Bush calls election ‘fair’ and outcome ‘clear’

George W Bush said now was the time when ‘we must come together’ (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Former US president George W Bush says the American people “can have confidence that this election was fundamentally fair, its integrity will be upheld, and its outcome is clear”.

He said in a statement following Joe Biden’s victory that “no matter how you voted, your vote counted”.