Trump doesn't care if his election fraud claims are true, he just doesn't want to be a loser, Bill Barr said

Trump isn't interested in the truth, but needs a way to explain how he didn't win, Attorney General Bill Barr says.

Then-President Donald Trump and then-Attorney General William Barr at the US Capitol in May 2019.Trump likely doesn't care if his election-fraud claims are true, Bill Barr told NBC News.Trump blasted Barr over the interview, the latest example of one of his allies turning on him.

"I think his attitude probably is: 'It either was stolen, or if it wasn't stolen I want people to believe it was stolen,'" Barr told the network. Barr described Trump's attitude to the fraud claims in response to a question about a claim he made in his recently-released book, "One Damn Thing After Another."

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