Almost three weeks before the election, General Services Administration (GSA) Chief Emily Murphy formally recognized Joe Biden as the apparent presidential winner, paving the way for the power transition process that Donald Trump was keeping blocked with his appeals against. alleged electoral fraud. It is the US administration’s first acknowledgment of Trump’s defeat, with the latter forced to go green at the start of the transition, while evoking threats against Murphy and a willingness to continue her legal battle.
GSA has informed Joe Biden’s team that he can now count on the federal funds and resources provided and that his advisors can begin to coordinate with those of the outgoing president. The move came after the Michigan Election Commission certified Trump’s disputed election outcome, and the growing number of Republican lawmakers denouncing the delay in the peaceful transfer of power. A delay, Biden and his staff accused, threatening national security and the new administration’s ability to effectively plan the fight against the pandemic. The president-elect was also cut off from the intelligence briefing.
Trump had to surrender to Murphy’s decision, thanking her on Twitter for her “steadfast dedication and loyalty to our country” but denouncing that she was “harassed, threatened and mistreated”. “And I don’t want to see this happen to you, your family or GSA employees”, he wrote, assuring that “our case continues strongly, we will continue the battle and I believe we will win”. “However, in the best interest of our country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with respect to the initial protocols and I have told my team to do the same.”
In her letter, the head of the government agency claims that she has “never been directly or indirectly pressured by any executive branch executive,
including those who work in the White House or the GSA. “And he justifies the delay in his decision by stating that he did not want to anticipate the constitutional process of counting the votes and choose a president.
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