The American Minister of Justice Bill Barr, who had suffered criticism from Donald Trump for not having denounced alleged electoral fraud, which the outgoing president said could invalidate the victory of Joe Biden, announced, Monday, December 14, his resignation.
“Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family, Deputy Justice Minister Jeff Rosen, an incredible person, will act as interim”, at tweeted Donald Trump, without repeating his accusations. The minister will leave a month before the democratic president-elect takes office on January 20..
… Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected… https://t.co/Jznw4qID9F
The announcement of his departure coincides with the confirmation of the victory of Joe Biden by the American voters, which makes it almost final. Donald Trump persists in denouncing massive fraud and refuses to acknowledge his defeat. But his camp has never managed to provide any evidence to support these accusations and the dozens of legal appeals he has presented have been almost all rejected, including by the Supreme Court.
No fraud
The Republican President has repeatedly deplored the inaction on this ground of Bill Barr, yet one of his most faithful ministers. However, the latter isolated Donald Trump a little more by asserting, in early December, that he had not observed any “Fraud on a scale likely to change the outcome of the election”.
In recent days, the former real estate mogul has also called “Big disappointment” the fact that the justice minister did not disclose until the November election the existence of an investigation into the tax situation of Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. Donald Trump claimed to have had Monday “A very nice meeting” with Bill Barr at the White House. “Our relationship is excellent, he did a magnificent job”, he assured.
In his resignation letter, tweeted by the president, the resigning minister praised the latter’s record and his “Unprecedented success” In all areas. He emphasizes having kept Donald Trump informed of the Department of Justice’s investigation into “Allegations of fraud during the election”. “At a time of deep divisions in the country, all levels of the state” have to “Do everything to ensure the integrity of the elections and promote the confidence of voters in their results”, he just said.
“Barr resigned of his own free will. He was not pressured or forced to resign ”, assured a senior American official, referring to an interview ” friendly “ with the president.
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