“Making it difficult” by the White House, Mr. Biden has not had access to the confidential report

One of the first advantages a presidential candidate has after winning an election is access to top-secret intelligence reports on urgent national security issues. These are also reports that the incumbent president receives daily.

However, since the U.S. General Service Agency (GSA) has yet to sign a document to trigger the transfer of power to Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate and his top advisers have yet to arrive. received the previous report.

“The Office of the Director of the National Intelligence Service (ODNI) complies with the legal guidelines established in the Presidential Transition Law, which requires that the presidential candidate be accredited by GSA before attending the process. return. ODNI will not contact any transfer group until GSA informs them, ”ODNI was quoted as saying by CNN on September 11.

By law, after a president is elected, the head of the GSA will have to sign documents to formally allocate the million-dollar budget to the new administration’s transfer of power team, to allow for the transition process. delivery. The delay of the GSA leadership in activation could lead to a delay in the transfer of power to Mr. Biden.

Democrats expressed anger when GSA leaders did not sign the necessary documents. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton officials on November 8 urged the Trump administration to “immediately begin the post-election transition process.” “.

Although Mr. Biden announced the presidential election, Trump and the election team have yet to acknowledge this result. The incumbent president accused the election of fraud and is ready to wage a legal battle.

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