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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.
President-elect Joe Biden will take the stage for his inaugural address at perhaps the most difficult starting point for a president since Franklin Roosevelt began his first term by assuring a nation scarred by the Great Depression that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. But memorable turns of phrase like Roosevelt s are more the exception than the rule when it comes to inaugural addresses. Former President Barack Obama in his memoir noted that singer Aretha Franklin s showy hat and a glitch in Chief Justice John Roberts administration of the oath of office got more attention than his speech in the days following the first Black president s address, delivered as the nation was mired in recession and a growing malaise over two intractable wars.
President-elect Joe Biden will take the stage for his inaugural address at perhaps the most difficult starting point for a president since Franklin Roosevelt began his first term by assuring a nation scarred by the Great Depression that “we have.