Barr says DOJ hasn't uncovered widespread voter fraud in 2020 election

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Thehill.com: “Barr says DOJ hasn't uncovered widespread voter fraud in 2020 election”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

Attorney General William BarrBill BarrNew DOJ rule could allow executions by electrocution, firing squad Clyburn: Biden falling short on naming Black figures to top posts Five federal inmates scheduled for execution before Inauguration Day MORE on Tuesday said there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the election, undercutting President TrumpDonald John TrumpGeraldo Rivera on Trump sowing election result doubts: 'Enough is enough now' Murkowski: Trump should concede White House race Scott Atlas resigns as coronavirus adviser to Trump MORE's repeated baseless claims to the contrary.

"To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told the Associated Press in an interview.

Barr told the wire service that U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been following up on specific complaints following the election, but have yet to discover anything on a scale that would overturn President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenGeraldo Rivera on Trump sowing election result doubts: 'Enough is enough now' Senate approves two energy regulators, completing panel Murkowski: Trump should concede White House race MORE's victory.

Trump has for weeks made the false claim that the election was stolen from him, arguing almost daily that there are enough fraudulent votes in major cities in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia that would change the outcome. But his legal team has yet to provide any such evidence in court, with several lawsuits being dismissed for lack of standing.

Barr appeared to knock down one theory propagated by attorney and Trump ally Sidney Powell that Dominion Voting Systems were used to change votes and were backed by communist money.

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