As former President Donald Trump prepares for a return to the White House, the aides and allies running his transition team have avoided many of the rules guiding the process, choosing instead to cut out the government his administration will take over in January.

Our Laura Barone Lopez is back now with a deeper look at the delays in the transition process.

Omna, so far the President-elects transition team has not collapsed back now with a deeper look at the delays in the transition process.

Omna, so far the President-elect's transition team has not collaborated with the General Services Administration. That's the government agency tasked with handing power from

one administration to the next. They've also cut out other government agencies, and they've

declined to have the FBI run background checks

on appointees, instead relying on private services.

The choices are a warning sign for many federal workers.

Joining me to discuss is Max Steyer.

He's president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service

and an expert on presidential transitions.

Max, thank you so much for joining.

Thank you for having me here.

Some may think that Donald Trump has been president before.

He knows what he's doing. He can do it again.

But why exactly is the lack of communication and coordination with existing agencies a big deal?

So there are two answers to your question.

The first is in the near term, the failure to engage with the government agencies that

you just mentioned, including the White House, will mean that the Trump team will not be ready

on day one, January 20th, when they're responsible for running our government.

They will not be ready to govern in a way that can keep us safe

and that can actually achieve the promises that have been made on the campaign trail.

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