General Services Administration (GSA) chief Emily Murphy claimed on Monday to have received threats for prohibiting the transition of President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration into the White house.

Murphy, who was appointed as Administrator of the GSA by President Donald Trump in 2017, had held off on allowing official administrative transition efforts to begin for weeks. After the election, Murphy indicated that an “ascertainment” of Biden’s victory had not been made. Her delay in allowing the transition to move forward prevented Biden’s transition teams from obtaining access to information, federal funding and access to federally-owned office spaces. On Monday, Murphy allowed the transition to proceed. In a Monday letter, Murphy said she had received threats designed to push her towards allowing the transition to begin.

General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy allowed President-elect Joe Biden’s teams to begin the transition between presidential administrations on Monday, almost three weeks after election day.
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“To be clear, I did not receive any direction to delay my determination,” Murphy wrote. “I did, however, receive threats online, by phone, and by mail directed at my safety, my family, my staff, and even my pets in an effort to coerce me into making this determination prematurely. Even in the face of thousands of threats, I always remained committed to upholding the law.”

Newsweek reached out to the GSA for comment.

Murphy had previously served in the GSA as Chief Acquisition Officer from 2005-2007 during the George W. Bush administration. According to her GSA bio, Murphy also spent nine in the U.S. House of Representatives working with the House Committee on Small Business and the House Armed Services Committee.

This is a breaking story and will be updated as more information becomes available.