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Trump-Biden transition updates: At least 20 arrested, 1 stabbed at DC protests
The event was largely peaceful, but grew violent after crowds thinned at night.
President-elect Joe Biden is moving forward with transition plans, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump, who still refuses to concede the election one week after Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential race.
Trump has largely hunkered down inside the White House since the election, but on Saturday his motorcade drove drove past supporters gathered to rally in Washington, D.C., on his way to play golf.
Biden, meanwhile, is pressing forward, meeting with transition advisers in Delaware and calling Trump's refusal to concede "an embarrassment."
The Biden transition team and the Trump administration are in a standoff over whether Biden should be granted access to federal resources allocated for the transition of power. The General Services Administration, headed by a Trump appointee, has yet to officially recognize Biden as the victor in the election, preventing Biden's team from gaining full access to government funds and security information.
But a growing number of Republican senators are calling on the administration to start giving Biden classified intelligence briefings, a sign that support for Trump's refusal to concede the election may be waning among his allies on Capitol Hill.
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Biden projected to win Georgia
ABC News projects Biden will win the state of Georgia, raising his electoral vote count to 306 -- the same number of electoral votes Trump obtained when he won the presidential race in 2016.
The state is currently conducting a hand-audit of the nearly 5 million votes cast in the state in the presidential race.
Pro-Trump groups and counterdemonstrators gather outside White House
Ahead of expected protests from far-right groups and counter-protesters in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, both groups gathered outside the White House Friday, as Trump supporters, taking queues from the president, refuse to recognize Biden as the winner of the presidential election.
As the crowd outside the White House grew, Trump tweeted it was “heartwarming” to see “organic Rallies” in his support. He also teased an appearance at the demonstrations in D.C. on Saturday, saying he “may even try to stop by and say hello.”
Behind the scenes, multiple sources tell ABC News the Trump campaign has been privately reaching out to top surrogates to help promote planned events to ensure a big turnout for the president.
The Trump campaign held a private call with top surrogates days ago and told them to be ready "at a moment's notice."
"We may need your help and support on the ground, you know, waving the flag and yelling the president's name and support,” according to audio obtained by ABC News.
Protesters on both sides donned costumes and displayed signs Friday afternoon.
-ABC News' Will Steakin
Biden team says it's not looking to engage in a 'food fight' with Trump admin
Jen Psaki, an adviser to the Biden Harris transition, said on a call with reporters Friday afternoon the Biden team is not looking to engage in legal battles with the GSA -- as it slow-walks Biden’s ascertainment as president-elect -- but that it is “concerning” not to have access to vital transition information in the midst of a pandemic.
“We're not interested in having a food fight with the GSA administrator or anyone really,” Psaki said. “We just want to get access to intelligence information, to threat assessments, to the ongoing work on COVID, so that we can prepare to govern, bring the American people together and get the pandemic under control.”
She noted that sentiment is "starting to ring" with the GOP, as a growing list of Senate Republicans have called on the Trump administration to begin giving Biden classified briefings.
Psaki also said not to expect any personnel announcements from Biden this weekend and that the president-elect will be taking a couple days off with family in Delaware.
Trump expected to break silence with afternoon Rose Garden remarks
Trump will provide an update on Operation Warp Speed at 4 p.m. in the Rose Garden, according to his updated public schedule from the White House.
It's been eight days since Trump spoke to White House reporters -- the longest stretch of his presidency -- and 10 days since he took questions.