06-27-2021, 06:21 PM
Ted King wrote:
I'll tuck this in here because it's probably not worth it's own thread (and might give hal his Trump Derangement Syndrome fix for the day):
already read it and somehow resisted posting :-)
oh, I take it back - this is the one I read - it's a humdinger! (never said or used that word in my life until just now) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...al/619298/
But Barr told me he had already concluded that it was highly unlikely that evidence existed that would tip the scales in the election. He had expected Trump to lose and therefore was not surprised by the outcome. He also knew that at some point, Trump was going to confront him about the allegations, and he wanted to be able to say that he had looked into them and that they were unfounded. So, in addition to giving prosecutors approval to open investigations into clear and credible allegations of substantial fraud, Barr began his own, unofficial inquiry into the major claims that the president and his allies were making.
“My attitude was: It was put-up or shut-up time,” Barr told me. “If there was evidence of fraud, I had no motive to suppress it. But my suspicion all the way along was that there was nothing there. It was all bullshit.”
oooooh, gotta rush off that one...