According to the secretary of state's office, the president's and the Georgia GOP's legal teams have voluntarily dismissed four lawsuits related to the general election.

"On the eve of getting the day in court they supposedly were begging for, President Trump and Chairman David Shafer’s legal team folded Thursday and voluntarily dismissed their election contests against Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger rather than submit their evidence to a court and to cross-examination," a press release from Raffensperger's office read.

The release also said that the president's legal team is falsely claiming one case was dismissed “due to an out of court settlement agreement.” Raffensperger's office said that isn't true and that "correspondence sent to Trump’s legal team prior to the dismissals makes perfectly clear that there is no settlement agreement."

The three other lawsuits were also voluntarily dismissed by the Trump legal team with no settlement agreements, according to Raffensperger's office.

-ABC News' Quinn Scanlan

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said he believes Trump's Cabinet should meet and have a conversation about the 25th Amendment, adding that if he was still in the Cabinet and had the opportunity, he would vote to remove Trump from office.

"You were a former member of the Cabinet, in addition to being White House chief of staff. If you were in the cabinet right now, would you vote to remove him from office?" CNN's Jake Tapper asked Kelly on Thursday afternoon.

"I -- yes, I would. One thing we have going for us here, Jake, it's only 13 more days," Kelly said.

"I don't think it will happen, but I think the Cabinet should meet and discuss this," Kelly said of the move. "The behavior yesterday and in the weeks and months before that have just been outrageous from the president. And what happened on Capitol Hill yesterday is a direct result of his poisoning the minds of people with the lies and the fraud."

Kelly said the president's actions Wednesday "didn't surprise" him but that he was "very surprised that those people would assault the people's house, do the damage they did and embarrass us all."

He went on to very bluntly criticize Trump, calling him "a very, very flawed man" with "serious character issues."

-ABC News' Elizabeth Thomas

The Biden transition is deflecting when asked questions about Trump's potential removal from office, saying both Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are focused on their duties and taking office in less than two weeks.

A spokesperson said Biden and Harris will "leave it to Vice President Pence, the Cabinet and the Congress to act as they see fit," when it comes to Trump's removal, and again urged Trump stop blocking cooperation with the transition.

-ABC News' John Verhovek

Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster on Twitter joined a growing list of former officials bluntly denouncing Trump's actions leading up to Wednesday's riot.

"The reasons for yesterday’s criminal assault on our Congress and election process are many.  But foremost among them is the sad reality that President Trump and other officials have repeatedly compromised our principles in pursuit of partisan advantage and personal gain," McMaster said in a Twitter thread.

"Those who engaged in disinformation and demagoguery in pursuit of self-interest abdicated their responsibility to the American people. It was, in every sense of the phrase, a dereliction of duty," he continued, calling on the public to "reject conspiracy theories and false narratives designed to polarize us and pit us against each other."

Federal law enforcement officials have advised police agencies in state capitals to increase their security posture at statehouses around the country following the riot at the US Capitol, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The concern, the sources said, is an emboldened right-wing that considered Wednesday a success and may next turn to locations in closer to home.

Like the U.S. Capitol, statehouses are often backdrops for demonstrations that law enforcement officials now fear could turn violent.

“The safety of the Massachusetts State House, its employees and its neighbors is of utmost importance. As we witness the events in Washington, DC and across the nation, we are aware of the need to ensure the safety of this building and those who work within it. We continually assess our security needs and will adjust as necessary,” said Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ronald Mariano in a joint statement.

Across the country in Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard to patrol the Capitol Campus when the state legislature convenes Monday.

“As legislators begin their work on behalf of the people of the state of Washington, we must do whatever we can to ensure that they can do that work without fear, intimidation or harassment. The actions we saw in both Washington, D.C. and Olympia earlier this week were completely unacceptable and will not be repeated in our state capital again,” Inslee said.

Security was also increased around the statehouse in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan said.

“Maryland State Police as well as Maryland Capitol Police, some of which you see around here, have increased security around the Maryland State House complex, since there’s been a number of incidents at state capitols and governor’s mansions around the country,” Hogan said.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky and Josh Margolin