Barr Testifies That Trump Was “Detached From Reality”

June 13, 2022 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies

Barr said Trump told him the report showed “absolute proof the Dominion machines were rigged,” a favorite post-election claim of voter fraud Trump spread. “The report means that I’m going to have a second term,” Barr said Trump told him before handing him a copy of the report.

“And as he talked more and more about it, I sat there flipping through the report and looking through it,” Barr continued. “And to be frank, it looked very amateurish to me. … It didn’t have the credentials of the people involved. … I didn’t see any real qualifications.”

Barr added he “was somewhat demoralized, because I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has, you know, lost contact with — he’s become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff.”

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Former Attorney General Bill Barr on Pres. Trump pushing baseless conspiracy about Dominion voting machines: “I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with — he’s become detached from reality.” https://t.co/NRwraEI6rO pic.twitter.com/Mx6vQUR9Xq

— ABC News (@ABC) June 13, 2022