Former Attorney General Barr said he became 'demoralized' when discussing allegations of voting fraud tied to Dominion voting machines with former President Trump because Trump had 'become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff.' | via NPR
Former Attorney General Bill Barr is seen on a screen during a hearing held by the House Jan. 6 committee on Monday.
"Before the election, it was possible to talk sense to the president and, while you sometimes had to engage in a big wrestling match with him, it was possible to keep things on track," Barr said in interviews recorded earlier this year with the committee."I felt that after the election he didn't seem to be listening."
"Disturbing in the sense that I saw actually zero basis for the allegations," he said,"but they were made in such a sensational way that they obviously were influencing a lot of people."
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