The Trump administration was, at best, a cautionary tale in how not to run a workplace during a pandemic.

‘The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago,’ Biden said. ‘And we now know that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish that flame.’

Biden and his team are working through a series of backup options to prepare for the challenges he will face as president.

The action highlighted the dwindling legal options that Donald Trump has as he continues to insist he won the 2020 election.