Trump-Biden transition updates: At least 20 arrested, 1 stabbed at DC protests

On a Trump campaign press call Wednesday, Rep. Doug Collins touted the announcement of a hand recount in Georgia as a "victory for transparency," while the campaign claimed it was a step "closer to our goal and that is the president winning these states and ultimately being reelected" -- despite Biden's apparent win.

Collins, who is leading the Trump team’s recount efforts in the state, hinted that the recount would allow it to continue to look for evidence of fraud, saying "it allows us to, again, be looking for the concerns."

Trump campaign Communications Director Tim Murtaugh, when asked if the campaign's legal efforts are enough to change the election results as Trump would need to overturn results in multiple states to beat Biden -- openly suggested “[overturning] the entire election” will be a “methodical” “process.”

"It is going to be methodical and it may be somewhat lengthy, but we have the time to get there. If everyone is looking for one single action that will be the silver bullet that overturns the entire election, it's going to be a process," he said.

Notably, a Georgia judge has already denied and dismissed the campaign's lawsuit in the state. The suit had sought to force Chatham County to separate out late-arriving ballots over a concern that the county may have been mishandling ballots, an allegation based on an incident involving just 53 ballots. The judge said he saw "no evidence" to back up that claim. Judges in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Nevada have also thrown out Trump campaign lawsuits.

-ABC News' Will Steakin, Olivia Rubin, Terrance Smith and Justin Gomez

Aside from a brief public appearance to commemorate Veterans Day, Biden is meeting with transition advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, Wednesday as his transition team is in a standoff with the Trump administration over whether the General Services Administration (GSA) should recognize Biden as the president-elect, which would allow him access to federal resources for his transition. 

Though the GSA is continuing to slow-walk its ascertainment of Biden, the Biden team is moving forward with its efforts, launching agency review teams and warning legal action is not off the table should the GSA administrator, a Trump appointee, continue to refuse to act. 

Biden is also moving ahead, holding calls to world leaders, to tell them “America’s back,” and criticizing the president’s refusal to concede as “an embarrassment" that "will not help the President's legacy."

Meanwhile, Trump has stayed largely hidden in the White House following his apparent defeat -- other than weekend golf outings and a Veterans Day event in Arlington Wednesday -- but he and his allies are digging into legal battles and recounts as he maintains, “We will win.”

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

Ahead of a visit to the Philadelphia Korean War memorial at Penn's Landing Wednesday morning, Biden issued a lengthy statement on Veterans Day, pledging his commitment to the “sacred obligation” the country has to those who serve and their families.

While Biden’s go-to line on the trail was slamming Trump on his "suckers" and "losers" comments reported in The Atlantic, Biden focused his statement on unity, pledging to “never treat you or your families with anything less than the honor you deserve.”

Trump, meanwhile, broke his five-day stretch of no public appearances when he ventured out of the White House to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. He also issued a proclamation in recognition of Veterans Day.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced this morning Georgia will conduct a “full, by hand recount in each county” of the presidential race.

"With the margin being so close, it will require a full by hand recount in each county. This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvass all at once," Raffensperger said. "It will be a heavy lift, but we will work with the counties to get this done in time for our state certification."

The results of the audit will be certified by the state's certification deadline on Nov. 20, he said.

On Tuesday, the Trump campaign and Georgia Republican Party called for the hand recount before the results were certified. But as Biden currently leads in the state by about 14,000 votes, election experts say the odds of a recount changing the candidates' current standings are slim.

There have only been two statewide recounts in presidential elections over the last 20 years. The Florida recount in 2000 shifted the margin by 1,247 votes, and the 2016 recount in Wisconsin shifted the margin by 571 votes.