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Barr: undermining election caused the riot
William Barr, the former attorney general and staunch Donald Trump ally, said that doubts raised about the legitimacy of the election results "precipitated the riot" at the Capitol.
But he would not say whether he believed Trump had incited the mob that ransacked the building on January 6, instead blaming free-speech issues and the news media.
Barr, who stepped down last month after pushing back on Trump's false claims that the election had been stolen from him, told the British news channel ITV on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) it was "unacceptable" that a pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol building and disrupted proceedings to certify President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.