Newsman: Once President Trump loyalist attorney General William Barr will resign next week. Bill Bar said on Monday that he would resign next week. His departure was announced by the President on Twitter moments after counting in the Electoral College put President-elect Joe Biden over the 270 votes needed to formally secure the presidency.
Announcing the news Trump tweeted, “Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one; he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family.”
“Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. Thank you to all!”
Despite escalating tensions between Trump and Barr that had burst recently into public view, the President framed Barr’s departure as amicable.
Despite Trump’s upbeat message, he had been seriously considering firing his attorney general as recently though officials did not believe he would go through with dismissing Barr immediately.
In a letter to president, Barr said he is proud to have played a role in Trump’s administration and said he would depart Dec. 23. “That allegations of voter fraud would continue to be reviewed, despite affirming earlier this month there had been no widespread evidence of widespread fraudulent voting. He also praised the President for persisting despite what he described as relentless political opposition, Bar said.
“Your record is all the more historic because you accomplished it in the face of relentless, implacable resistance,” Barr wrote.
“No tactic, no matter how abusive and deceitful, was out of bounds,” Barr went on. “The nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your administration with frenzied and baseless accusations of collusion with Russia.”
Over the past several months aides have discouraged Trump from firing Barr according to the news sources. But the two men’s relationship was not very good. , Trump on Friday again told officials in a meeting he wanted to fire Barr, and over the weekend did not seem moved off his position.
In his letter, Barr said that allegations of voter fraud would continue to be reviewed, despite affirming earlier this month there had been no widespread evidence of widespread fraudulent voting. He also praised the President for persisting despite what he described as relentless political opposition.
“No tactic, no matter how abusive and deceitful, was out of bounds,” Barr went on. “The nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your administration with frenzied and baseless accusations of collusion with Russia.”
