Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel said Tuesday there would be an "orderly" transfer of power from one president to the next, Politico reported.

According to a Newsmax article, McConnell was asked why the General Services Administration (GSA) has declined the official transition to the next administration during a news conference.

McConnell replied that the election's legal cases have to be resolved first before a transition can occur. He added a promise that "all of this will happen right on time."

"Once those certifications occur, if they occur, based upon litigation being tried in various places, those will be final," he added.

He also vowed that the next administration could be sworn into position by the scheduled inauguration day on Jan. 20.

McConnell also batted down questions about whether the GSA should certify Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as the president-elect, reported The Hill. 

Instead, he insisted that the transition will be done in an orderly manner and "[w]hat we all say about it is frankly irrelevant." McConnell had also said before that there would be an orderly transfer of power. 

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Days after the election, he told reporters that there would "of course" be a peaceful handoff. 

He also said the same comments in September after news came that President Donald Trump would refuse to commit a peaceful transfer. 

GOP Refuses to Acknowledge Biden Win

Many GOP leaders, including McConnell, have not directly acknowledged that Biden won the election since several media organizations called him the winner more than a week ago.

Only a handful of GOP lawmakers appeared to have acknowledged the media projections. But NBC News said McConnell's comments during a Senate Republican luncheon signaled that he might be preparing for a possible Biden administration.

Amid all this, the GOP still stands by the statements of Trump that the 2020 election was riddled with widespread fraud. They claim that Democrats were involved in "stealing the vote."

So far, the Trump campaign has not yet provided sufficient evidence to support these claims, noted a New York Post report.

But McConnell said the president and his legal team would attempt "whatever evidence" is within their rights to present in contesting the election results. 

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Meanwhile, media projections showed that Biden won the states that Trump carried in 2016. Some of these states include Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Projections also showed that Biden has managed to flip traditionally Republican strongholds, Georgia and Arizona.

There are several lawsuits filed in different states challenging the election results. Some have shown optimistic results, while others appear to have been dismissed in court. 

Transition of Power without GSA

If the GSA does certify that Biden won the Nov. 3 election, he and his team will be given access to federal resources and the ability to work with other federal officials.

Since the Biden team has not yet received formal certification from the GSA, they are simply beginning the transition process without it.

So far, they have set up their own "agency review teams" as part of this process.