The Biden transition team is pushing back on Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller’s statement earlier Friday that there was a “mutually agreed upon holiday break” between the Pentagon and Biden officials, stressing the Biden team felt it was important to keep conversations going over the holiday.

Miller had denied reporting earlier in the day that there had been a halt to transition meetings with the Biden team, saying, “After the mutually-agreed upon holiday pause, which begins tomorrow, we will continue with the transition and rescheduled meetings from today.”

However, the Biden transition disputed Miller’s claim on a call briefing reporters Friday afternoon.

“Let me be clear: There was no mutually agreed upon holiday break. In fact, we think it’s important that briefings and other engagements continue during this period, as there’s no time to spare, and that’s particularly true in the aftermath of the ascertainment delay,” said transition official Yohannes Abraham.

Abraham added it was the team’s expectation that meetings would continue “immediately.”

Biden’s team did not answer when asked if Miller was lying in his statement, instead saying the press could make its own judgments based on the information provided.

-ABC News’ Molly Nagle and Luis Martinez