Committee members spent much of the morning presenting evidence to show that Trump went against the advice of his team by amping up unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud to his supporters. Barr said that he spoke with Trump three times after election day and made clear that the claims hyped up by some of the president’s allies were unsubstantiated. That December, Barr gave an interview to the Associated Press in which he reiterated what he told Trump in private. After Trump suggested there was fraud in certain jurisdictions, Barr said he responded that there was no indication of that and that the fraud claims were “bullshit.”“He was indignant about that,” Barr said. Barr said he felt “somewhat demoralized” by Trump’s belief in the fraud claims and noted that the president was “detached from reality.”“There was never an indication of interest [from Trump] in what the actual facts were,” Barr said.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 14, 2022 05:03 UTC