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According to a document obtained by CNN, the General Services Administration informed Joe Biden’s team that he is the “apparent winner” of the presidential elections that took place on November 3, news also reported by the Associated Press (AP).
The decision is said to have been made after “the latest developments related to legal disputes and certification of election results,” Administrator Emily Murphy was quoted as saying by the AP, although Republican Donald Trump is still trying to reverse the election results in the states. considered ‘greater weight’ in the electoral college.
Although not mentioned, such developments will be related to the certification of Biden’s victory in Michigan, as well as the rejection of a lawsuit in Pennsylvania by the Donald Trump campaign to avoid ratification of the results.
This decision ‘opens the way’ for the Democrat Joe Biden to access federal agencies and funds, so that he can begin to formally constitute the administration that will govern the country for the next four years and whose inauguration is scheduled for January 20.
The AP also explains that Donald Trump has instructed his team to cooperate in the transition of administrations, but the still president of the United States of America (USA) promises to continue fighting to reverse the results, which he considers fraudulent since they were they met the first. projections pointing to Biden’s victory.
Trump, for his part, has already used the social network Twitter to confirm this information.
“In the best interest of our country, I recommended Emily [Murphy, responsável da Administração dos Serviços Gerais dos EUA] and your team to do what needs to be done in relation to initial protocols [de transição de administrações]and I told my team to do the same, ”he wrote.
Even so, the still president of the United States stressed that he will continue the judicial fight to invalidate the results of the elections and that he will be successful. Trump also says that Murphy has been “harassed, threatened and abused” and that he does not want something like that to happen “to her, her family or the employees of the General Services Administration.”
However, the still US head of state did not admit defeat in the presidential elections and considered, in the same tweet, that there is still the possibility of reversing the electoral results. “Our case continues with force, we are going to keep up the fight and I think we will prevail,” Donald Trump explained, adding that Murphy was “harassed, threatened and abused” and that he does not want something like this to happen “to her, to her. family members or employees of the General Services Administration “.
Michigan Electoral College certifies Biden’s victory in that state
Michigan Electoral College, one of the decisive states in the US presidential elections on November 3, today certified the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in that state, despite pressure from Donald Trump to delay this process.
After analyzing the report made by a commission, which demonstrated the victory of Joe Biden in that state by 154 thousand votes, the Electoral College, made up of two Democrats and two Republicans, confirmed Biden’s victory with three votes in favor and one abstention .
On Friday, Republican Donald Trump had received state judges and leaders of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives in the White House, pressuring them not to certify the victory of Joe Biden in that state, reports the AFP agency.
This decision is another setback in Trump’s efforts to use unconventional means to change the direction of the presidential election.
Under Michigan law, Biden claims all 16 electoral votes, after winning by 2.8 percentage points, a higher margin than in other states where Donald Trump also disputes the results, such as Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, reports the AP Agency.
The Republican’s efforts to avoid recognition of electoral defeat have met with increasing resistance in the courts and from other Republicans, just three weeks before the Electoral College meets to certify Biden’s victory.
Winner of the November 3 election, Biden will succeed Donald Trump in January next year, who has yet to acknowledge the debacle.
Trump has summed up the court failures in an effort to halt the transition of power to the Democrat.
* with Lusa
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