General Services Administration headquarters
Newly released documents show that when Donald Trump first refused to acknowledge that he had lost the election, Joe Biden may have struck a nonchalant tone in public but behind the scenes, his team was pushing back hard, demanding that the federal government initiate the formal process of presidential transition.
The co-chairs of the Biden–Harris transition team sent the head of the General Services Administration a scathing letter on Nov. 12 about her refusal to recognize, or “ascertain,” Biden and Kamala Harris as the winners of the election, calling it an abrogation of your responsibility under the Presidential Transition Act. The letter has not been previously released.