Update (2010ET): Joe Biden lashed out at President Trump Monday night, saying in a 14-minute speech following his win in the electoral college that Trump's ongoing challenges to the 2020 election are "an unprecedented assault on our democracy," and that claims of widespread fraud are "baseless" - despite the fact that the Supreme Court elected not to review the merits of various cases.

Biden: "The [Supreme] Court sent a clear signal to President Trump that they would be no part of an unprecedented assault on our democracy ... Trump was denied no course of action he wanted to take ... respecting the will of the people is at the heart of our democracy." pic.twitter.com/0w8F955bwZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 15, 2020

"Every single avenue was made available for President Trump to contest the results. He took full advantage of each and every one of those avenues. President Trump was denied no course of action he wanted to take," Biden added - also slamming the 17 GOP Attorneys General and 126 GOP Congressmembers who challenged the results of the election as well.

Biden implied Trump has both abused - and won't let go of power, saying "In America, politicians don't take power — the people grant it to them," adding "The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame."