And his transition team leaders and national security picks will get security clearances.
The transition period also has significant security implications, particularly because foreign enemies may perceive the United States to be more vulnerable during a Presidential transition. .... As such, the new national security team must be selected, complete security clearances, and be fully briefed along with President-Elect Trump to begin work before the inauguration to ensure the continued safety of the country.6 See Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Pub. L. No. 108-458, § 7601, 118 Stat. 3638, 3856–58 (2004).
As part of that effort, President-Elect Trump will soon begin to receive the same detailed, top-secret briefings intelligence officials give President Obama.
Among the national security positions he will fill are Defense, Intelligence, State, USAID, IAP, NSC, DHS and NASA.
Presidential transitions are expensive: For this one, Congress has allotted $13 million to cover things like "office staff, travel, office space, and orientation meetings." It will pay for offices in more than one city if requested.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, includes $13.278 million for activities authorized by the Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010. Pub. L. No. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242 (codified at 3 U.S.C. § 102 note) (2015). Funding covers, for example, compensation of the President-Elect’s office staff, travel, office space, and orientation meetings for key personnel. Id.
Trump's lawyer, interestingly, is already confusing his client's interest with the public interest. He writes that the factors for a continuanc