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

Kayleigh McEnany, speaking as a “Trump campaign adviser” to Fox News Thursday morning, appeared to slip up with a departure from the president’s public messaging -- that he won the election -- by saying the Trump administration is following all laws “with regard to an expected transition” before seeming to catch herself.  

Asked whether the president has considered giving Biden access to the President's Daily Briefs even as he continues to contest the election results, McEnany said it’s a question for the White House -- although McEnany serves as White House press secretary, the main spokesperson for the president.

“That would be a question more for the White House, but I will say that all laws are being followed with regard to an expected transition though we expect to continue on as the Trump administration, and we will see how our litigation goes," she said. 

Her comments comes as the GSA has yet to officially recognize Biden as the victor in the election, preventing the Biden team from full access to government funds and information to aid in the process.

-ABC News' Jordyn Phelps

The standoff between the Biden transition team and the Trump administration continues as Trump still refuses to concede the loss and recognize Biden as the president-elect -- while the Trump campaign continues to issue largely empty legal threats in hopes of overturning the results. 

Trump, who largely avoided the public since last week, has another day with no public events. He’s scheduled to have lunch with Vice President Mike Pence and meet later in the day with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin -- but all behind closed doors at the White House. 

Multiple sources told ABC News Trump met with senior advisers, including Jared Kushner, Jason Miller and campaign manager Bill Stepien, on Wednesday to discuss a post-election path forward.

Though he had golf outings over the weekend and on Wednesday participated in a Veterans Day event at a rainy Arlington National Cemetery, Trump has not spoken to reporters since falsely declaring victory for himself, again, one week ago. 

Biden, pushing forward with the formation of his government despite cooperation by Trump or his administration, will continue meeting with transition advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, after naming his incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, a longtime Washington operative, late Wednesday. 

Nine days after voting ended, it's clear that the election could take a while to wind down. That's not because it was particularly close: Biden has cleared a 5-million-vote edge over Trump, in what's looking like a record-turnout election that remains on track to deliver him as many electoral votes -- 306 -- as Trump won in 2016.

But the manual recount of votes in Georgia announced Wednesday will be painstaking and is unlikely to finish until a week from Friday. As the GOP secretary of state has acknowledged, this is exceedingly unlikely to change the margins in Georgia -- and, of course, Trump needs even bigger turnabouts in states he lost more decisively, including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, to have a plausible chance at a second term.

Does it matter? Not to Biden, who is running an orderly transition that stands in contrast with the chaos still coming from the White House. His choice of Ron Klain as chief of staff is another signal about normalcy -- and a tacit acknowledgement that Biden understands concerns raised on his left.

Vote counting, though, seems destined to drag beyond this month. That would mark a win, under the circumstances, for the Trump team -- with twin goals of seeing mistrust in the process and hoping for the equivalent of legal miracles.

It has become more clear in Washington and world capitals that Biden has won and will be the next president.

Trump is getting his wish, at least in one state, in slowing the process down. The institutions of governance, though, are holding through the delay -- at least until the next flurry comes from the president.

-ABC News Political Director Rick Klein

The president tweeted Wednesday night his endorsement for current GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel to continue leading the Republican Party, and again falsely claimed he will win the election.

She is expected to seek a third term as RNC chairwoman, a source close to McDaniel tells ABC News.

-ABC News' Will Steakin