Barr’s Gambit Opens Path to Tarring Biden Win Without Undoing It
- Barr set high threshold on irregularities changing the outcome
- Issue may be whether prosecutors leak what they’re probing
William Barr at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 9.
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Attorney General William Barr’s directive expediting election-fraud probes might please President Donald Trump, but it’s unlikely to produce evidence that could change the outcome, according to former federal prosecutors.
For Trump’s supporters, Barr’s effort at intervention may provide ammunition in a long-shot effort to delay Joe Biden’s certification as president while they try to push a legal challenge up to the Supreme Court. It could also undercut public support for Biden even after he takes office Jan. 20.