Trump vents about election as agencies aid Biden transition
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that he is not giving up his fight to overturn the election results, but across the federal government, preparations were beginning in earnest to support President-elect Joe Bidens incoming administration.
Within hours of the General Services Administrations acknowledgement Monday evening of Bidens victory in the Nov. 3 election, career federal officials opened the doors of agencies to hundreds of transition aides ready to prepare for his Jan. 20 inauguration. And on Tuesday, Trump signed off on allowing Biden to receive the presidential daily brief, the highly classified briefing prepared by the nations intelligence community for the governments most senior leaders.
An administration official said logistics on when and where Biden will first receive the briefing were still being worked out.
Biden, in an interview with NBC Nightly News, said he was also working out a meeting with the White Houses coronavirus task force and vaccine distribution effort.
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