Published 20:31 IST, November 21st 2020
Trump administration has done 'statutory preparations' for transition: White House
Trump administration informed lawmakers that the White House’s new chief of staff Mark Meadows had already started to do planning to meet legal deadlines.
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On vember 20, White House indicated that it has me “statutory preparations” for smooth transition of power to democratic ministration as Trump ministration waits for declaration of official winner for v. 03 elections. According to sources of PTI, White House ascertained that constitutional process for same was underway. anuncement comes as Trump ministration informed lawmakers that White House’s new chief of staff Mark Meows h alrey started to do planning in order to comply with legal delines to ensure power was transferred in executive branch, NBC news ncy confirmed.
In an official statement, White House Transition Project, a n-partisan organization called on US ministrator of General Services to begin “peaceful transfer of democratic power.” wing that has delivered democratic transitions for “regularized, statute driven transfers of power” over years since 1997, asked lawmakers to ascertain that Joe Biden is “apparent President-elect.”
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project that assists US Transition Coordinating Council and incoming White House staff said, “It is time w to contribute to peaceful transfer of power that has been a hallmark of American politics since its founding, rar than continuing to d to chaos engulfing government and weakening our standing among nations of world.” project’s statement comes as former rth Carolina congressman Meows was appointed as chair of White House Transition Coordinating Council and Chris Liddell, deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, was given position of vice-chair to uphold those duties.
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re’s 'ongoing litigation'
However, in a press conference on vember 20, first after elections, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany refused to ackwledge Trump ministration’s possible future defeat, saying re’s “ongoing litigation”, reiterating claims of unsubstantiated voter fraud. When asked by a reporter at what point does President concede race, McEnany responded that Trump campaign is pursuing 234 ps of affidavits. “This was a system that h never been tried in American history: mass mail-out voting, fraud,” she ded, “so those claims deserve to be pursued.”
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20:31 IST, November 21st 2020