Former Attorney General Bill Barr was personally involved in the decision to release a misleading Justice Department statement on the eve of the 2020 election, falsely claiming there was voter fraud because nine mail-in ballots for Donald Trump were found discarded in a dumpster in Pennsylvania, according to an inspector general’s report released Thursday, CNN reported.
On September 23, 2020, Barr told Trump at a White House event that seven of the nine recovered ballots were "marked for Trump," which is something that was not made public yet. In commenting on a case he wasn't bringing charges over, he violated the Department of Justice guidelines; the very next day, Trump revealed the information shared with him on a national radio show and the Department of Justice issued a statement.
