Reasonable Inference
William McSwain Letter to President Trump, June 9, 2021 | DonaldJTrump.com (primary) (McSwain explicitly states AG Barr instructed him to pass Pennsylvania election-fraud reports to AG Shapiro rather than investigate them independently through federal channels)
Disputing Trump, Barr Says No Widespread Election Fraud | AP News, December 1, 2020 (AG Barr publicly stated “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election”; Barr separately told Trump in a December 1 meeting that claims were “bulls–t”)
Head Of DOJ’s Election Crimes Unit Steps Down After Barr OKs Election Inquiries | NPR (DOJ and FBI conducted dozens of investigations into specific fraud allegations following Barr’s Nov. 9, 2020 memo authorizing pre-certification investigations; the Department’s longstanding policy had prohibited such investigations before certification)
Barr AP Interview, December 1, 2020 | AP News (the “willful neglect” characterization in this row is a reasonable inference; Barr publicly confirmed no comprehensive forensic audit of voting systems was conducted prior to his Dec. 1, 2020 public statement dismissing fraud allegations.
Citations
William McSwain Letter to President Trump, June 9, 2021 | DonaldJTrump.com (primary) (McSwain explicitly states AG Barr instructed him to pass Pennsylvania election-fraud reports to AG Shapiro rather than investigate them independently through federal channels)
Disputing Trump, Barr Says No Widespread Election Fraud | AP News, December 1, 2020 (AG Barr publicly stated “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election”; Barr separately told Trump in a December 1 meeting that claims were “bulls–t”)
Head Of DOJ’s Election Crimes Unit Steps Down After Barr OKs Election Inquiries | NPR (DOJ and FBI conducted dozens of investigations into specific fraud allegations following Barr’s Nov. 9, 2020 memo authorizing pre-certification investigations; the Department’s longstanding policy had prohibited such investigations before certification)
Barr AP Interview, December 1, 2020 | AP News (the “willful neglect” characterization in this row is a reasonable inference; Barr publicly confirmed no comprehensive forensic audit of voting systems was conducted prior to his Dec. 1, 2020 public statement dismissing fraud allegations)