Here is how the transition is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Dec 21, 2020, 5:29 PM EST
Sidney Powell back at the White House
Sidney Powell was at the White House again today for meetings. It was not immediately clear if she met with President Trump.
Attorney Sidney Powell speaks at a press conference on election results in Alpharetta, Georgia, Dec. 2, 2020.
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Sources told ABC News that the president had considered trying to appoint Powell, an election lawyer Trump had cut from his legal team, as a special counsel to look into the 2020 election -- even though the president cannot do so under the auspices of the Justice Department. Attorney General William Barr has already rejected the idea of appointing a special counsel to investigate the election.
-ABC News' John Santucci and Ben Gittleson.
Dec 21, 2020, 3:28 PM EST
Joe Biden receives COVID-19 vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden received the first shot of a coronavirus vaccine during a televised event in Delaware on Monday.
Many have expressed hope that Biden receiving the jab on camera will help stoke public confidence in the vaccine, as well as ensure the continuity of government.
President-elect Joe Biden receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital, in Newark, Del., Dec. 21, 2020.
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"I’m doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it's available to take the vaccine, there’s nothing to worry about," Biden said.
His wife, Jill Biden, received her shot earlier in the day. The Bidens received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a statement from his office.
The president-elect also took time to thank health care workers and first responders, including the woman who administered the shot, saying, "We owe you big, we really do."
Finally, Biden encouraged people to still wear masks, socially distance, and avoid travel during the holidays.
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.
