KEY POINTS
  • President Donald Trump has signaled there will be an "orderly transition" to the Biden presidency.
  • The message was tweeted by Dan Scavino Thursday morning, minutes after Congress formally confirmed the election of Joe Biden as president.
  • Trump also said "it's only the beginning of our fight."

President Donald Trump is now promising an "orderly transition" of power, tweeting through a surrogate early Thursday minutes after Congress formally confirmed the election of Joe Biden as president following an hourslong takeover of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.

A statement from the president on Twitter via deputy chief of staff for communications Dan Scavino repeated baseless claims of widespread voter fraud, but included the reversal.