Ahead of his White House meeting with President-elect Trump, press sec. Karine Jean-Pierre says Pres. Biden extended the invitation because the American people "deserve a peaceful transfer of power."

President-elect Trump is set to meet President Biden at the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Saturday.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet Wednesday in the Oval Office, the White House said Saturday. A postelection meeting is traditional between the outgoing president and the incoming president. But Trump, a Republican, did not host Biden, a Democrat, for such a meeting after Trump lost the election in 2020.