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Amid the dispute over the results of the US elections, US Attorney General William Barr submitted his resignation to current President Donald Trump. In a letter from Trump posted on Twitter Monday night (local time), Barr said he would step down from office on December 23.
Trump wrote on Twitter that Barr had done an “excellent job.” His deputy Jeff Rosen will take over the office.
Barr had recently openly contradicted Trump on his allegations of voter fraud. Since then, there has been speculation about how long Barr could serve. Trump continues his efforts to overturn the result with legal action despite dozens of setbacks in various state courts and in the Washington Supreme Court.
Over the weekend, the latent feud between Barr and the incumbent president had escalated. Trump voiced harsh criticism of his minister last Saturday. The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that the attorney general had been aware of an investigation into the son of US President-elect Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, since the spring. Barr wanted to keep the investigation out of the election campaign, the newspaper said. “A huge disappointment!” Trump wrote. “Why didn’t Bill Barr reveal the truth about Hunter Biden to the public before the election?”
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Hunter Biden announced last Wednesday that he was under federal investigation for “tax matters.” He was regularly targeted during the election campaign by Trump, who raised corruption allegations against the Biden family. The background for this is Hunter Biden’s questionable foreign business in Ukraine and China. Between 2014 and 2019 he held a lucrative position on the supervisory board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. During his time as Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden was responsible for Ukraine.
Last Sunday, the New York Times and CNN reported that Barr was considering resigning before the end of the year. Trump had previously been publicly disappointed in the minister, who is actually considered his close ally. The reason for this was his statements in an interview in which he had commented on the result of the elections, which Trump had questioned. Barr said he had not yet seen evidence of fraud to the extent that it could have resulted in a different election result.
