{"id":29400,"date":"2020-11-23T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29400"},"modified":"2020-11-23T16:45:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:45:41","slug":"democrats-slam-gsa-for-biden-transition-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=29400","title":{"rendered":"DEMOCRATS SLAM GSA FOR BIDEN TRANSITION DELAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic leaders of key House and Senate panels on Monday accused General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy<\/a>\u00a0of undermining national security with her refusal to certify President-elect\u00a0Joe Biden<\/a>\u00a0as the winner of the presidential election.<\/p>\n

House Intelligence Chairman\u00a0Adam Schiff<\/a>\u00a0(D-Calif.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman\u00a0Bennie Thompson<\/a>\u00a0(D-Miss.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman\u00a0Jerrold Nadler<\/a>\u00a0(D-N.Y.), and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman\u00a0Mark Warner<\/a>\u00a0(D-Va.) all separately sent letters to Murphy underlining their concerns.<\/p>\n

Murphy has come under fire from Democrats and some Republicans for so far not signing off on ascertaining Biden as president-elect, with Biden blocked from accessing federal resources and receiving intelligence briefings on threats to the nation until that step is taken.<\/p>\n

Schiff heavily criticized Murphy for not moving forward with the process of certifying Biden as the winner, writing that \u201cyou bear enormous responsibility for the harmful effects that will flow from your inaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe threats our nation faces today are more urgent and complex than in 2000. Most alarming is the rising death total from the pandemic, but we must also confront the continuing dangers of domestic and international terrorism, a rising China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and more,\u201d Schiff wrote in his\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0to Murphy. \u201cThe risks of an abbreviated transition period with insufficient opportunity for the incoming Administration to fully prepare are manifest and potentially deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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