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Outgoing US Attorney General Deepens Distance With Trump

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - Outgoing Attorney General William Barr was once so closely
   aligned with President Donald Trump that critics labeled him "Trump's
   personal lawyer."

   But as Barr prepares to step down Wednesday, he again appears to
   distance himself from Trump and the president's baseless allegations of
   widespread voter fraud in the November 3 election won by Democrat Joe
   Biden.

   In what was likely his last press conference as attorney general, Barr
   reiterated Monday that he had seen no evidence of widespread fraud that
   could have tipped the election and no reason to appoint special
   counsels to investigate voter fraud and the business dealings of
   President-elect Biden's son, Hunter.

   Barr broke with Trump on other issues: the call by Trump's personal
   lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to seize voting machines for evidence of
   wrongdoing, and Trump's assertion that it was China and not Russia that
   was behind the recent hacking of scores of U.S. government agencies and
   private corporations.