William Barr announces outgoing president • Trump tweeted at end of meeting: "Our relationship was good, he did an outstanding job"
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After Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden receives the support of the electorate - Trump Attorney General William Barr is resigning. Outgoing President Donald Trump is due tonight (Tuesday) at the White House with Barr, who is expected to leave later this month.
In a subsequent Twitter tweet, Trump described their meeting as "nice," adding, "Our relationship was very good. He did an outstanding job. Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family."
Bar will be replaced by his deputy Jeff Rosen, and the latter will be replaced by Richard Donog.
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 ...
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2020
As mentioned, during the night, Biden, Trump's opponent, won more than half of the electorate, which decided the presidential election.
Since Election Day, Nov. 3, Trump has repeatedly argued for election fraud.
Just last Saturday, two lawsuits were filed - in Texas and Wisconsin - that joined the Supreme Court's decision earlier this month not to hear a lawsuit by the president's legal team regarding votes sent by mail in the state of Pennsylvania.
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Bar himself admitted in an interview with the AP in early December that as part of the investigation into the suspicions of counterfeiting, "we have not seen a forgery of such a scale that could skew the election."
Meanwhile, last weekend it was reported that Trump threatened to fire Barr, after it was revealed that he knew about an ongoing investigation into his case Hunter Biden, the son of the president-elect.
CNN reported that Trump was furious during a White House staff meeting and said he was completely serious about the possibility of replacing Bar.