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A week before Election Day, both Harris and Trump’s campaigns are meeting with transition planning officials

A week before Election Day, both Harris and Trump’s campaigns are meeting with transition planning officials

A week before Election Day, transition members of the federal agency met Tuesday with representatives from both the Harris and Trump campaigns, ABC News has confirmed.

Previously, the Trump team had missed deadlines on ethics and financing agreements.

A White House spokesperson confirmed the meeting in a statement.

“On Tuesday, October 29, the Agency Transition Directors Council (ATDC) met at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The ATDC has been meeting regularly for months to prepare for a transition, and this week’s meeting included representatives from both transition teams ,” the statement said. “The meeting focused on post-election preparedness to ensure agencies and transition teams are ready to execute responsibly and efficiently.”

The federal transition coordinator has been in constant contact with both candidate transition teams, the White House said. In September, White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients convened the White House Transition Coordinating Committee for a meeting with representatives from both candidate transition teams.

Earlier this month, two new members of Harris’ transition team told ABC News she was not hiring.

They said they were a bit behind, given her relatively short time as a candidate for president.

They insisted she was “not measuring the curtains” and were focused on the campaign, noting there is no transition if you lose.

A team member told ABC News, “The last thing we want to do in the entire world is make noise or be a distraction, and honestly, that’s not where her head is or should be.”

Her team, they said, is doing more work behind the scenes to “pick the bones together” and “ensure she can hit the ground running” should she win.

That work includes preparing attorneys to vet potential personnel.

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