President-elect Donald Trump is bucking some of the ethics and security protocols in the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 — opting to privately bankroll Trump’s transition effort and thus far avoiding an agreement with the FBI for background checks.

President-elect Donald Trump’s team submitted an ethics plan guiding the conduct of its members throughout the transition period that does not appear to include provisions for one key member of the team: the president himself.

U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have yet to start the formal transition process between administrations, which normally takes months and involves the executive branch sharing information with incoming officials on everything from foreign policy to ongoing investigations.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's team signed an agreement on Tuesday with President Joe Biden's administration to coordinate with federal agencies and share documents, after weeks of delays. The Trump team also posted a separate ethics pledge on the website of the General Services Administration,

President-elect Donald Trump’s team has signed an agreement with the Biden White House unlocking key transition briefings and activities after a lengthy delay that stemmed, in part, from the Trump team’s concerns over a mandatory ethics agreement.

The Trump transition team's code of ethics appears to carve out an exception for a specific person, CNN reported Wednesday: Donald Trump himself. "'There does not appear to be a provision addressing the requirement for the president-elect to address his conflicts of interest,