Electoral College confirms Joe Biden won the presidential election

Members of the US electoral college have affirmed Joe Biden's presidential election victory, one of the final steps required for him to take office.

The Democrat won November's contest with 306 electoral college votes to Republican Donald Trump's 232.

Under the US system, voters actually cast their ballots for "electors", who in turn, formally vote for candidates weeks after the election.

Despite this process, President Trump is not expected to accept the result.

Normally the electors do not get that much attention but this year, due to Mr Trump's persistent efforts to question and overturn the results - involving legal challenges which have been rejected by courts across the country - the state-by-state vote was in the spotlight.

Solidly Democrat California, with its 55 electors, was one of the last states to vote on Monday and took Mr Biden across the 270-vote threshold required to win the presidency.

Heightened security had been put in place in some states, including Michigan and Georgia, ahead of voting, which took place in state capitals and Washington DC.

Original Quill wrote:Trump has about 36 more days to do more damage.  I think he and Putin have cooked something up, and we'll learn about it in about 2 weeks.

Getting an attorney general (or anyone believing in the law) out of the way is just the start.  I’d be concerned if he appoints some Lt. Colonel, with a Russian surname, to be Attorney General for a day.

Maddog wrote:

Original Quill wrote:Trump has about 36 more days to do more damage.  I think he and Putin have cooked something up, and we'll learn about it in about 2 weeks.

Getting an attorney general (or anyone believing in the law) out of the way is just the start.  I’d be concerned if he appoints some Lt. Colonel, with a Russian surname, to be Attorney General for a day.

Barr will be there for a few more weeks.

Original Quill wrote:

Maddog wrote:

Barr will be there for a few more weeks.

Barr will be there through Christmas.  If any coup happens, it will happen between Jan. 13th and Jan. 20th.

Barr was swept out of the way.