- June 28, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
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- For weeks after the election, Mitch McConnell stayed silent on Trump’s election fraud claims.
- At the same time, he pleaded with Bill Barr to speak out against them, according to a new book by ABC’s Jonathan Karl.
- McConnell thought speaking out could risk upsetting Trump and hurt GOP chances in the Senate runoff.
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Last fall, when President Donald Trump was spreading unsubstantiated claims about widespread election fraud, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was urging Attorney General Bill Barr to speak out against them, according to a forthcoming book by ABC News Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Meanwhile, McConnell said nothing publicly to rebuke the president’s claims.
Barr told Karl that McConnell said he believed Trump’s claims were damaging…
