{"id":260259,"date":"2020-12-14T19:32:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=260259"},"modified":"2020-12-14T19:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:32:39","slug":"us-attorney-general-william-barr-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/us-attorney-general-william-barr-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"US Attorney General William Barr resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-260260\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Barr-Trump.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Barr-Trump.png 448w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Barr-Trump-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>Attorney General William Barr on Monday said he would resign next week,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/12\/politics\/william-barr-donald-trump-white-house-meeting\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump\u00a0<\/a>loyalist carried the administration&#8217;s &#8220;law and order&#8221; message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump&#8217;s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was littered with fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">According to CNN, Barr&#8217;s departure was announced by the President on Twitter moments after counting in the Electoral College put President-elect Joe Biden over the 270 votes needed to formally secure the presidency.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Despite escalating tensions between the two men that had burst recently into public view, Trump framed Barr&#8217;s departure as amicable.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family,&#8221; Trump tweeted, announcing the news.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/14\/politics\/william-barr-out-as-attorney-general\/index.html\">Read the full CNN story<\/a>.<\/div>\n<figure class=\"_3ujPS _3g3zI\">\n<div class=\"_1lwW_\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"enlarge image\"><picture class=\"\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.177%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/14e79ad83565255229f80279406ec3bdcac62ee3, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.177%2C$multiply_1.5109%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/14e79ad83565255229f80279406ec3bdcac62ee3 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.177%2C$multiply_0.6874%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/14e79ad83565255229f80279406ec3bdcac62ee3, https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.177%2C$multiply_1.3749%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_62%2Cf_auto\/14e79ad83565255229f80279406ec3bdcac62ee3 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Attorney General William Barr on Monday said he would resign next week,\u00a0ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump\u00a0loyalist carried the administration&#8217;s &#8220;law and order&#8221; message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump&#8217;s unfounded claims that the&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":260260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,235,6,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-homepage-carousel","category-international-news","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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