The former attorney general is one of the people cited in the indictment who told Trump his claims about voter fraud were false.
Wednesday he has “come to believe” that former President Donald Trump was aware that he rightfully lost the 2020 election and there was no widespread fraud, undercutting the ex-president’s anticipated legal defense as Trump prepares to be arraigned on federal charges for trying to overturn the election....
“Everyone was telling [Trump] that the election was not stolen by fraud,” Barr told CNN, echoing the indictment against Trump, which alleges senior DOJ officials like Barr were among those telling Trump his fraud claims were false. Barr said he was persuaded to believe Trump knew the fraud claims were false given that allies like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone said ahead of the election they planned to claim fraud if Trump lost, and the ex-president’s “lack of curiosity as to what the facts are.
Barr also shot down claims by Trump allies that the then-president was just acting on the advice of his attorney John Eastman, arguing that Eastman wasn’t really giving advice so much as throwing out arguments and noting the situation was “unclear,” and Barr said Trump “wouldn’t listen” to most of his attorneys or his campaign, but rather would “search for a lawyer who would give him the advice he wanted.
Barr also predicted Trump’s legal team wouldn’t actually move forward with the defense that Trump was relying on his counsel, because that would involve Trump having to take the stand and testify that in court, and the former AG believes Trump testifying “would not come out very well for him” because he would be cross-examined and Barr “doubt[s]Trump “has this penchant for engaging in these reckless acts that create these calamitous situations, and then undercut the cause he is supposed to be...
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