Coronavirus task force makes first remarks in months
Vice President Mike Pence and other officials took no questions.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
Vice President Mike Pence and other officials took no questions.
The president-elect formed his own coronavirus advisory team, since he doesn't have access to current officials.
President Trump said he's firing a top cybersecurity official whose agency declared the election was the most secure in history.
The Trump administration is keeping President-elect Joe Biden from receiving classified briefings.
President Trump made his first public remarks since falsely claiming he won the election.
At this point, the president-elect has less access to transition resources and intelligence community briefings now than he did before Election Day.
President Trump's firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper by tweet was just the beginning.
"I don't see a need for legal action, quite frankly," the president-elect said.
He promised a "smooth transition" — to a second Trump administration — and then then went on to say a successful transition would take place.
Carson is the second senior official who attended the election night party at the White House to contract the virus.
President Trump made erroneous and baseless statements in his election night speech.
It may be awhile before we know how some states voted, but "there is nothing scary going on, other than committed public servants working very hard," said one elections expert.
The polls have started opening.
"Nothing of substance" is happening with the White House's Coronavirus Task Force, said one source familiar with the situation.
Kushner also said his father-in-law "basically did a full hostile takeover of the Republican Party."