Donald Trump

==== False claims of voting fraud, attempt to prevent presidential transition ====
{{Further|Big lie#Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election|Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|2020–21 United States election protests|Election denial movement in the United States}}
[[File:ElectoralCollege2020 with results.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|2020 Electoral College results; Trump lost 232–306.|alt=Electoral college map, depicting Trump winning many states in the South and Rocky Mountains and Biden winning many states in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific West]]
At 2 a.m. the morning after the election, with the results still unclear, Trump declared victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=With results from key states unclear, Trump declares victory|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-trump-statement/with-results-from-key-states-unclear-trump-declares-victory-idUKKBN27K0U3|access-date=November 10, 2020|work=[[Reuters]]|date=November 4, 2020}}</ref> After Biden was projected the winner days later, Trump stated that "this election is far from over" and baselessly alleged election fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/07/joe-biden-victory-president-trump-claims-election-far-over/6202892002/|title=Trump revives baseless claims of election fraud after Biden wins presidential race|last=King|first=Ledyard|date=November 7, 2020|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref> Trump and his allies filed many [[Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election|legal challenges to the results]], which were rejected by at least 86 judges in both the [[State court (United States)|state]] and [[United States federal courts|federal courts]], including by federal judges appointed by Trump himself, finding no factual or legal basis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judges-trump-election-lawsuits/2020/12/12/e3a57224-3a72-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html|date=December 12, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2021|title='The last wall': How dozens of judges across the political spectrum rejected Trump's efforts to overturn the election|first1=Rosalind S.|last1=Helderman|author-link1=Rosalind S. Helderman|first2=Elise|last2=Viebeck|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Aaron|last=Blake|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/14/most-remarkable-rebukes-trumps-legal-case-judges-he-hand-picked/|title=The most remarkable rebukes of Trump's legal case: From the judges he hand-picked|date=December 14, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> Trump's allegations were also refuted by state election officials.<ref>{{cite web|last=Woodward|first=Calvin|title=AP Fact Check: Trump conclusively lost, denies the evidence|url=https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-trump-conclusively-lost-bbb9d8c808021ed65d91aee003a7bc64|access-date=November 17, 2020|work=[[AP News]]|date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> After [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]] director [[Chris Krebs]] contradicted Trump's fraud allegations, Trump dismissed him on November 17.<ref name="BBC_election">{{cite web|date=November 18, 2020|title=Trump fires election security official who contradicted him|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54982360|access-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref> On December 11, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear [[Texas v. Pennsylvania|a case from the Texas attorney general]] that asked the court to overturn the election results in four states won by Biden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|title=Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election|first=Adam|last=Liptak|author-link=Adam Liptak|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Trump withdrew from public activities in the weeks following the election.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 21, 2020|access-date=October 9, 2021|first=David|last=Smith|title=Trump's monumental sulk: president retreats from public eye as Covid ravages US|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/21/trump-monumental-sulk-president-retreats-from-public-eye-covid-ravages-us}}</ref> He initially blocked government officials from cooperating in [[presidential transition of Joe Biden|Biden's presidential transition]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lamire|first1=Jonathan|last2=Miller|first2=Zeke|title=Refusing to concede, Trump blocks cooperation on transition|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-virus-outbreak-elections-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-2d39186996f69de245e59c966d4d140f|work=[[AP News]]|access-date=November 10, 2020|date=November 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Timm|first1=Jane C.|last2=Smith|first2=Allan|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-stonewalling-biden-s-transition-here-s-why-it-matters-n1247768|title=Trump is stonewalling Biden's transition. Here's why it matters.|work=[[NBC News]]|date=November 14, 2020|access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> After three weeks, the administrator of the [[General Services Administration]] declared Biden the "apparent winner" of the election, allowing the disbursement of transition resources to his team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rein|first=Lisa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gsa-emily-murphy-transition-biden/2020/11/23/c0f43e84-2de0-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html|title=Under pressure, Trump appointee Emily Murphy approves transition in unusually personal letter to Biden|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> Trump still did not formally concede while claiming he recommended the GSA begin transition protocols.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Naylor|first1=Brian|last2=Wise|first2=Alana|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/11/23/937956178/trump-administration-to-begin-biden-transition-protocols|title=President-Elect Biden To Begin Formal Transition Process After Agency OK|work=[[NPR]]|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ordoñez|first1=Franco|last2=Rampton|first2=Roberta|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/11/26/939386434/trump-is-in-no-mood-to-concede-but-says-will-leave-white-house|title=Trump Is In No Mood To Concede, But Says Will Leave White House|work=[[NPR]]|date=November 26, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>

The Electoral College formalized Biden's victory on December 14.<ref name="formalize" /> From November to January, Trump repeatedly sought help to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the results]], personally pressuring Republican local and state office-holders,<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Amy|title='I just want to find 11,780 votes': In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/d45acb92-4dc4-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html|access-date=January 20, 2021|date=January 3, 2021}}</ref> Republican state and federal legislators,<ref name="pressure">{{cite web|last1=Kumar|first1=Anita|last2=Orr|first2=Gabby|last3=McGraw|first3=Meridith|title=Inside Trump's pressure campaign to overturn the election|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/trump-pressure-campaign-overturn-election-449486 |access-date=December 22, 2020|work=[[Politico]]|date=December 21, 2020}}</ref> the Justice Department,<ref>{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Marshall|title=Timeline of the coup: How Trump tried to weaponize the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 election|url=https://cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/january-6-timeline-trump-coup/|access-date=November 6, 2021|work=[[CNN]]|date=November 5, 2021}}</ref> and Vice President Pence,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|authorlink1=Maggie Haberman|last2=Karni|first2=Annie|title=Pence Said to Have Told Trump He Lacks Power to Change Election Result|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/pence-trump-election-results.html |access-date=January 7, 2021|date=January 5, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> urging various actions such as [[Trump fake electors plot|replacing presidential electors]], or a request for Georgia officials to "find" votes and announce a "recalculated" result.<ref name="pressure" /> On February 10, 2021, Georgia prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the election in Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fausset|first1=Richard|last2=Hakim|first2=Danny|title=Georgia Prosecutors Open Criminal Inquiry Into Trump's Efforts to Subvert Election|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/us/politics/trump-georgia-investigation.html|date=February 10, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Trump did not attend Biden's inauguration.<ref>{{cite web|last=Haberman|first=Maggie|authorlink=Maggie Haberman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/politics/trump-presidency.html|title=Trump Departs Vowing, 'We Will Be Back in Some Form'|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref>