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The Attorney General of the United States, William Barr, has dared to do something that really cannot be achieved with Donald Trump right now. He rejected unsubstantiated allegations that the presidential election in early November featured massive electoral fraud, which in turn was to blame for Trump’s defeat. Barr said in a recent interview that he had not seen any evidence of fraud to the extent that it could have led to a different election result.
It was an open contradiction, of all the people who in the past were considered a close ally of the president.
Trump reacted angrily accordingly. He left open if he wanted to keep Barr and called the Justice Department a “disappointment.” When asked by a reporter if he still trusts Barr, Trump said, “Ask me that in a few weeks.”
The relationship between the two is apparently very damaged. But now Barr could draw his own conclusions. According to matching media reports, the minister is considering resigning before the end of Donald Trump’s term in January. Barr could announce his retirement before the end of the year, the New York Times reported Sunday, citing three unidentified people. The CNN news channel confirmed Barr’s resignation considerations with its own source.
Trump nominated Barr as attorney general in December 2018 after Jeff Sessions tendered his resignation at the request of the US president. Barr has yet to make a final decision, but he is not a person to accept harassment and turn the other cheek, the anonymous source told CNN.
The current Trump does not recognize the election victory of Democrat Joe Biden even weeks after the vote and presents himself as the victim of large-scale electoral fraud. He has not presented any reliable evidence of this, but continues his efforts to reverse the result with action legal.
