they did dumps. they call them dumps. big massive dumps, in michigan, in pennsylvania, and all over. how the fbi and department of justice i don t know, maybe they are involved. but how people are allowed to get away from this with this stuff is unbelievable. now, spurred by what he saw, barr told the associated press on december 1st that there was no evidence of election fraud and immediately after attorney general barr s statement went public, mr. trump berated and he anotherly fired barr. but barr persisted in telling the president that there was no evidence to support the fraud claims. this got under my skin. but i also felt it was time for me to say something. so i had i set up a lurch with the ap reporter, mike balsamo, and i told him at
general, president trump responded to that saying of his daughter, ivanka trump was not involved in looking at or studying the election results. she had long since checked out and was, in my opinion, only trying to be the respectful to bill barr and his position as attorney general. by the way, he added in parentheses that he sucked, referring to you. what did you think? [laughter] well, i considered the source. that wasn t new, neil. on december 1st i made a public neil: no, i remember quite well. you re right the sort of stirred up the whole thing. yeah. and just to remind people on december the 2 22nd before i left the department, i had a press conference and i made the same point, and then i obviously went over some of the details of my thinking in my book. so it wasn t new. but i think, you know, the president s response is something i would expect from him which is, essentially, ad
you re going to prison. he is a warehouse guy. nobody should have to go through that. good afternoon. on december 1st, 2020, sterling gave a blistering warning, directed at the most powerful man in the world. two minutes before he was going to go up there, one of my friends called and said, gabe is about ready to go have a press conference, and you might want to watch. mr. president, you have not condemned these actions or this language. this is elections. this is the backbone of democracy, and all of you who have not said a damn word are complicit in this. stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. someone is going to get hurt. someone is going get shot. someone is going get killed. it felt like me saying those words. he said everything i wanted to say. it was heartfelt. this is the backbone of elections. this stuff getting done. at that level it did eat at me, and i thought i m doing something that is vitally important. i just want all americans to know t
president lost. further describing the former president s case, on december 1st, attorney general barr told the associated press, quote, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome of the election. now, on december 14th, barr resigns to be replaced by enacting a attorney general who the former president ended up scheming to replace because he, too, would not cooperate with plans to use the justice department to question election results. now, the draft just obtained by politico is dated december 16th. the title presidential findings to preserve, collect, and analyze national security information. the document begins by citing, and i quote, evidence of international and foreign interference in the november 4, 2020, election. dominion voting systems and related companies are owned or heavily controlled and influenced by foreign agents, countries, and interests. now, that sounds kind of familiar, doesn t it? that s because it echoes the false alleg
allegations of fraud starting election night. this is fra fraud on the american public. this is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. [ cheers and applause ] so, our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation. this is a very big moment. this is a major fraud on our nation. and so, it began. just a few days later, november 9th, we saw him put his words into action. the headline, barr clears justice department to investigate alleged voting irregularities as trump makes unfounded fraud cams. claims. now, one court challenge after another, all but one on a minor procedural matter, the former president lost. further describing the former president s case, on december 1st, attorney general barr told the associated press, quote, we have not seen fraud on a