Transition were well underway.

U.

S president elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said that nothing would stop the transfer of power as he prepares to enter the White House in January, even as President Donald Trump says without evidence that the election was marred by fraud.

We're going to be going moving along in a consistent manner, putting together our administration, the White House and reviewing who were going to pick for the Cabinet positions.

And nothing is going to stop that.

This as some senior Republicans have also sought to sow doubt about the outcome of the election, among them Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who backed Trump's right to launch a legal challenge to Biden's victory in several battleground states.

I think that the whole Republican Party has been put in a position with a few notable exceptions of um being Miley intimidated by the sitting president and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday predicted a quote Second Trump administration ah comment at odds with congratulatory phone calls between Biden and the leaders of Britain, Germany, Ireland and France.

I wanted to congratulate you and congratulate Canada Harris for for this election, Biden was asked by a reporter whether he would take legal action to gain access to classified information and other documents that are normally transferred during this time, but that the Trump administration is withholding.

No, I don't see a need for legal action.

Quite frankly, I think the legal action is you're seeing it play out the actions he's taking on so far, there is no evidence of any of the assertions made by the president or secretary of state Pompeo.

Secretary of State Pompeo Biden called Trump's failure to concede the election and embarrassment that would not help Trump's legacy.

Biden won the election by securing Mawr than the required 270 votes in the Electoral College, and also won the popular vote by more than four million votes.

A Reuters Ipsos poll out Tuesday found that nearly 80% of Americans, including more than half of Republicans, recognize Biden as the winner of the presidential election.