Trump advisors reportedly recommended in a memo to the transition team that private firms, rather than the FBI, conduct background checks for his nominees.

Last week, CNN reported that Trump’s transition team is bypassing standard FBI background checks for some of his Cabinet picks, instead relying on private investigation companies to vet candidates. Thorough background checks have long been a norm used by incoming presidents when choosing their Cabinet.

Two former Senate counsels agreed in a New York Times op-ed published Friday that President-elect Trump’s nominations for his Cabinet need to undergo FBI checks. Some advisers to the president-elect have suggested taking the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it to private investigators,

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed bypassing FBI background checks for nominees for his incoming second administration. And some of his allies are in agreement. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee),