The transition to power comes only after GSA's leadership finds President Trump's electoral challenge difficult to succeed.

Two weeks after Joe Biden was predicted to win the presidential election, Director of Public Services (GSA) Emily Murphy is finally ready to begin the transition of power.

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President-elect Joe Biden at the ceremony to introduce the foreign and security team on November 24 Photo: AP.

That day on November 20, the lawsuits challenging the election results of President Donald Trump still went nowhere.

So, GSA officials condition the White House that if Michigan and Pennsylvania confirm the election results as expected, Director Murphy will officially grant the license to expedite the transition of power to President-elect Biden.

This is a move that many believe should take place long ago and the delay will create many implications for national security and health, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to strongly attack the country

The November 20 message to the White House was the prerequisite for Murphy's final decision to send a letter to Biden on November 23 announcing he might expedite the transition of power.

In the 16 days since the media started calling Biden the winner until Murphy sent a letter to the former US vice president on the evening of November 23, Trump never directly told the GSA director to stop the transition.

In the letter, explaining her decision, Murphy said she was not under any pressure from the White House.

A source close to Murphy denied that she and President Trump had any direct communication.

Inside the White House, lawyers and advisers kept going in and out of the Oval Office and talking to President Trump over the phone, trying to convince him to allow the transition to power, according to one source.

White House adviser Pat Cipollone and chief of staff Mark Meadows and two outside attorneys Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani have discussed with President Trump about future plans.

After Murphy's letter, Trump praised her on Twitter but didn't forget to win credit for proposing to begin the transition of power.

According to one source, Murphy was "shocked" by Trump's tweet.

Biden was predicted to be elected by major media on November 7 after his lead to rival Donald Trump in Pennsylvania increased to more than 30,000.

But Trump refused to admit defeat, accusing the election of widespread fraud.

By the evening of 9/11, Murphy was still on Trump's side, challenging the election results.

But this explanation is not enough to convince Democrats because it is clear that the development of the 2020 election is completely different from 2000, when the victory or loss is only decided by a few hundred votes in Florida and thanks to a recount.

Not being able to initiate a transfer of power has consequences.

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GSA Director Emily Murphy speaks in Washington Capital in June 2019 Photo: AP.

New Jersey State Democrats Bill Pascrell and Dana Titus from Nevada sent a letter to Murphy asking her to hold a meeting to briefly explain why there was a delay in the transfer of power.

The letter did not receive a response, but Murphy contacted a Democrat lawmaker Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois, chairman of the GSA oversight committee, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The source revealed Murphy and Quigley had discussed the transfer process and why she is still waiting.

Meanwhile, Biden's team and the Democrats in Congress fell into a difficult situation.

Biden's team threatened to take legal action against the GSA and Democrats announced they would summon Murphy to hearing if she could not explain why the transfer of power was delayed.

So they launched a letter-writing campaign, asked Murphy to explain, accusing her of not fulfilling her constitutional obligations.

Murphy doesn't get much protection from Republican MPs.

About a week ago, Murphy began leaning in the direction of considerations allowing the transition to take place when the Trump campaign lost and abandoned Biden's nine winning lawsuits in just one day.

But the delay shows no sign of end as Trump's team vows to continue fighting in court, claiming that election results could still be reversed in many states.

But they continued to lose in these lawsuits and key states gradually confirmed the results.

On November 20, Georgia confirmed the victory for Biden after a manual recount.

Michigan and Pennsylvania are set to do the same on November 23 or 24, providing the basis for Murphy to decide to start the transfer of power after waiting two weeks.

On the morning of November 23, sources close to Murphy believed that the transition was imminent.

More than an hour after Michigan confirmed the results, Murphy sent a letter to Biden telling him he could begin the process.

The letter did not mention Biden as president-elect, nor does it make it clear that she is issuing confirmation of the transfer of power.