Here is how the transition is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Dec 21, 2020, 1:37 PM EST
Harris campaigns for Democrats in Georgia
Vice President-elect Harris stopped in Columbus, Georgia, on Monday to campaign on behalf of Senate Democratic candidates. She told reporters that she will be heading right back to Washington, D.C., afterwards to vote on the COVID-19 relief bill.
Harris said that she was in the Georgia to support Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, "and to remind Georgians that their voice is strong and matters in this election."
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris campaigns in support of Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff during a drive-in rally at Bibb Mill Event Center, Dec. 21, 2020, in Columbus, Ga.
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"And so, I want to remind everyone to vote and vote early," she said, noting that the runoffs will determine "the future of Georgia and, certainly, our country."
Finally, the vice president-elect said they were closely monitoring the situation with the new strain of COVID-19 in the U.K., and they will "make a decision as appropriate" regarding banning travel.
-ABC News’ Beatrice Peterson
Dec 21, 2020, 12:27 PM EST
Barr speaks out on election special counsel, seizing voting machines
Attorney General William Barr told reporters Monday that he sees no reason to appoint special counsels to investigate Hunter Biden and baseless claims of widespread election fraud. President Donald Trump has privately discussed naming lawyer Sydney Powell, earlier fired from his legal team, as a special counsel.
"I think to the extent that there's an investigation I think that it's being handled responsibly and professionally currently within the department and to this point I have not seen a reason to appoint a special counsel and I have no plan to do so before I leave," Barr said at a news conference at the Justice Department.
Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Dec. 21, 2020 at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
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Without presenting any evidence, however, Barr also said that he’s sure there was election fraud in the election, and that the country is too tolerant of it, but not enough to change the election results, saying "we had looked at suggestions or allegations of systemic or broad based fraud that would affect the outcome of the election and I already spoke to that and I stand by that statement."
When asked about seizing voting machines, Barr said that he didn’t think the federal government has any basis to do so.
"I see no basis now for seizing machines by the federal government, you know, a wholesale seizure of machines by the federal government," he said. Finally, when asked if the president had the ability to pardon himself, Barr said that he was not going to "opine on a constitutional issue as far as the power goes."
Over the weekend, President Trump and his legal team considered the idea.
-ABC News’ Luke Barr and Alex Mallin.
Dec 21, 2020, 10:19 AM EST
Ivanka Trump postpones Georgia events
Ivanka Trump was due to attend three campaign events in Georgia Monday for GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, but she tweeted that two of them will be postponed due to Congress voting on the pandemic relief bill.
All eyes are on the Georgia Senate runoffs, as the outcomes will decide which party has control of the Senate. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is currently scheduled to campaign in Georgia for the Democratic candidates on Monday.
Dec 21, 2020, 10:18 AM EST
Biden, Harris announce additional members of National Economic Council
President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris announced new members of their National Economic Council on Monday morning in a press release, expanding the group that will work alongside Brian Deese and other forthcoming staff.
Biden and Harris appointed Joelle Gample as the Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. They also selected David Kamin as the Deputy Director for the National Economic Council and Bharat Ramamurti as the Deputy Director for the National Economic Council for Financial Reform and Consumer Protection.
Kamin previously joins the long list of Obama White House alumni returning to a Biden administration. He previously served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and also worked as special assistant, and later adviser, to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Bharat Ramamurti during a hearing on the "Examination of Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security" on Capitol Hill on Dec.10, 2020 in Washington, D.C.
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Ramamurti comes to Biden’s administration with ties to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. He served as an economic adviser to Warren during her 2020 presidential campaign and senior counsel for banking and economic policy in her Senate office.
