had no motive to suppress it, but my suspicion all along was there was nothing there. it was all bull bleep. bar ultimately made his findings public. on december 1st he told the ap the justice department uncovered no widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the election, a statement the ex-president didn t take kindly. bender reports that soon after the ap story went public trump confronts barr asking, how the could you do this to me? why did you say it? quote, because it s true, barr replied. the president, livid, responded by referring to himself in the third person. you must hate trump. you must hate trump. end quote. barr thought that the president was trying to control himself but he seemed angrier than he had ever seen him, his face was read. as charlie sykes writes, don t cry for bill barr, america. quote, for barr, as with mike pence, there was a line that even the most devoted towedies