Posted on 11/08/2020 7:38:18 PM PST by 11th_VA
A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team to formally begin its work this week, in another sign the incumbent president has not acknowledged Biden’s victory and could disrupt the transfer of power.
The administrator of the General Services Administration, the low-profile agency in charge of federal buildings, has a little-known role when a new president is elected: to sign paperwork officially turning over millions of dollars, as well as giving access to government officials, office space and equipment authorized for the taxpayer-funded transition teams of the winner.
It amounts to a formal declaration by the federal government, outside of the media, of the winner of the presidential race.
But by Sunday evening, almost 36 hours after media outlets projected Biden as the winner, GSA Administrator Emily Murphy had written no such letter. And the Trump administration, in keeping with the president’s failure to concede the election, has no immediate plans to sign one. This could lead to the first transition delay in modern history, except in 2000, when the Supreme Court decided a recount dispute between Al Gore and George W. Bush in December.
“An ascertainment has not yet been made,” Pamela Pennington, a spokeswoman for GSA, said in an email, “and its Administrator will continue to abide by, and fulfill, all requirements under the law.”
The GSA statement left experts on federal transitions to wonder when the White House expects the handoff from one administration to the next to begin — when the president has exhausted his legal avenues to fight the results, or the formal vote of the electoral college on Dec. 14? There are 74 days, as of Sunday, until the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20...
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Biden can wait what is his rush?
Jan 6. Congress counts the electoral ballots.
Good, because media projections are not how the President is elected.
Who cares? Bidet was in power 8 years, can’t wait 32 more days?
President Trump should not concede this election under any circumstances.
He is not “President Elect.”
Transition can begin after the electors are submitted. The votes are not even counted yet.
Correct, and thank you.
I’m a little worried about the tight timeframe here. We only have a few weeks until Dec 8th.
What an incredible amount of work for these attorneys. Hopefully AZ and NC go for Trump soon so they can just focus on the others.
And hopefully they had preplanned some of this work and got it done in advance.
It’s not like no one knew what the Dem hack machines in the cities have been doing for decades routinely.
The time has come to stop them. It’s been going on forever, and cost Nixon in 1960 etc.
It’s time for fraud to stop. Why should we keep tolerating it forever? We are enablers.
We are living through history. It’s time to shut that down.
Good grief. The states haven’t even certified their votes, yet. And this is a contested election.
This is easy. Media projections are not legal binding.....they’re just someone’s opinion. Each state has to certify their election and then there’s others steps to take before its official
In the WaPost? Who let that get by? The memo states that all articles must assume Biden as the winner
We are STILL waiting for the lawful and peaceful transfer of power from O’Biden to Trump.
Make an appointment for December 15th..
No transition documents for you. This is not Bush. Well done Mr. President. We already know that more than half the government is still the Obama administration anyways. Your deep state lackeys have been leaking for you plenty over the last 4 years
. This could lead to the first transition delay in modern history, except in 2000, when the Supreme Court decided a recount dispute between Al Gore and George W. Bush in December.
What about 2016? There was a little transition delay there too
Joe Biden has not won the presidency
lamestream mediass ‘calling it’ for him isnt him winning the presidency
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