GSA Tells Biden Team Transition Can Formally Begin

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• The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process.
• GSA Administrator Emily Murphy sent a letter to Biden shortly after Michigan certified its election results. The GSA formally signing off on the president-elect's victory is typically a perfunctory process known as "ascertainment."
• Murphy said she was “never directly or indirectly pressured by any executive branch official—including those who work at the White House or the G.S.A.” 

“I do not think that an agency charged with improving federal procurement and property management should place itself above the constitutionally-based election process."

President Donald Trump tweeted that while he accepts Murphy's decision, he will continue his legal fights.

“Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.”

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

-Josh Herman