Biden Accused "Political Leadership" of Interfering within Power Transfer in the United States

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According to the President-elect of the United States, he continues facing resistance when trying to obtain the necessary information from the Department of Defense and the White House Office of Budgeting and Administration. US President-elect Joseph Biden has declared the enormous damage to the national security apparatus caused by the administration of Donald Trump, the current head of the White House, when blocking the transfer of power. Biden made the corresponding statement on Monday, December 28, in Wilmington (Delaware). According to Biden, his team faced "interference" from the "political leadership" in trying to get the information they need from the US Department of Defense and the White House's Office of Management and Budget. "This is nothing more than irresponsibility" "Right now, we simply do not receive all the information we need in key areas of national security from the outgoing administration. In my opinion, this is nothing more than irresponsibility," Biden stressed. He added that he needs "complete transparency" in the formation of the defense budget in order to "avoid possible confusion or the need to catch up in the future, which our rivals may try to take advantage of." The president-elect added that he also needed a "clear picture of US forces' positioning and operations around the world. Earlier, briefings for Biden were held, in particular, by his candidates for the posts of Secretary of State (Anthony Blinken), head of the Pentagon (Lloyd Austin) and the head of the Department of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mallorcas). According to the president-elect, his team found that agencies "critical" to American security "suffered enormous damage" during Donald Trump's tenure as head of state. Trump tried to challenge the vote in the courts The election campaign in the United States, which took place at the height of the pandemic, was extremely tense. After reports from the country's leading media that Democrat Biden won enough votes from the Electoral College to win the November 3 elections, the incumbent head of the White House refused to agree with the voting results and tried to challenge them in courts for several weeks. Trump claimed that the Democrats stole the victory from him, but was unable to back up his claims with convincing evidence. In late November, he supported the decision of the General Affairs Office of the US Administration to begin the procedure for the transfer of presidential power in the country. The inauguration ceremony for the 46th President of the United States is scheduled to take place on January 20.