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The Associated Press reports that CEOs say they have limited patience for Trump’s efforts to deny the election results.
- Top U.S. executives have said they will remain silent about President Donald Trump’s refusal to admit defeat in the election until a date of reconsideration in Georgia. To AP.
- Georgia is now being reconsidered, and Biden confirmed Trump’s victory in the state.
- Chief executives said they could issue public statements or pressure Republican lawmakers in their states to distance themselves from Trump.
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An anonymous group of US executives has been waiting for the results of a review of Georgia’s presidential election before taking action against Trump.
That reconsideration has now been made, and the state has confirmed Trump’s loss, suggesting that they may now go against him.
The Associated Press published the news last week Two dozen top executives of major U.S. companies gathered to discuss the November 6 election in which Trump must refuse to step down.
Most of the CEOs on the call were anonymous, but it was Yale Professor who convened the meeting Told CNBC Its participants include the leaders of Disney, Blackstone and Johnson & Johnson and the unnamed Fortune 500 companies.
CEOs decided Trump could pursue his legal challenges, but the AP said they would act if Trump tried to illegally run for president or interfere in the transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden.
Their actions may include speaking out publicly or pressuring Republican lawmakers in their states to try to get more electoral college votes for Trump, the AP report said.
They said they would decide what to do next after the results of the Georgia review, which ended Thursday.
Biden won by less than 0.5% of the vote, prompting state law to reconsider. Saw the review Biden was confirmed the winnerEven if Trump had lost the state, Biden would still have enough electoral college votes to win the presidency.
Trump launched a legal challenge across wartime states, and None of them have won yet.
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