A source who was briefed on the meeting described it as “intense.”
While on Tuesday for meetings at the White House, Attorney General Bill Barrow met with President Donald Trump after an interview with the Associated Press in which Barry revealed that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that altered election results. , Multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
White House and Justice Department officials held a pre-arranged meeting with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday, for which he spent about two and a half hours on the White House grounds.
However, sources told ABC News that once Bar was in the building for seats, Trump wanted to meet him.
A source briefed the meeting that Burr described the interaction with the president as “intense”, but would not elaborate on any additional details about the content of his discussion.
White House Press Secretary Kyle McKinney declined to comment at a press briefing Wednesday afternoon on whether the two spoke after the bar’s interview, and directly denied whether Trump still believes in the bar.
A.P. In the accompanying interview, there were direct allegations on Burr that by Trump and his legal team, as well as the president’s allies, that Trump would have won the election if it were not for widespread suffrage fraud.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on standards that could lead to a different outcome in the election,” Barry told the AP.
Shortly after Barr left the White House on Tuesday, a DOJ spokesman sent a statement to reporters, in which officials described some of Barr’s comments as inappropriate.
The spokesperson said that some media outlets have falsely reported that the department has concluded its investigation into election fraud and has announced assurances that there will be no fraud in the elections. “This is not the case in the Associated Press report or what the attorney general said. The department will receive all specific and credible allegations of fraud as soon as possible and proceed vigorously.”
Sources say the president privately expressed his anger at Burr and also expressed the possibility of his removal. Those claims were first reported by the Washington Post.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment further.
