipartisan group of former Department of Homeland Security chiefs is warning that delaying the peaceful transfer of power puts the country at risk.

 
US President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a Make America Great Again rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport November 2, 2020, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

US President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a Make America Great Again rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport November 2, 2020, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. 

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Statement from Citizens for a Strong Democracy founders: former, bipartisan secretaries of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano, and Jeh C. Johnson.