Trump Gets Help Again From Appointee Holding Up Transition
- Emily Murphy leads the U.S. General Service Administration
- Murphy’s election call key to formal presidential transition
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A little-known agency head who has delayed triggering a formal government transition to the Biden administration has been a top official at the organization when it sided with President Donald Trump in disputes.
Emily W. Murphy, the Trump-appointed administrator of the General Services Administration, has not yet declared Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the presidential election, a decision that would unlock millions of dollars in transition funding but contradict Trump’s unfounded assertion that he won.