Why Biden is crowdfunding his White House transition

President-elect Joe Biden has begun crowdsourcing funds for his White House transition — sending out a call Friday for donations.

Ordinarily, a presidential transition would be largely taxpayer-funded, but that money cannot be released until the head of the General Services Administration (GSA), Emily Murphy, officially “ascertains” that Biden won the election. Despite the election having been called for Biden by all major media outlets — and despite the fact that key states have begun to certify his wins — Murphy has refused to do so.

Biden has nevertheless begun...