This week Trump berated Pence to his face, one source said. The White House declined to comment. In the statement, Trump clung to the notion that the Nov. 3 election was rigged against him but acknowledged he would be leaving the White House on Biden's Inauguration Day. The statement was seen by some close to the White House as an attempt to forestall a wave of resignations. One former Trump White House official said the president had shown a failure in leadership for not immediately going on television to tell his supporters at the Capitol to stand down and leave.

Source: bd News24 January 07, 2021 20:37 UTC