The attorney general had said there was a lack of evidence of any widespread voter fraud in the presidential election.
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President Donald Trump said Monday that Attorney General William Barr had resigned, after the nation’s top law enforcement official refused to back up discredited claims of widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 election and reportedly worked to avoid public disclosure of investigations into President-elect Joe Biden’s son.
Trump said in a tweet that he had “a very nice meeting” with Barr at the White House, adding that “our relationship has been a very good one” and that Barr “has done an outstanding job!”
The president tweeted Barr’s resignation letter, which says the attorney general “will spend the next week wrapping up a few remaining matters important to the Administration and depart on December 23rd.” Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen is set to become acting attorney general.
Barr had reportedly discussed staying on as attorney general if Trump won his reelection bid. Shortly after Trump’s defeat, Barr began discussing a potential resignation with his associates, one source told The Washington Post. Another source told The New York Times in early December that Barr was leaving because he believed that he had completed the work that he had set out to do with the Justice Department. |
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| WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING | Joe Biden has officially secured enough electoral votes to become the next president of the United States.Biden crossed the Electoral College’s 270-vote threshold on Monday, confirming his win in the Nov. 7 election. States will continue to report elector tallies Monday evening, and they will be officially tallied during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. | |
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump’s legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state’s 10 votes for Biden. | |
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The U.S. hit another grim milestone with over 300,000 people now dead from COVID-19. The first vaccinations began in the U.S. on Monday, just days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. | |
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