Washington (CNN) A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing him from accessing them, according to State Department officials familiar with the messages. Traditionally, the State Department supports all communications for the President-elect, which is why many countries began sending messages to State over the weekend. But they are operating without the logistical and translation support that the State Department operations center provides. CNN has asked the State Department and the Biden transition team for comment. Career officials at the State Department are ready to help the Biden team when the time comes.

Source: CNN November 12, 2020 00:35 UTC