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William Barr says Trump was 'beyond restraint' and would 'only listen to a few sycophants' after losing the 2020 election
"He would only listen to a few sycophants who told him what he wanted to hear," Barr lamented of th…
Brent D. Griffiths,Grace Pane…
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Michael Cohen is suing Donald Trump, claiming he was returned to prison in order to silence him — and seeking $20 million
Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, was returned to prison after authorities claimed h…
Charles Davis
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William Barr says Trump privately told him he wanted to drop the focus on Hillary Clinton's emails, despite suggesting the opposite publicly
Trump spent most of his 2016 campaign calling for Clinton to be jailed and encouraged "lock her up"…
Brent D. Griffiths,Grace Pane…
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Barr told Trump that supporting a GOP-led Supreme Court case against Obamacare would be a 'fucking loser for you,' book says
"It's hard not to laugh at our argument," Barr reportedly told Trump of the case, which the Supreme…
Sonam Sheth,Oma Seddiq
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Democrats reveal their criticisms and frustrations with Biden's attorney general Merrick Garland
Biden allies tell Insider they're growing frustrated with Attorney General Merrick Garland's judge-…
C. Ryan Barber
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House Jan. 6 panel played footage of former AG William Barr calling Trump's election claims 'bullshit'
The Jan. 6 hearing played a video of William Barr saying he told then-President Trump he did "not a…
C. Ryan Barber
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Trump called Barr 'a disappointment in every sense of the word' after a new book said he called Trump's election-fraud claims 'bulls---'
An excerpt from the reporter Jonathan Karl's book said that then-Attorney General Barr called Trump…
Sinéad Baker
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Texts show William Barr congratulated Trump's impeachment lawyer as his first Senate trial wrapped up: 'You are a STAR'
The attorney general texted Trump's defense lawyer and White House counsel about his performance in…
Sonam Sheth
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Attorney General Bill Barr threatened to quit last year over Trump's attempts to fire FBI Director Chris Wray
Wray's remarks about antifa, voter fraud, and Russian election interference often put him at odds w…
Kelsey Vlamis,C. Ryan Barber
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Bill Barr is emerging as the unlikely star of the House January 6 committee hearings
Former Attorney General William Barr is featuring prominently in the House January 6 committee's te…
C. Ryan Barber
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AG Bill Barr reportedly told a US attorney 'I am going to f---ing fire your a--' if he talked to Matt Gaetz about DOJ business
"If I ever hear of you talking to Gaetz ... I am going to f---ing fire your ass," Barr told a US at…
Oma Seddiq,Sonam Sheth
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Watergate figure John Dean described the Trump DOJ's surveillance of House Democrats as 'Nixon on stilts and steroids'
Dean, who helped bring down former President Nixon over Watergate, said that the actions of Trump's…
John L. Dorman
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Republicans know Trump's attempt to overturn the election is dangerous, but they're too cowardly to fight it
The GOP got sucked into the cult of the Orange Man, and now they're too scared to stand up to it — …
Anthony L. Fisher
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Bill Barr says he's 'not sure we would have had a transition at all' to Biden if DOJ hadn't investigated Trump's baseless voter fraud claims
"I sort of shudder to think what the situation would have been" if DOJ hadn't disproved Donald Trum…
C. Ryan Barber
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Trump told Barr the recipe for 'a really good tweet' is 'just the right amount of crazy': book
"The tweeting was always a problem," Barr wrote in his new book, "for nearly everybody in the admin…
Grace Panetta,Jake Lahut
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A federal judge ordered the DOJ to release a memo that Bill Barr used to clear Trump of obstruction of justice, saying 'it is time for the public to see' it
"It is time for the public to see" the memo, Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote in a searing opinion is…
Sonam Sheth
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The DOJ's top election-crimes official stepped down hours after AG Barr authorized investigations into voter fraud in violation of department policy
Richard Pilger, who oversaw voter-fraud investigations, stepped down after William Barr ignored pol…
Tyler Sonnemaker,Sonam Sheth
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Attorney General William Barr authorizes election investigations — despite a lack of evidence — before states have certified results
Barr went against policies meant to prevent election interference by the DOJ as Trump refuses to co…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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William Barr and Jared Kushner both referred to the Trump campaign's legal efforts to overturn the election as a 'clown show,' book says
Kushner told Sen. David Perdue that the whole operation went downhill with Rudy Giuliani in charge,…
Grace Panetta
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Trump reportedly asked his lawyers if he could personally appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden before leaving office
The request would be an extraordinary effort by President Donald Trump to usurp a process tradition…