IN A YEAR of tragic firsts for the country, the unthinkable is always a possibility. As an early lead began to slip on election night, President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory, even as former Vice President Joe Biden appeared set to win thanks to an influx of mail-in ballots, received early but counted last in key states.
Trump has since claimed the race was rigged and shows no sign of conceding, leading the Biden campaign to consider outcomes previously thought to be only the most radical.
“As we said on July 19th, the American people will decide this election,” Biden’s team said in a statement Friday. “And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.”
And the Secret Service would be the ones to do it, one former U.S. official and two experts told Newsweek.
The scenarios Newsweek discussed with its sources
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