Former Attorney General William Barr told the House Jan. 6 committee that Mr. Trump’s claim that the election was stolen was the reason he quit the administration.
“I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff. I didn’t want to be a part of it and that’s one of the reasons that went into me deciding to leave when I did,” Mr. Barr said in a videotaped deposition.
The video was shown during the committee’s prime-time hearing Thursday. The committee is showcase evidence that the committee calls the “coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power.