New revelations raise pressure on Barr to testify on Jan. 6
By Mike Lillis and Rebecca Beitsch - 02/03/22 06:13 PM EST
Democrats are amping up the pressure on William Barr to testify before the panel investigating the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021, saying the former attorney general has a unique window into the thoughts and actions of former President Trump leading up to the violent siege.
Barr has been in informal talks with the special investigative committee, according to the chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). But recent news reports have added layers of detail to Barr's one-on-one interactions with Trump in late 2020, as the former president sought ways to use the powers of the administration to overturn his election defeat.
Those revelations have sparked new interest on Capitol Hill for Barr to brief the committee again — this time in a more formal setting.
“Bill Barr would have seen a lot of the actions that the former president took that were either crazy or illegal,” said Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), one of the managers of the Trump impeachment trial that followed the Jan. 6 attack. “And I think Bill Barr needs to speak to the Jan. 6 committee under oath.”
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