Trump tweets resignation of Attorney General William Barr

President Trump announced Monday that Attorney General William Barr had submitted his resignation and would be stepping down “just before Christmas.”

“Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,” Trump said in a tweet. “Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. Thank you to all!”

The president’s announcement, which had been widely expected after he publicly criticized Barr for not doing more to help him overthrow the results of the presidential election, came minutes after electors in California cast ballots that confirmed that Joe Biden had cleared the 270 electoral vote threshold to become president-elect.

In a letter that the president attached to his tweet, Barr said he had updated Trump on his department’s review of voter fraud allegations.

“At a time when the country is so deeply divided, it is incumbent on all levels of government, and all agencies acting within their purview, to do all we can to assure the integrity of elections and promote public confidence in their outcome,” Barr said in his resignation letter.

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Attorney General William Barr in Washington last week. (Al Drago/Reuters/TPX Images of the Day)
That assessment reportedly angered the president and he began planning to oust Barr. Trump was also angry at Barr for withholding the fact that the Justice Department had been investigating Hunter Biden, the son of the president-elect, over his tax returns. The information only became public after the Nov. 3 presidential election.
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