Transition Moving Forward Despite Trump's Refusal to Concede

Twenty days after the election and more than two weeks after AP and other news organizations called the election for former Vice President Joe Biden, GSA Administrator Emily Murphy signed a letter making resources and services available to President-elect Biden's transition team.  Murphy had been under growing pressure to act and her move puts the transition on an official footing. Continued legal setbacks for the Trump campaign and today's meeting of the Michigan Board of Canvassers which certified the state's results in favor of Biden appear to have tipped the balance.  President Trump issued a tweet "recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols," but he continues to make wild charges of fraud and has not conceded.

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Biden-Harris Transition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 23, 2020

Statement by Biden-Harris Transition Executive Director Yohannes Abraham

The GSA Administrator has ascertained President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the apparent winners of the election, providing the incoming Administration with the resources and support necessary to carry out a smooth and peaceful transfer of power. Today’s decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track. This final decision is a definitive administrative action to formally begin the transition process with federal agencies. In the days ahead, transition officials will begin meeting with federal officials to discuss the pandemic response, have a full accounting of our national security interests, and gain complete understanding of the Trump administration’s efforts to hollow out government agencies.

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