{"id":1501530,"date":"2022-06-02T15:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501530"},"modified":"2022-06-02T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:00:06","slug":"bill-barr-meets-with-january-6-committee-ahead-of-june-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-meets-with-january-6-committee-ahead-of-june-hearings\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Barr Meets With January 6 Committee Ahead Of June Hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-barr-meets-with-january-6-committee-ahead-of-june-hearings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501530&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Attorney General Bill Barr met Thursday with the committee investigating the Capitol Riot, a source familiar with the meeting told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s source reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/02\/politics\/william-barr-insurrection-committee-meeting\/index.html?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_term=link&#038;utm_content=2022-06-02T17%3A38%3A03&#038;utm_source=twCNNp\">said<\/a> the former attorney general met with the panel for more than two hours. A source familiar with the meeting also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/06\/02\/bill-barr-january-6-committee\/7485175001\/\">told USA Today<\/a> that Barr answered questions about former President Donald Trump\u2019s election fraud claims and his discussion of the topic in his book, \u201cOne Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to USA Today, the meeting comes ahead of the committee\u2019s hearings on the findings of its investigation into the Capitol riot, beginning June 9.<\/p>\n<p>The former attorney general had also previously talked to the committee informally, CNN reported. According to the publication, one of these conversations took place at his home in the fall, where Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee vice chairwoman, was reportedly present along with committee lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, CNN reported, Barr was questioned on his interactions, both before and after the 2020 presidential election, with former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also questioned Barr about his <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/barr-no-widespread-election-fraud-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d\">December 2020 assertion<\/a> that the Department of Justice had not uncovered evidence of widespread election fraud monumental enough to challenge the election results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,\u201d Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/12\/01\/attorney-general-barr-no-evidence-widespread-election-fraud\/3783305001\/\">told the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barr\u2019s statement drew heavy criticism from MAGA enthusiasts at the time, including Trump\u2019s former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/barr-no-widespread-election-fraud-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d\">who issued a statement<\/a> saying that \u201cwith all due respect to the Attorney General, there hasn\u2019t been any semblance\u201d of an investigation into Trump\u2019s election claims.<\/p>\n<p>The former attorney general, who left the Trump administration in December 2020 before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot took place, also appointed special counsel John Durham to investigate the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s Russia probe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThe nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your administration with frenzied and baseless accusations of collusions with Russia,\u201d Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/int.nyt.com\/data\/documenttools\/attorney-general-william-barr-resignation-letter\/b82836cf0fe20bf8\/full.pdf\">said in his resignation letter<\/a>. \u201cFew could have weathered these attacks, much less forge ahead with a positive program for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Barr?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Barr<\/a> AG Resignation Letter READ: paragraph #2 \u201cThe nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your Administration with frenzied + baseless accusations of collusion with Russia&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpecialCounselDurham?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpecialCounselDurham<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/muqYSO8b2u\">pic.twitter.com\/muqYSO8b2u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBS_Herridge\/status\/1338638435444285444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think he was responsible in the broad sense of that word in that it appears that part of the plan was to send this group up to the Hill,\u201d Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/04\/barr-says-trump-was-responsible-broad-sense-jan-6-riot\/\">said of Trump in March<\/a>. \u201cI think the whole idea was to intimidate Congress, and I think that that was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer Attorney General\u00a0Bill Barr\u00a0wouldn\u2019t know voter fraud if it was staring him in the face \u2014 and it was,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/trump-furiously-denounces-bill-barr-015615331.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMx7U9bExYOhrws1hoUpw3csIhUvor-pWhjewkWfuGG_Gli4QibcYZxGPiWBGHhWlZ5xWNyMpvf0QazvgU_li9Xx8vcBw3NLKoj8ljN3vk1EiBSH1q3fpoHtvbz49DDxfwLabJKTdxdEiXFXCPLSByBOkbNorYqkB6QrzzDNLV7d\">said of his former attorney general<\/a> in response. \u201cThe fact is, he was weak, ineffective, and totally scared of being impeached, which the Democrats were constantly threatening to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Attorney General Bill Barr met Thursday with the committee investigating the Capitol Riot, a source familiar with the meeting told CNN. CNN\u2019s source reportedly said the former attorney general met with the panel for more than two hours. 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