Barr also defended several of Trump’s more outlandish claims on mail-in voting and police violence while dismissing systemic racism.
that foreign countries may manufacture mail-in ballots, saying he bases his concerns on “logic” but conceding he hasn’t seen any evidence.Barr echoed Trump’s dismissals of systemic racism, particularly in police violence, and even went as far as defending Trump’s comparison of police shootings to playing golf. “I think what the president was saying there – and I think it's something that should be said and has to be said – in many of these shooting situations it's not because of race.
his department lacks the authority to do that. Barr said such measures may be justified if “there was a specific investigative danger, if we detected some problem or risk."Barr said he has seen “preliminary activity” about Russia attempting to interfere in the 2020 election, though he said he believes China – which has been
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