Tom Hamburger

While short of a concession, the president’s move paves the way for Biden’s team to receive funding and security briefings and sets in motion the steps needed for a peaceful transfer of power.

Imploring GOP lawmakers to speak up, more than 100 former officials issued a statement Monday saying President Trump’s refusal to accept the election results is dangerous and harmful.

Democratic officials are considering their legal options to compel certification.

The deliberations reflect growing anxiety among Democrats and some Republicans in the state over the president’s efforts to reach into the local vote-counting process.

Georgia officials certified Biden’s roughly 12,000-vote win there, and Republican lawmakers from Michigan met with President Trump at the White House but said they learned nothing that would warrant overturning Biden’s victory.

Jonathan Kinloch, a Democrat and the board’s vice chairman, told The Washington Post that it’s too late for the pair to reverse course, as the certified results have been sent to the secretary of state, in accordance with state rules.

The votes by the four-member Wayne County Board of Canvassers briefly raised, then dashed, Trump allies’ hopes.

Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s lead of nearly 148,000 votes, President Trump’s false claims about widespread fraud continued to reverberate with his supporters.

On a private call, GOP senators and allies fret about the changing electorate and look to reach anti-Trump Republicans.

As the president refuses to concede, an influential Michigan Republican said Sunday that the certification of the state's election results should not be delayed.