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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ariana Baio

Bill Barr delivers devastating takedown of Trump’s Jan 6 indictment defence

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Former attorney general Bill Barr slammed Donald Trump and his defence of the four federal charges he’s facing, saying the ex-president turned people’s lives upside down in pursuit of allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election and his argument that it was his First Amendment right is invalid.

Mr Trump was indicted on four charges stemming from a Department of Justice investigation into his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent January 6 attack on the Capitol earlier this week

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