December 14, 2020 🟡 Significant

Attorney General Bill Barr resigns after refusing to seize voting machines

On the day the Electoral College certified Biden's win, Trump announced Bill Barr's resignation via tweet. While Barr's resignation letter was praise-filled, his departure was driven by his refusal to support Trump's conspiracy theories or use the DOJ to seize voting machines, removing a key guardrail against the President's worst impulses.

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