Attorney General Barr Says No Widespread Election Fraud
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On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr said there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the election. While left-leaning articles highlight that Barr’s comments were especially notable coming from Barr, right-leaning articles highlight that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said his office was investigating more than 250 claims of voting irregularities.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Barr’s comments were especially notable coming from Barr, who has been one of the president’s most ardent allies. Other administration officials who have come out forcefully against Trump’s allegations of voter-fraud evidence have been fired, so it’s not clear whether Barr might suffer the same fate.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been following up on specific complaints regarding the election, but haven’t discovered anything on a scale that would overturn Biden’s victory. On Sunday, Trump questioned why the DOJ and the FBI weren’t doing more to investigate his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that on Monday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said his office was investigating more than 250 claims of voting irregularities. In a column published last week, Raffensperger also accused Trump of throwing him “under the bus.”