hello to you. let s start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this, despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has this report. a political friendship that could be wearing thin. william barr has been a staunch ally of donald trump which is why his views of the country s top law enforcement officer carry special weight copy now he says working with fbi agents, they have uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election, and he added: as news emerged of the attorney general‘s comments, it appeared president trump was engrossed in his twitter account, live tweeting a hearing in michigan in which his personal lawyer rudy giuliani was submitting further unsubstantiated claims about the election. the trumpet lega
hello and welcome. let s start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr, appointed by mrtrump, says no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this comes despite repeated claims made by president trump that the election was stolen. last month, mr barr issued a directive to us attorneys across the country to pursue any substa ntial allegations . he is one of the president s most ardent supporters, but his patience appears to be wearing thin. there s a growing tendency he said, to use the criminal justice system as a sort of a default fix all, and if people don t like something they want the department ofjustice to come in and investigate. 0ur north america editor jon sopel is at the white house. what william barr has done is com pletely what william barr has done is completely undermined president s argument. he has looked at this and so there is no widespread evidence of widespread forward
hello to you. we start in the united states. the us attorney general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has this report. a political friendship that could be wearing thin. we do not allowjudgements to be reached. william barr has been a staunch ally of donald trump, which is why his views as the country s top law enforcement officer carry special weight. now he says, working with fbi agents, they have uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election, and he added: as news emerged of the attorney general‘s comments, it appeared president trump was engrossed in his twitter account, live tweeting a hearing in michigan in which his personal lawyer rudy giuliani was submitting further unsubstantiated claims about t
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and missing for almost a week a happy ending for the search and rescue dog who got lost herself as she s reunited with her owner. the uk health secretary sajid javid has ruled out introducing any new covid restrictions in england before the new year. ministers had been under pressure to respond to rising infection levels after the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland all implemented measures to stem the spread of the omicron variant. the health secretary said 90% of covid cases in england are now thought to be the omicron variant and he urged people to remain cautious when celebrating new year s eve, saying the government won t hesitate to act in the future if necessary. here s our political correspondent ian watson. with a record number of covid cases recorded on christmas day, there were fears of a rather bleaker new year. scotland, wales and northern ireland have all imposed further restrictions. so there was pressure on the government a