Here is how the transition is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Nov 30, 2020, 8:03 PM EST
Trump calls into Arizona hearing, says more legal action coming in Wis., Ga.
The president called into a hearing underway at a hotel in Phoenix and called the election the "greatest scam ever perpetrated upon our country."
He claimed that he won Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- despite certified results. And though Trump said Monday that the election was "rigged," secretaries of state across the country, along with former CISA director Chris Krebs, have praised the security and success of this year's election.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the November general election, certifying the state's results of the 2020 presidential election.
Recount observers watch ballots during a Milwaukee hand recount of Presidential votes at the Wisconsin Center, Nov. 20, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wis.
Nam Y. Huh/AP, FILE
"Today I carried out my duty to certify the November 3rd election, and as required by state and federal law, I've signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of electors for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris," Evers said in statement.
The Trump campaign still has five days to appeal the recount results.
- ABC News' Soorin Kim
Nov 30, 2020, 6:13 PM EST
Biden speaks with UN secretary general, leaders from Argentina, Costa Rica, Kenya
Biden continued his calls with world leaders Monday, speaking with Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He also spoke with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
Biden has now spoken with world leaders from 18 different countries, including leaders of Italy, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Jordan, Chile, India, Israel and South Africa. He has also spoken with Pope Francis and had calls with NATO, the European Commission and European Council.
-ABC News’ Molly Nagle
Nov 30, 2020, 5:25 PM EST
Schumer expects 'crocodile tears' from GOP over Biden nominees
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in remarks from the Senate floor Monday that Biden's Cabinet nominations should receive hearings in January "immediately" after the Georgia runoff elections and argued that Republicans are "grasping at straws" to explain their opposition to his nominees.
"I fully expect to see some crocodile tears spilled on the other side of the aisle over President-elect Biden's Cabinet nominees, but it will be very tough to take those crocodile tears seriously," Schumer said. "Our Republican colleagues are on the record supporting some of the least qualified most unethical and downright sycophantic nominees in recent memory."
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results and the continuing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 12, 2020.
Hannah Mckay/Reuters, FILE
Schumer specifically defended Biden's nominee to lead the Office of Budget and Management, Neera Tanden, as "impenitently qualified" after some Senate Republicans have indicated hers will be an uphill confirmation battle.
“Neera Tanden, who has an endless stream of disparaging comments about the Republican Senators’ whose votes she’ll need, stands zero chance of being confirmed,” Drew Brandewie, spokesman for GOP Texas Sen. John Cornyn, tweeted Sunday.
