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A federal agency that verifies the results of the US presidential elections has identified the Democratic candidate Joe Biden as the chosen one. President Trump said he would pursue the lawsuit, but acknowledged the decision and instructed Biden’s acquisition team to cooperate. Reporter Ahn So-young complies.
In a letter to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the US Federal Public Procurement Service (GSA) said it would provide necessary support for the inauguration.
GSA Commissioner Emily Murphy said in the letter that she “made this decision on her own based on the law and the facts.”
The US Federal Public Procurement Service is in charge of officially determining who is elected based on the results of the presidential election.
In this regard, Mary Gilbert, coordinator of the Federal Public Procurement Service in charge of the takeover, said in an email sent to each department of the federal government that same day: “The GSA Commissioner has assigned Senators Joe Biden and Camela Harris to the positions of president and vice president, respectively, in accordance with the Presidential Acquisition Act enacted in 1963. We have certified him as a clear and successful candidate for the company ”.
The letter from the Federal Public Procurement Service officially approved Biden as president-elect, reports in the US.
As a result, the uncertainty about the winner, which has lasted for three weeks since the presidential elections on the 3rd, was resolved and the task of transferring the regime to the next administration was started in earnest.
In particular, Biden was able to receive the necessary manpower and budget from the federal government, including the necessary cooperation from officials in the current administration.
President Trump said he had instructed his team to cooperate in taking over the regime, while repeatedly emphasizing that a lawsuit over the results of the presidential election on the 23rd will continue.
I want to thank Emily Murphy of GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused, and I don’t want this to happen to her, her family, or GSA employees. Our case continues STRONG, we will continue with the good …
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2020
In an article posted on Twitter that day, President Trump said Chief Emily and her team “recommended doing what is necessary for our country, relative to the initial process,” and “I told my team to do the same.”
Still, he said, “We believe that our (lawsuit) will continue strong, we will fight well and in the end we will win.”
Prior to this, the state of Michigan, one of the main contenders for the presidential election, confirmed Biden’s victory in the presidential election on the 23rd.
Additionally, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that tens of thousands of ballots that Trump had demanded rescinded were legitimate due to technical problems with the mail-in ballot.
These mail-in ballots were sent from the districts of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, where Biden’s supporters are strong.
Nevada will certify the results on the 24th, Arizona on the 30th and Wisconsin on the 1st of next month.
In the midst of this, Trump’s legal team, which is suing allegations of voter fraud due to voting by mail, is gradually losing power.
This is because requests from Republicans to block verification of the results of the vote count have been rejected one after another, and the states are formulating Biden’s victory.
On the 21st, Pennsylvania’s Central Federal Defense Act dismissed the lawsuit in a 37-page opinion statement, saying that President Trump’s argument was not supported by evidence.
In early 19, an Arizona court rejected a request to block the results of the count for Marykota County, the most populous county.
Georgia, where Biden won by a slight margin, has manually counted the total of 5 million votes as of the 13th at the request of candidate Trump. As a result, candidate Biden has surpassed 12,000 votes, about 0.25. percentage points. I checked it again.
Trump’s side requested another recount under state law saying if the difference in votes is less than 0.5 percentage point, state law said, but Georgia is the first of the competitions to officially formulate Biden’s victory on the 20th.
[녹취: 라펜스퍼거 조지아 주 국무장관] “The numbers reflect the verdict of the people, not a decision of the secretary of state’s office or the courts or any campaign.”In the announcement, Georgia’s Secretary of State confirmed the election results, saying the results reflect the verdict of the voter, not the decision of the Secretary of State, the court or the electoral field.
Trump Camp is known to have lost 30 of the 32 election-related lawsuits filed so far.
This is VOA News Ahn So-young.
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