.MaddowBlog: Would former Attorney General Bill Barr risk hurting Donald Trump by cooperating with the Jan. 6 investigation? Maybe.
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot has spoken to former Attorney General William Barr, committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said Sunday.
Though the Mississippi Democrat didn't go into detail, during a"Face the Nation" appearance, host Margaret Brennan asked whether the House select committee intends to ask Barr about from December 2020 in which Donald Trump would've authorized the secretary of defense to send National Guard troops to seize voting machines.."To be honest with you, we've had conversations with the former attorney general already."
At first blush, it may be tempting to think those"conversations" amounted to very little. After all, it's not exactly a secret that Barr did far too much to carry water for Trump during their tenures in office.
A few months later, Barr sat down with ABC News' Jonathan Karl and went a little further. Referring to Trump's election conspiracy theories, the former attorney general
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