Bill Barr ain’t making his boss happy right now….
But he’s gonna be out of a job in less than 2 months anyways ….
Barr’s staff had balked at Trump actuations and the federal judges have ALL been annoyed at Trump and Giuliani’s antics about fraud in the elections weeks ago….
Attorney General William P. Barr said on Tuesday that the Justice Department had not uncovered voting fraud at a scale that could have affected the results of the presidential election, reaffirming Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s win despite President Trump’s groundless claims that he was defrauded.
Mr. Barr’s comments, in an interview with The Associated Press, were a prominent repudiation of Mr. Trump’s baseless assertions and came days after the president implied that the Justice Department and the F.B.I. may have played a role in an election fraud.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election,” Mr. Barr said.
Mr. Barr’s comments came as another Trump ally signaled he was ready to move on after a surreal month of lawsuits, conspiracy theories and denials by the president of a loss that has proved durable and decisive.
Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, who has refused to recognize Mr. Trump’s election loss, on Tuesday moved closer to overtly accepting the reality that Mr. Biden would be in the White House next year, while discussing the prospects for more pandemic stimulus in 2021.
“After the first of the year, there is likely to be a discussion about some additional package of some size next year, depending upon what the new administration wants to pursue,” Mr. McConnell said at a news conference.
Taken together, Mr. Barr’s direct declaration and Mr. McConnell’s indirect reference to Mr. Biden’s new administration represent a major, if not unexpected, blow to the president’s postelection effort to change the results from two men whom he has often relied on for political cover.
Moments after Mr. Barr’s comments were made public, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s lawyer, emailed a statement on campaign letterhead, claiming — again without evidence — that he had found “ample” proof of national voter fraud sufficient to swing the election to Mr. Biden…..
‘It has to stop’: Georgia official calls on Trump to ‘stop inspiring’ death threats over election
USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/639483752/0/usatoday-newstopstories~It-has-to-stop-Georgia-official-calls-on-Trump-to-stop-inspiring-death-threats-over-election/
Yahoo News
McConnell shrugs as Georgia Republicans excoriate Trump and Washington over bogus election claims
https://news.yahoo.com/mc-connell-shrugs-as-georgia-republicans-excoriate-trump-and-washington-over-bogus-election-claims-010528369.html
January 5 is 36 days away……
Rep. Mo Brooks–(Cult-AL) plans to challenge the Electoral College results from rhe House floor and is looking for a fellow Cult Senator to join him.
Yep, Republicans are moving on from Trump!
Scott?
This IS a screwed up play for attention and media WILL bite for it….
If it happens, nothing will come of it, but this is exactly the same thing that happened in 2001, 2005, and 2017 after Republicans won and Democrats tried to do this on the House floor. Pence will have to gavel them down.
So, I guess Brooks and whomever might join him want to be like those Democrats when it comes to being sore losers.
Did any Democratic election officials have to tearfully implore fellow Democrats not to threaten death upon election workers in 2001 2005 and 2017?
As long as we are playing “what about”.
Great point Scott….
We took our loss without resorting to threats and crying
No, that’s not how it worked.
There were massive protests of course in the streets when Trump won but that’s part of democracy too.
Blogger types went nuts both times GWB won. Scott of course said something after that in 2004 that he regretted.
This trend is likely to continue for whichever party wins. We Americans have grown accustomed to the “everybody deserves a trophy” mindset
What Trump is doing is unprecedented in modern times at the Presidential level (last thing that came close was that Truman refused to speak to Ike in the car on the way to the Inauguration) but it has certainly happened before at the state level.
In Illinois after Bruce Rauner defeated Pat Quinn in 2010, Quinn never formally conceded, never once spoke to Rauner regarding a transition, boycotted his Inauguration, and literally was signing Executive Orders in Chicago while the ceremony was going on. (Four years later, after a nasty campaign, Rauner did concede and worked with JB Pritzker on a transition and attended the Inaugural, although he might have fell asleep there.)
I also know that Ann Richards did not attend GWB’s Inauguration as Governor of Texas, but I am not sure if that was out of spite or if there was some other reason.