Donald Trump's transition team in disarray after key advisor 'purged'

President-elect Donald Trump Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Emily Stephenson and Steve Holland

US President-elect Donald Trump shuffled his transition team again on Tuesday, jettisoning a national security expert and lobbyists from his inner circle as he closed in on naming two loyal Wall Street backers to key economic positions.

Trump, a Republican outsider who won a surprise election victory last week, also cleared a paperwork snag that had temporarily stalled his transition after he put his Vice President-elect Mike Pence in charge of the process.