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- former Attorney General William Barr on Trump’s election fraud claims, in testimony to the January 6 Committee (June 13, 2022).
Barr testified that he repeatedly told Trump his election fraud claims were false, that the DoJ had examined them and found they were without merit, based on complete misinformation. He told Trump the claims were "bulls**t" and the "idiotic" Dominion claims were crazy stuff which did a grave disservice to the country. “If he really believes this, he has become detached from reality," Barr told the committee.
Former Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue testified that the DoJ looked at Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada, and found none of the claims had any foundation. As Trump was told each claim was false, he would move on quickly to another claim. “It was like playing whack-a-mole.”
Former White House Lawyer Eric Herschmann said that what Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell claimed about the 2020 election was "nuts". Jared Kushner testified that he urged Trump not to take advice from Rudy Giuliani. Trump proceeded to take Giuliani’s advice.
Former US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, BJay Pak, testified that Barr asked him to investigate the alleged "suitcase of ballots" at the State Farm arena, in a video pushed by Rudy Giuliani. Pak found it was actually a lockbox for storing official ballots. Giuliani was, to put it politely, mistaken.
Former GOP City Commissioner in Philadelphia Al Schmidt said that not only was there no evidence of 8,000 dead people voting in Philadelphia, there was no evidence of eight.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren cited the 61 court cases the Trump campaign lost when litigating their election claims, quoting judges who described the claims as "gossip and innuendo unsupported by evidence", "a fundamental and obvious misreading of the constitution", and “a coup in search of a legal theory.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/william-barr-trump-testimony-jan-6-hearing-b2100088.html
Why does former President Trump persist in this make-believe and show no sign of stopping, despite the obvious fact that it divides and potentially damages the country? (Without it there would have been no whatever-you-call-it on January 6.) Does it show strength of character and patriotism? Does it vindicate the trust of Trump’s followers? Does it make America great again? What?
Barr testified that he repeatedly told Trump his election fraud claims were false, that the DoJ had examined them and found they were without merit, based on complete misinformation. He told Trump the claims were "bulls**t" and the "idiotic" Dominion claims were crazy stuff which did a grave disservice to the country. “If he really believes this, he has become detached from reality," Barr told the committee.
Former Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue testified that the DoJ looked at Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada, and found none of the claims had any foundation. As Trump was told each claim was false, he would move on quickly to another claim. “It was like playing whack-a-mole.”
Former White House Lawyer Eric Herschmann said that what Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell claimed about the 2020 election was "nuts". Jared Kushner testified that he urged Trump not to take advice from Rudy Giuliani. Trump proceeded to take Giuliani’s advice.
Former US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, BJay Pak, testified that Barr asked him to investigate the alleged "suitcase of ballots" at the State Farm arena, in a video pushed by Rudy Giuliani. Pak found it was actually a lockbox for storing official ballots. Giuliani was, to put it politely, mistaken.
Former GOP City Commissioner in Philadelphia Al Schmidt said that not only was there no evidence of 8,000 dead people voting in Philadelphia, there was no evidence of eight.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren cited the 61 court cases the Trump campaign lost when litigating their election claims, quoting judges who described the claims as "gossip and innuendo unsupported by evidence", "a fundamental and obvious misreading of the constitution", and “a coup in search of a legal theory.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/william-barr-trump-testimony-jan-6-hearing-b2100088.html
Why does former President Trump persist in this make-believe and show no sign of stopping, despite the obvious fact that it divides and potentially damages the country? (Without it there would have been no whatever-you-call-it on January 6.) Does it show strength of character and patriotism? Does it vindicate the trust of Trump’s followers? Does it make America great again? What?
