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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

Barr feared Trump might not have left office had DoJ not debunked fraud claims

Donald Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, thought Trump might have refused to leave office at all had the Department of Justice not immediately investigated and disproved his lies about electoral fraud in his defeat by Joe Biden.

“I am not sure we would’ve had a transition at all,” Barr said, in startling video testimony played by the January 6 committee on Thursday.

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