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Here’s some of that Washington Post report that the Trump administration is not playing ball already when it comes to the peaceful transition of power to the Biden-Harris team:
A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing 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 give access to government officials, office space in agencies and equipment authorized for the taxpayer-funded transition teams of the winner.
With one election barely behind us – and the final tally of Joe Biden’s victory still to be fully counted, we can already look ahead to the next – on 5 January in Georgia, when two run-offs give the Democrats hopes that they can flip the Senate. We’ve got a profile piece today on Stacey Abrams, who has been so vital to turning the state blue in the presidential election last week.
Though it is poised for a recount, Georgia surprised America and the world when – on the basis of the first count –the Democrats outpolled the Republicans last week. If the result survives the recount then Joe Biden will become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia in 28 years.
Related: How Georgia’s Senate run-offs could finally hand Stacey Abrams her victory
