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Biden Not Getting Intel Reports Because Trump Officials Deny He Won

Biden is making preparations to assume the presidency despite Trump's denials

NBCUniversal Media, LLC The transition from a Trump to a Biden administration is already seeing roadblocks. A Trump appointee in charge of giving over office space, security clearances and classified information agreed to in advance has yet to turn over the keys or the access, while Attorney General Bill Barr tells federal prosecutors to investigate cases of election fraud.

The Trump administration's unwillingness to acknowledge that former Vice President Joe Biden won the election has led to an unusual restriction on the flow of national security information to the president-elect, NBC News reports.

In a statement to NBC News, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said it will not interface with the Biden transition until the General Services Administration decides it's clear who won, a process known as "ascertainment."

"ODNI follows the statutory direction provided in the Presidential Transition Act, which requires ascertainment of the candidate by the administrator of GSA prior to supporting a potential presidential transition," the statement said. "ODNI would not have contact with any transition team until notified by the GSA administrator."

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