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News: Barr obliterates Trump's defense: 'He knew well that he had lost the election' (www.cnn.com)

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Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday undermined a key pillar of his old boss’ defense in the special counsel’s probe into 2020 election interference, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Donald Trump “knew well he lost the election.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Something flipped a switch for him, could have been Jan 6 stuff but not entirely clear.

Criminal liability has a funny way of doing that. I suspect he's smart enough to not end up under the bus via defending or breaking laws for Trump in a losing legal battle.

[–] Eldritch 4 points 1 year ago

Yep. All the other times he did this there was zero chance of consequences for him. Now the there might be a 5% chance of consequences for him. He's being very guarded.