Trump Faults Barr’s Election Investigation

“He hasn’t done anything, so he hasn’t looked. When he looks he’ll see the kind of evidence that right now you are seeing in the Georgia senate. They are going through hearings right now in Georgia and they are finding tremendous volumes. So, they haven’t looked very hard. Which is a disappointment, to be honest with you, because it’s massive fraud.”

— President Trump expressing his disappointment in Attorney General Bill Barr for saying that the Justice Department had not uncovered evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, The Hill reports.

McEnany Won’t Say Trump Has Faith in Barr — Sure Sign Barr’s Time Is Short

“If we have any personnel announcements, I’ll let you know.”

— President Trump’s spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany refusing to say whether Trump still has faith in Attorney General William Barr, a day after Barr said there was no significant evidence to support the president’s claim that widespread ballot fraud led to his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden, CNBC reports.

Ex Ethics Watchdog Warns Barr Will Interfere in 2020 Election

“It’s important not to make the same mistake twice. Some people underestimated Barr’s ruthless partisanship before. No one should do that again. Like Trump, Barr is capable of doing anything he can get away with— and that includes interfering in the 2020 election, if we let him.”

— Walter Shaub, former head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, called Attorney General William Barr a “threat to democracy” and warned he may try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election to benefit President Trump, the HuffPost reports.

Barr Claims He’s Not Barring Mueller from Testifying

“It’s Bob’s call whether he wants to testify.”

— “Attorney General William Barr denied he is standing in the way of special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress, after the chairman of the House panel seeking his appearance accused the Justice Department of being unwilling to set a date,” the Wall Street Journal reports.