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babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 08:12 PM Nov 2020

Trump Gets Help Again From Appointee Holding Up Biden Transition


Trump Gets Help Again From Appointee Holding Up Biden Transition
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter
November 9, 2020, 4:56 PM EST


A little-known agency head who has delayed triggering a formal government transition to the Biden administration has been a top official at the organization when it sided with President Donald Trump in disputes.

Emily W. Murphy, the Trump-appointed administrator of the General Services Administration, has not yet declared Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the presidential election, a decision that would unlock millions of dollars in transition funding but contradict Trump’s unfounded assertion that he won.

Murphy, who declined through a spokesperson to comment, was at the GSA when it decided to keep housing the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington’s Old Post Office Pavilion and when it abruptly reversed plans to relocate the nearby FBI headquarters that could free up real estate for a competitor.

That record is raising scrutiny of Murphy’s role under federal law ascertaining the winner of the presidential contest. Democrats and the Biden transition team have called on Murphy to confirm the projections made by independent media organizations on Saturday based on state vote totals and projections.

“She has a history of being subservient to President Trump,” said Representative Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat from Virginia who heads a House oversight subcommittee on government operations. Connolly called on Murphy to “do the right thing” and “begin the Biden transition without delay.”

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/trump-gets-help-again-from-appointee-holding-up-biden-transition
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Trump Gets Help Again From Appointee Holding Up Biden Transition (Original Post) babylonsister Nov 2020 OP
Ms. Murphy should start looking for another job. TexasTowelie Nov 2020 #1
And all these troublemakers in government positions are permanently banned from the government. WyattKansas Nov 2020 #4
Biden saw this coming and prepared for it. Has 7 million in his transition fund Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #2
I'd bdamomma Nov 2020 #3
UPDATE!!! Biden Transition Threatens Legal Action babylonsister Nov 2020 #5

TexasTowelie

(111,963 posts)
1. Ms. Murphy should start looking for another job.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 08:17 PM
Nov 2020

She is rising quickly on the list of people that need to be fired.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
4. And all these troublemakers in government positions are permanently banned from the government.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 08:38 PM
Nov 2020

Otherwise these pathetic whackamoles will rear their heads on another day to cause trouble.

Thekaspervote

(32,710 posts)
2. Biden saw this coming and prepared for it. Has 7 million in his transition fund
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 08:19 PM
Nov 2020

Look for Beau of the 5th column on youtube to explain

babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
5. UPDATE!!! Biden Transition Threatens Legal Action
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:13 PM
Nov 2020
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214519047

Biden Transition Threatens Legal Action

November 9, 2020 at 8:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/09/biden-transition-threatens-legal-action/

"SNIP.....

Joe Biden’s transition team is warning that it may take “legal action” if the General Services Administration fails to make an official determination that Joe Biden has won the election, Axios reports.

.....SNIP"
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