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After a dark day for America, President Donald Trump announced that there would be an "orderly transition on January 20th."

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00:00After a dark day for the United States, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that there

00:04would be a quote, orderly transition on January 20th.

00:09Trump indicated he planned to leave office when his term ends on January 20th.

00:13The acknowledgement comes hours after Congress reconvened following the Capitol Hill attack

00:18from a pro-Trump mob to conclude the electoral vote count and certify President-elect Joe

00:24Biden's victory.

00:25Trump has been widely condemned for inciting Wednesday's violent and illegal attack, which

00:30sent lawmakers, including his own Vice President Mike Pence, running for cover and eventually

00:35evacuating the U.S. Capitol amid the congressional proceedings, and resulted in four deaths.

00:41The outgoing president released a statement via social media director Dan Scavino since

00:45his own Twitter handle had been temporarily disabled by the social media platform for

00:50continuing to spread false and baseless claims about the election amid Wednesday's mayhem.

00:56The statement, which still included false claims about the election, read,

01:00Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out,

01:04nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.

01:08The statement continued, I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only

01:13legal votes were counted.

01:15While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only

01:19the beginning of our fight to make America great again.

01:22Trump was widely reported to be isolated and disengaged while watching the Capitol attack

01:27unfold, and his inaction sparked a wave of resignations, including Stephanie Grisham, the First Lady's

01:33Chief of Staff.

01:34Trump's Thursday statement of defeat comes amid circulating reports that some of his cabinet

01:38members have begun informal talks about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

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01:47For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

01:49For more details on this story, head to THR.com.

01:51For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.