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A little-known Trump appointee

is in charge of handing transition
resources to Biden — and she
isn’t budging
By 

Lisa Rein, 

Jonathan O'Connell and 

Josh Dawsey

November 9, 2020 at 7:09 a.m. GMT+6

A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing President-elect Joe Biden’s
transition team to formally begin its work this week, in another sign the incumbent president has
not acknowledged Biden’s victory and could disrupt the transfer of power.
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The administrator of the General Services Administration, the low-profile agency in charge of
federal buildings, has a little-known role when a new president is elected: to sign paperwork
officially turning over millions of dollars, as well as give access to government officials, office space
in agencies and equipment authorized for the taxpayer-funded transition teams of the winner.
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