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Hugo Lowell in New York

Trump tests federal gag order with attack on Bill Barr: ‘He was a coward’

Donald Trump speaks during the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, on Saturday.
Donald Trump speaks during the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, on Saturday. Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AP

Donald Trump tested the contours of his gag order in the federal criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, assailing his former attorney general and potential trial witness William Barr in remarks at a Saturday night New York gala event.

“I make this commitment to you tonight: we will not have Bill Barr as our attorney general, is that OK?” Trump said as he discussed a potential second presidency. “He was a coward. He was afraid of being impeached.”

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