First on CNN: GSA tells Biden that transition can formally begin

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First on CNN: GSA tells Biden that transition can formally begin
By Kristen Holmes and Jeremy Herb, CNN
Updated 6:41 PM EST, Mon November 23, 2020

(CNN)The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN.

The letter is the first step the administration has taken to acknowledge President Donald Trump's defeat, more than two weeks after Biden was declared the winner in the election.

Murphy said she had not been pressured by the White House to delay the formal transition and did not make a decision "out of fear or favoritism."

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