The State of California endorse the elections results, as Joe Biden gets enough electoral college votes to officially declare his victory in the presidential election

In a new blow to current US President Donald Trump’s hopes, the State of California has approved the election results, giving Joe Biden a majority of 279 votes in the electoral college needed to become president of the United States.

The State of California is the state with the largest population in the country, and has 55 votes in the electoral college, and is one of the most prominent strongholds of the Democratic Party, so the outgoing President Donald Trump did not submit any judicial appeals”.

Joe Biden now has 279 votes in the electoral college, and it is expected that 3 states that voted for him will ratify the election results, namely Hawaii, New Jersey and Colorado, so that the number of votes he received in the electoral college rises to 302, as the media expected.

The Minnesota Supreme Court also rejected the lawsuit filed by a number of Republican party members to prevent the certification of the election results and a complete recount.

On the other hand, CNN said, “Biden widens the difference in popular votes against his rival, President Donald Trump, by more than 7 million votes”.

CNN also added that this difference may continue to widen with the continued counting of votes in a number of states.

CNN explained that Biden got about 81 million and 200 thousand votes, which is the largest number of votes obtained by a presidential candidate in the history of the United States.

And “CNN” indicated that Trump won about 74 million and 200 thousand votes, making him the second candidate with the highest number of votes in American history after Biden.

In turn, President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced that they have collected more than $ 207 million in donations since the November 3 elections.

These donations were collected by the campaign, the Republican National Committee, Joint Committees for Political Action, as well as the “Save America” ​​political action committee that Trump launched after the election.

“These enormous numbers of donations show that the president remains the leader and energy source of the Republican Party, and that his supporters are dedicated to achieving a legitimate and legitimate outcome in the election,” Trump campaign manager Bill Stephen said in a statement.

Regarding the transition of power, the Washington Post quoted US officials as saying that the Trump administration refused to allow members of the transition team of President-elect Biden to meet with officials in the Pentagon’s intelligence agencies, despite the General Services Administration’s decision to allow such meetings.

The officials considered that this delay weakened the Biden team’s ability to keep pace with espionage operations against Russia, China, Iran and other opponents.

On the other hand, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defense denied the news of the ban, and said, “The required meetings could be held as early as next week”.

The American Newspaper Politico also quoted two former members of the Pentagon’s Defense Business Council as saying that the Trump administration has dispensed with the services of more members of the council, as it seeks what the two members described as clearing the Pentagon in its last days.

The Trump administration had dismissed the services of 11 members of the council, most notably former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright.

Meanwhile, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller announced the appointment of 11 new members of the Defense Business Council to replace those dismissed by the Trump administration this week.

Among the new members, Corrie Lundowski, head of the Trump campaign for the 2016 election, and his deputy at the time, David Bossi.

In a statement, the acting defense minister welcomed the new members, saying he looked forward to their contribution “in helping direct the efforts of the Ministry of Defense in the coming years”.

Miller added that the new members have achieved achievements in their respective fields, and have shown leadership that will serve the ministry and the country well, as he described it.

The Associated Press reported on Saturday, that the US President-elect, Joe Biden, obtained enough votes from the electoral college to officially declare his victory in the presidential election.

The agency stated that Biden secured the required votes in the electoral college of 538 seats, after California confirmed his victory in the vote.

The Associated Press said the state ratified its presidential election on Friday, and its 55 electoral college members pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, and formally awarded him the majority of the caucus needed to win the White House.

According to the agency’s statistics, California State Secretary Alex Padilla’s confirmation that Biden won in the state raised his score so far in the electoral college to 279.

It’s noteworthy that the outgoing President Donald Trump announced, earlier last month, that he would leave the White House if he confirmed Electoral College Win Joe Biden.

The 538-member electoral college will meet on December 14th to announce the winner of the presidential race.