Disputing Trump, Barr says no
widespread election fraud
Associated Press,
by
Michael Balsamo
Original Article
Posted By: ScarletPimpernel,
12/1/2020 4:18:26 PM
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His comments in an interview with The Associated Press come despite President Donald Trump’s repeated baseless claims that the election was stolen, Trump’s effort to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election and his refusal to concede his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden. Barr said U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up specific complaints and information they’ve received, but they’ve uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
janjan 12/1/2020 4:20:47 PM (No. 620904)
I don’t trust any article from the AP.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Italiano 12/1/2020 4:23:03 PM (No. 620909)
I'll withhold judgment, but if it's true, very disappointing. He was in on it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
starboard 12/1/2020 4:24:39 PM (No. 620914)
What!! This hit me like a ton of bricks. Then after I thought of it, why would the DOJ have any knowledge of this. This is not their jurisdiction and is being played out with the State legislators.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
TJ54 12/1/2020 4:27:02 PM (No. 620917)
Fire Tubby Barr and appoint Joe DiGenova. At least we would be seeing the worms in the Deep State sweat
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/1/2020 4:27:16 PM (No. 620918)
If so, he looked out the window and it was partly cloudy...translation, Sun's not at 100%, voter fraud did happen but it's not storming and there is no Hurricane so all is well...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
CactusStar 12/1/2020 4:28:43 PM (No. 620919)
After the Russian collusion hoax and the impeachment hoax, any belief in anything they say is gone. That ship has sailed and it won't be coming back.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Melanie 12/1/2020 4:31:31 PM (No. 620923)
Benedict Barr drops his mask. A pox on all of them. I no longer believe in this country's government.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/1/2020 4:36:51 PM (No. 620927)
The Asspress in full democrat propaganda mode. Barr knows better than to make a blanket claim like that when litigation is going on all over the place.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
droopydog 12/1/2020 4:37:13 PM (No. 620928)
#4 I remember DiGenova and Toensing on some Faux show exclaiming that Barr had an abiding passion for the rule of law. Perhaps it was wishful thinking on their part.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Sully 12/1/2020 4:41:36 PM (No. 620932)
What in the Name of hell on Earth has happened to Billy Jack? We can't blame AP. Rudi already replied in the defensive. Well, he is lost to the cause of justice. I am truly sorry to say. I guess he can go back to having barbecues with Mueller again w/out feeling awkward. Discouraging.
Dear President Trump: I don't care who backstabs you. I will Never forget what you did for us.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 12/1/2020 4:45:20 PM (No. 620934)
No evidence?
Baseless claims?
Subvert the process?
Has to be the ass-press
This is torture
I won’t read any more ass-press crap
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
sparky joe 12/1/2020 4:45:38 PM (No. 620935)
Please see my Comment in next thread
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
stablemoney 12/1/2020 4:48:06 PM (No. 620938)
Barr hasn't done an investigation. I am certain this is true, because he has not seized any of the evidence.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RPool 12/1/2020 4:49:18 PM (No. 620942)
From the article - "despite President Donald Trump’s repeated baseless claims that the election was stolen"...
What I love about the self-aware bereft AP comes in just the very next article in Lucianne!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 12/1/2020 4:52:45 PM (No. 620945)
OK AP, what proof do you have that there are baseless claims. Have you investigated this yourselves? AP and everyone else in the media keep saying baseless, but where's the proof that it's baseless?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 12/1/2020 4:53:43 PM (No. 620947)
Does not need to be widespread as it's much clearer they targeted specific Dem controlled cities like Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia and likely Atlanta.
Why do people who live in those cities believe they'll get any sort of change when they're willing to allow this type of election?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
earlybird 12/1/2020 4:56:28 PM (No. 620951)
If this is what he really said (this is, after all, the AP), then he was wrong. Underinformed by his field people and wrong to put out this statement at this time.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 12/1/2020 4:58:40 PM (No. 620952)
Just saw he was on Newsmax. Anyone see what he said?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Quigley 12/1/2020 5:02:08 PM (No. 620956)
It doesn’t have to be widespread to be terrible. It could all be done in one room.
What does he mean “widespread”?
If they stole 150,000 votes in one room, is that not “widespread”?
What thorough investigation are we talking about? Nearly 30 days? How many agents involved?
I didn’t hear the answers to any of these questions.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
jasmine 12/1/2020 5:03:20 PM (No. 620957)
"Shortly after Barr’s statement was published, Trump tweeted out more baseless claims of voter fraud."
This reads like a propaganda piece. Barr did not say President Trump's claims of election fraud were baseless.
Barr claimed the fraud wasn't widespread enough to change the result of the election. Are we to assume the DOJ, FBI and US Attorneys already "know" everything there is to know about the fraud that DID occur? And if they do, what are they going to do about it?
I want to know what consequences will befall those who participated in rigging the election. It's still a crime, is it not?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 12/1/2020 5:04:25 PM (No. 620960)
The coverup continues.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
davew 12/1/2020 5:10:53 PM (No. 620967)
William Barr is turning out to be Trump's Gen. Winfield Scott. Scott was a tired and obsolete political hack of a general who had no stomach for the courage that was needed to win the Civil War.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Edgelady 12/1/2020 5:14:40 PM (No. 620969)
At this juncture, Barr says the allegations need to be worked through at the local level - which is true. No, this is not a defense of him.
Trump's team is doing the right track of going to Republican held houses in these states and having them appoint the electors to the Electoral College - that may be a more winning route than the Supreme Court.
Regarding the machines, whatever can be dug up on them, the whistleblowers, etc., the DOJ could (I say could, because it depends on who's in the White House) take the ball and run - but that's a very long route for the purposes of changing the outcome of the election. Purpose of DOJ is the Dominion machines and the various software used.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Hermoine 12/1/2020 5:16:48 PM (No. 620971)
Barr has done nothing but give a couple of good speeched and appoint Durham, which sounded good but resulted in ZIPPO! Beyond disappointing.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 12/1/2020 5:20:13 PM (No. 620976)
Not swamp first, swamp only.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
4Diogenes 12/1/2020 5:21:04 PM (No. 620978)
Looks like Barr and Durham were deep state all along and are looking forward to their jobs in the new administration.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Mad Dog 12/1/2020 5:24:49 PM (No. 620982)
Sad to say, but I'm about ready to join ANTIFA and help burn the place down. The country will never recover after 4 years of Biden.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
athina 12/1/2020 5:27:08 PM (No. 620987)
Open your damn eyes, Barr. Can you trust the attorneys you have delegated to?? Look at what WE are looking at, not bits and pieces that they tell you don’t amount to anything. My God, this is awful. I thought you were strong and smart.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 12/1/2020 5:28:31 PM (No. 620991)
None so blind as those that refuse to look and see. Alternatively, he lies.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
columba 12/1/2020 5:29:34 PM (No. 620993)
The AP lie is in the headline. It leaves out a word. "there is EVIDENCE of widespread election fraud". In addition I question what the word WIDESPREAD means to Mr Barr.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Norway 12/1/2020 5:34:40 PM (No. 621000)
Barr must be deep state, too. Or they have dirt on him. Any sane person can see the steal.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Jesse Jenkem 12/1/2020 5:51:38 PM (No. 621012)
Traitors every way we turn.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 12/1/2020 5:54:22 PM (No. 621013)
but... but... but... he gives such a good speech about the wonders of our Republic and the Rule of Law, not of men :-(
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Historybuff 12/1/2020 6:00:14 PM (No. 621020)
Where did you look? Tuned into any of the hearings?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 12/1/2020 6:00:55 PM (No. 621021)
AzzPress disinformation, as usual. Barr only a week ago assigned Prosecutors to begin looking into it.
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If he really said that. It's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard a lawyer say... ! Some fraud is okay as long as it doensn't change the outcome of an election? Is that what he said?
What an idiot!!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 12/1/2020 6:24:59 PM (No. 621029)
Here comes the bagpipe.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/1/2020 6:25:23 PM (No. 621030)
AG Barr, just wondering...when is the last time you spoke with President Trump, Sydney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, or Jenna Ellis?
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
NYbob 12/1/2020 6:30:01 PM (No. 621035)
It is the age of propaganda and legions of violent fools, so learn the game or don't play. Be precise in meaning, otherwise they make you say things you may not mean, like the difference between WIDESPREAD fraud and fraud. They get the impression they want and you just helped them. ANYONE connected with the DOJ who can't see what is happening hour by hour, right now, is an utter fool. The good people better get cracking on really effective destruction of the coup or the coup will win and the good people will have proof that doesn't mean a thing or change a thing today or tomorrow.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 12/1/2020 6:30:22 PM (No. 621036)
I thought he was part of the deep state when no charges against all the criminals in DC weren't happening. What a slime ball.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
red1066 12/1/2020 6:47:20 PM (No. 621048)
Barr said this while his eyes were closed and his fingers in his ears while saying, LA,LA, LA ,LA,LA, LA I can't hear you.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 12/1/2020 7:20:11 PM (No. 621060)
The fraud didn't need to be widespread, it just needed to be strategically targeted - Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Las Vegas ...
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
rochow 12/1/2020 7:21:21 PM (No. 621062)
Mr. President, fire this sad sack of lying potatoes immediately!! We don't want to hear his lies any longer. He is as dumb as Sessions was and he is part of the swamp! Appoint Sidney Powell, she will clean the DOJ within a week! Ever since I learned that Barr's wife goes to bible studies with Mueller's wife, I knew he was just as corrupt as Mueller. Pompous, self absorbed, corrupt and full of beans. Get rid of him YESTERDAY!!!
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 12/1/2020 7:22:04 PM (No. 621063)
The AP is writing its own narrative. They cannot be trusted, but everyone is expected to believe it.
We have been wondering what Barr is up to. Now we know. Don't know if Barr actually said what the AP claims he said, but if its true, Barr should be declared 'legally blind'. Also get the impression that he said there isn't proof. He never actually said there wasn't massive voter fraud. Always thought it would be an uphill battle to prove voter fraud in numbers to flip the election and can be proven in a court of law within a short timeline. Also get the impression there are a number of judicial courts that will never rule in favor for Trump. Trump had the deck stacked against him.
What we are seeing is our governing class going on the offensive, and doing everything in their power to remove Trump. Our governing class never took Trump seriously, and discovered themselves out of power. They want it back, and they will never make this mistake ever again.
We are only beginning to see all the damage this has done. Can we even say we are a representative government now? Also believe a majority of people no longer trust our voting process. The right will claim voter fraud, and the left will claim voter suppression. Meanwhile the Commies will crow about how Democracy doesn't work. They probably already teach it in our schools.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Yuban 12/1/2020 7:48:50 PM (No. 621078)
Surely you good folks knew Trump would not win. You are using your hearts and minds in hopes of a Trump win. The opposition is using fists and corruption. Until the Right is willing to do more than throw money at lawyers and do more than go to a rah rah rally, we will lose our Country. I am not sure enough folk on the Right are willing to literally fight for America.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Johann 12/1/2020 8:27:38 PM (No. 621102)
Why is President Trump keeping this fool for a minute longer?
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
bighambone 12/1/2020 9:15:20 PM (No. 621127)
Well they have not conducted a legitimate investigation into election fraud, so how would he know?
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
TCloud 12/1/2020 9:16:52 PM (No. 621128)
Whut a limp wrist! We been had!
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
judy 12/1/2020 11:40:32 PM (No. 621197)
I suggest Barr watch Newsmax instead of abccbsnbccnnfox....he needs to visit Pa & Michigan...
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