Trump acknowledges end of presidency after Congress certifies Biden win
Brooke Seipel 49 mins ago
President Trump acknowledged the end of his term in the Oval Office early Thursday morning and said just minutes after Congress formally certified the Electoral College votes in favor of President-elect Joe Biden that there would be an "orderly transition of power" on Jan. 20.
"Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th," Trump said in the statement shared by Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff for communications. "I have always said we would continue our... fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!"
Scavino shared the statement on Twitter just before 4 a.m., minutes after congressional lawmakers formally tabulated the Electoral College votes showing President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The certification dragged into the early morning hours after the process was interrupted just an hour into debate on Wednesday afternoon when Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in a chaotic and violent episode, resulting in both the House and Senate chambers having to gavel out.
Trump, who has not condemned the violence, had encouraged his supporters to protest the certification process as he and some of his allies undertook a futile effort to overturn the results.
Facebook and Twitter temporarily suspended the president from his social media accounts after his tweets about the pro-Trump mob that overran the Capitol ran afoul of platform guidelines. In the offending tweets, Trump urged his supporters to go home in peace but also continued to insist falsely that he won the election.
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