Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr was subpoenaed in a $1.6 billion defamation suit brought against Fox News by the voting machine company falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election.
Dominion Voting Systems Inc. is seeking sworn testimony from Barr, who served as former President Donald Trump’s attorney general, court filings show. One of several former administration officials who refuted Trump’s voter fraud claims, Barr said he told the president that some of his allegations were “complete nonsense,” according to a video recording of his deposition before the House Jan. 6 committee. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson later testified that Trump threw his lunch against a wall after reading an interview in which Barr rejected claims of election fraud.
Barr’s lawyer, Noel Francisco, didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
