I think the GSA is in violation of the law

[exboyfil]

She is holding up funds for the transition. At least based on this organization's website, she can't do that.

https://presidentialtransition.org/publications/presidential-transition-act-summary/


https://presidentialtransition.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/03/ilovepdf_merged.pdf


WHAT HAPPENS IF THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION IS UNCLEAR?
The law provides that an eligible candidate has the right to the facilities and services provided to eligible
candidates until the date on which the Administrator is able to determine the apparent successful
candidates for the office of president and vice president.

[luvs2sing]

1. Hubster says he read..

that trump has to give the order before she can do anything. Anyone know if this is true?

[obamanut2012]

11. No, that isn't true at all

The GSA is supposed to be, and has been until now, independent and non-partisan of THE Government.

[luvs2sing]

12. Yeah. In between the time I posted this..

and now, I read the article he had read and agree with your assessment. Thanks for the clarification.

[MontanaMama]

2. Said this on another thread...

Seems we need to be calling our Dem reps and senators to get clarification on this ASAP. Team Biden needs every arrow possible in their quiver.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Quick! Call the Attorney General right away! He has to be notified of this!

[grantcart]

4. She already violated the law when she cancelled the contract on the new FBI campusus

And again when she lied before Congress

As Barr says "in for a penny, in for a pound"

[C_U_L8R]

5. What would Trump do? He's already be filing lawsuits.

[brooklynite]

6. Simple question: who has been elected President at this point?

Answer, nobody. There's no LEGAL reason for the Transition Office to be authorized until there is one.

Election Certification dates:
PA - Nov 23
GA - Nov 20
NV - Dec 1
AZ- Nov 30

[exboyfil]

8. The law is written to knock out eligible candidates who are no longer eligible

The funds should be available until Biden is demonstrated to no longer be an eligible candidate (that is the way the summary is phrased and should be phrased).

[nykym]

7. That's because

There are no funds available.
tRUMP believed he would win bigly so embezzled the funds to one of his golf courses.

[Boogiemack]

9. If they are, the Dems should being suing and asking for expedited attention at the SCOTUS.

Much too important for bothering with the lower courts.

[exboyfil]

10. I agree but Biden is smarter than me

Maybe he is exercising soft power behind the scenes to keep the chaos down. I don't know. I think regular citizens pointing out the hypocrisy and dangerousness of this is the best approach (punch up and not down).

[onenote]

13. I think you're mis-interpreting that statement

The Transition Act addresses support for candidates both before and after an election. Eligible candidates can receive certain facilities and services from GSA before the election is held; a different level of support applies after the election. The statement you quote merely indicates that if the election has been held but the outcome is uncertain, the candidate can continue to receive the facilities and services he/she was entitled pre-election.

[exboyfil]

15. You might be right

They need to rewrite the law to better define President-elect or wait to see if the funds are released after the last certification to get Biden to 270.

[onenote]

16. The Biden campaign signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GSA in September

I haven't plowed through it, but if what was happening now was in contravention of that MOU (or the statute itself), don't you think the Biden campaign would be formally citing one or both of those things in demanding GSA start the post-election transition process?

I'm constantly amazed by the number of times bloggers post things on the Internet that implicitly suggest they have a better understanding of the law than Biden and his team. And then other folks pick up on those blogs and unwittingly spread that message.

[ffr]

14. The media needs to spend the whoe day harrassing the GSA until they do

what they are obligated to do.