As expected, Donald Trump has surpassed the 270 votes needed in the Electoral College to formally win the U-S presidency.
Electors have been voting at state capitols.
Protests by the thousands around the country didn't result in the number of defections being sought.
Even one of Trump's fiercest Republican rivals, John Kasich, said it was time to get behind the president-elect.
As well, California's Electoral College has unanimously requested an independent investigation into the November election.
Meantime, Trump has picked Vincent Viola as secretary of the Army.
Viola is the founder of several businesses, including Virtu Financial, an electronic trading firm.
He also owns the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers and is a past chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In a statement Monday, Trump said Viola is "living proof of the American dream.''
Viola grew up in a family of Italian immigrants in Brooklyn.
His father worked as a truck driver.