{"id":77036,"date":"2020-11-24T10:41:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77036"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:41:13","slug":"gsa-tells-biden-that-transition-can-formally-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gsa-tells-biden-that-transition-can-formally-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"GSA tells Biden that transition can formally begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_quote\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\" dir=\"auto\">She wrote \u201c\u00a0Please know that I came to my decision independently, based on the law and available facts,\u201d Murphy said in a letter to Biden. \u201cI was never directly or indirectly pressured by any Executive Branch official\u2014including those who work at the White House or GSA\u2014with regard to the substance or timing of my decision.\u00a0 To be clear, I did not receive any direction to delay my determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":wy\" class=\"ajR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Hide expanded content\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-tooltip=\"Hide expanded content\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ajT\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\">\n<div class=\"adm\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"im\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The letter is the first step the administration has taken to acknowledge President Donald Trump&#8217;s defeat, more than two weeks after Biden was declared the winner in the election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The letter signals that Murphy will formally sign off on Biden&#8217;s victory, a normally perfunctory process known as ascertainment. The move will allow the transition to officially begin, permitting current administration agency officials to coordinate with the incoming Biden team, and providing millions in government funding for the transition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The move toward ascertainment comes after Michigan formally certified its election results on Monday and Georgia certified its razor-thin presidential results on Friday. 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