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    Why Trump decision to block Biden transition matters

    Nov 10, 2020 5 minutes

    The Trump White House’s decision to block routine actions that would facilitate a transition to a Biden administration has added a new layer of turmoil to an already turbulent time. 

    But this is the Trump era, when many norms of governance have already fallen by the wayside. 

    President Donald Trump has yet to concede the Nov. 3 election to former Vice President Joe Biden, whom major media have projected as the winner. In addition, President Trump is encouraging legal challenges to the vote counts in key battleground states, which Republicans are pursuing.

    The rub comes in the Trump administration’s decision to refrain, via the administrator of an obscure government agency, from “ascertaining” that Mr. Biden is the “apparent successful candidate.” By law, “ascertainment” is not a formal concession of

    Why 2020 election is not like 2000The process of a presidential transition

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