Monday morning, it was reported that the Trump Administration is refusing to sign documents allowing the Biden Campaign to begin the "transfer of power" process.
Every incoming administration has been allowed a federal stipend to begin taking over office space and putting their own employees in nearly every federal agency - that amount this year is nearly 10-million dollars.
The reluctance to sign such documents is no surprise, given the fact that Joe
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has no officially been named as the President Elect, but only, the projected President Elect. Some states are still counting ballots as of Monday afternoon.
The documents, if signed, would be a step toward President Trump conceding, which he has no intention of doing until federal investigations take place across the country on the issue of massive, nation-wide voter fraud.
The Washington Post reports:
"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.
"No agency head is going to get out in front of the president on transition issues right now," said one senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The official predicted that agency heads will be told not to talk to the Biden team.
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[Mediaite via Rantingly] The federal government General Services Administration has declined to provide funding to the Biden campaign’s transition team as President Donald Trump contests the results of the 2020 election.
"An ascertainment has not yet been made. GSA and its administrator will continue to abide by, and fulfill, all requirements under the law," GSA spokeswoman Pamela Pennington said in a Sunday statement.
Congress allocated $9.9 million to the agency in February to assist with transition activities, which includes the provision of office space, equipment, and background investigations for incoming personnel. The agency historically moves within a day of the election, which took place on November 3 this year.
The Trump campaign has called or is expected to call for recounts in several states, including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, meaning the administration could likely delay the transition until members of the Electoral College vote for president on December 14. Certificates recording the results of that vote must be delivered to the Senate by December 23.