Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The Biden team welcomed the start of the transition process as the Democratic president-elect gears up to be sworn in on 20 January. “To be clear I did not receive any direction to delay my determination,” said Ms Murphy’s letter to Mr Biden. Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, who is retiring, released a statement saying that Mr Trump should “put the country first” and help Mr Biden succeed. They said observers for Mr Trump were in some cases challenging every single ballot to deliberately slow down proceedings.

Source: The Nation November 24, 2020 02:48 UTC