US President-elect Joe Biden launched a violent attack, described as the most violent attack on outgoing President Donald Trump.

Because of the refusal of the Republican billionaire to admit defeat in the elections, accusing him of "not respecting the will of the people."

Meanwhile, Republicans are preparing to contest the elections before Congress, coinciding with the resignation of the Minister of Justice, and the withdrawal of a senator from the Republican Party in protest of the continuing questioning of the elections.

And in a speech he delivered in his stronghold of Wilmington, Delaware, following a vote that took place yesterday, during which the electoral college (the Electoral College) officially confirmed his victory in the elections;

Biden said yesterday, "This is a very extreme position that we have never seen before; a position that refuses to respect the will of the people, refuses to respect the rule of law, and refuses to respect our constitution."

One of the outgoing president's last attempts to alter the election results was a lawsuit filed by Republican officials, with support from Trump, to overturn Biden’s victory in several major states, but the Supreme Court dismissed this suit Friday.

In his speech, Biden praised the voters who had cast their ballots in record numbers despite concerns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the climate that prevailed in the electoral process and witnessed "tremendous political pressures, verbal abuse, and even threats of physical violence" targeting election officials.

"I sincerely hope that we will never again see anyone subjected to the threats and violations that we have witnessed in these elections," he added, describing the harassment of officials in charge of the conduct of the elections as "unreasonable."

The president-elect said, "The flame of democracy was lit a long time ago in this country. We now know that nothing - not even a pandemic or abuse of power - can extinguish this flame."

Biden stressed that Trump has exhausted all legal methods to challenge the election results, but "no reason or evidence was found in any of these lawsuits to overrule (the election result) or make it questionable or disputed."

"In the battle for America's soul, democracy has triumphed," he added.

New stabbing

Biden's statements coincided with the disclosure of the Axios website that Republican lawmakers are planning to challenge the results of the electoral college vote when Congress meets on the sixth of next month to ratify them.

Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump's campaign, reiterated that the outgoing president had won the presidential election.

Miller said - in an interview with "Fox News" - that the president's campaign will exhaust all available legal methods, indicating that the battle to overturn the results is still continuing despite the electoral college vote.

But Republican Senator John Cornyn warned his party against contesting the results of the council vote.

Cornin said he only hoped they would realize that such a stabbing would be pointless, unnecessary, and would be a bad mistake.

US media also reported that Republican Senator Roy Blunt will deal with the president-elect after the Electoral College vote.

Blunt said that President Donald Trump still had all options available to him to pursue his appeals, describing the Electoral College vote as indicative.

withdrawal

And Michigan Republican Representative Paul Mitchell announced his withdrawal from the Republican Party.

To protest against continuing doubts about the results of the presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden.

In a tweet, Mitchell attached the text of a message sent to the chair of the Republican National Committee, Rona McDaniel, and the leader of the Republican minority in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, containing the reasons for his decision.

Mitchell expressed his displeasure with Trump's failure to accept the loss, and his criticism of Supreme Court judges.

He expressed his fear that the Republican Party’s participation in some efforts to question the election results might harm American democracy in the long run.

The resignation of the Minister of Justice

Moments after the electoral college confirmed Biden's victory, US President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Attorney General William Barr, and said that Barr would leave office before Christmas.

Trump added in a tweet that he had a very good relationship with William Barr, and added that Barr did a great job.

On the other hand, Trump announced, in a separate tweet, that Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rozen had been assigned the duties of Acting Attorney General.

In his resignation letter to President Trump, US Attorney General William Barr said that he would leave office on the 23rd of this month, and that he informed Trump of the progress of investigations into allegations of fraud in the elections.

Barr stated that the country is in a state of division, and it is the duty of all government agencies to do everything they can to ensure the integrity of the elections and to enhance people's confidence in the outcome.

The French Press Agency quoted a senior American official as saying that "Barr resigned of his own free will and was not under pressure or forced to resign," stressing that the meeting between the resigning minister and the outgoing president was "cordial."