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Home Front: Politix
Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden
2020-12-22
Washington (CNN) Attorney General William Barr on Monday rejected several of President Donald Trump's inflammatory and unfounded statements regarding the presidential election, saying at a news conference that he doesn't plan to appoint a special counsel to investigate President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter or the election.

"If I thought a special counsel at this stage was a right tool and was appropriate, I would name one, but I haven't and I'm not going to," Barr said in response to a question on the presidential election. He said that widespread fraud wasn't found in this election.

Barr also roundly rejected suggestions from the President's supporters in recent days who've called for the US government to seize voting machines.

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"I see no basis for seizure of machines by the federal government," Barr said Monday.

It was Barr's last major news conference leading the Justice Department under Trump, and highlighted how much the attorney general has split from a President to whom he remained close until recent weeks.

Trump has inquired about the need for special investigations of Hunter Biden and on so-called voting fraud, and he continues to entertain and distribute unfounded theories that the presidential election was stolen from him.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Flat out treason. And it's Trump's fault for not shit canning him long ago.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-12-22 13:14  

#4  Barr is ensuring he survives the post Trump backlash. Sacrificing our nation for his own gain.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-12-22 10:32  

#3  Actually Hunter probably IS the smartest guy in Joe Biden's circle
Posted by: Squinty Ulomoling7646   2020-12-22 09:45  

#2  The Big Guy, talking about his Little Monster being investigated for felony crimes:

"I think it's kind of foul play, but look, it is what it is and he's a grown man, he is the smartest man I know - I mean from a pure intellectual capacity - and as long as he's good, we're good,"...
Posted by: Zorba Oppressor of the Geats2401   2020-12-22 09:39  

#1  Plugs' response to Hunter's problems:

"I love my son. He did nothing wrong and promises to never do it again."
~ Bill McGurn
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-12-22 09:22  

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